The Delta variant was detected for the first time in India in October 2020 and has since spread throughout the world. It is now dominant in many countries and regions (India, the UK, Portugal, Russia, etc.) and is predicted to be the most prevalent variant in Europe within weeks or months. Epidemiological studies have shown…
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A survey offered to transgender and nonbinary people across six continents and in thirteen languages shows that during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, many faced reduced access to gender-affirming resources, and this reduction was linked to poorer mental health. Brooke Jarrett of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, and…
DetailsIMAGE: Artistic rendering of dying cells protecting their neighbors to maintain tissue integrity. Holes in epithelium created by uncoordinated cell death are shown in purple. view more Credit: © Institut Pasteur / Le?o Valon et Romain Levayer To enable tissue renewal, human tissues constantly eliminate millions of cells, without jeopardizing tissue integrity, form and connectivity. The…
DetailsIMAGE: multi-institution team led by University of Arizona electrical and computer engineering professor Janet Roveda is building a future in which wearable devices will allow clinicians to gather patient data remotely… view more Credit: University of Arizona The last two decades have seen an uptick in people choosing to monitor their health using wearable technologies such…
DetailsIMAGE: Conceptual model depicting the relationship between policing and population health. view more Credit: University of Washington A specific police action, an arrest or a shooting, has an immediate and direct effect on the individuals involved, but how far and wide do the reverberations of that action spread through the community? What are the health consequences…
DetailsIMAGE: Using brain scans from children across the United States, researchers developed normalized growth charts for how healthy brains should grow during the first 18 years of life. Image: view more Credit: humonia/Image compilation: College of Engineering In the United States, nearly every pediatric doctor’s visit begins with three measurements: weight, height and head circumference. Compared…
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Growth impairment, a common complication of Crohn’s disease in children, occurs more often in males than females, but the reasons are unclear. Now, a physician-scientist from Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian and colleagues at eight other centers have found that factors associated with statural growth differ by sex. Their recent publication, identified as the “Editor’s…
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Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Thursday that they were developing a version of the coronavirus vaccine that targets Delta, a highly contagious variant that has spread to nearly 100 countries. The companies expect to begin clinical trials of the vaccine in August. Pfizer and BioNTech also reported promising results from studies of people who received…
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SURFSIDE, Fla. — Ten days before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered Florida restaurants last year, Shemi Bar-Natan had just begun a new venture after spending a decade in the Israeli army, opening a hummus bar less than a mile from the apartment building that collapsed last month. The pandemic hit his urban kosher restaurant Vish hard,…
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Courtesy of Karl Lagerfeld / Kenneth Ize When it comes to household names in fashion, the late Karl Lagerfeld is about as close to the top as one can get. With long-standing tenures at the helm of Chanel and his own namesake brand, the iconic designer is revered for his pared-back, edgy level of sophistication…
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