Moderna Announces Success With mRNA Skin Cancer Vaccine
Coming off the good results of its mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, Moderna announced on Dec. 13 that it accomplished encouraging results when it turned its vaccine know-how in opposition to…
U.S. Deaths Fell in 2022, But Not to Pre-COVID Levels
NEW YORK — The number of U.S. deaths dropped this year, but there are still more than there were before the coronavirus hit. Preliminary data—through the first 11 months of…
Nightware App Is Is Newest Way to Treat Nightmares
Jacquie Baker, a former Air Drive engineer, has had nightmares 4 or five nights a 7 days for practically a decade. The scenarios differ, but the experience of helplessness is…
You Can Get Free COVID-19 Tests Via the Government Again
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential coronavirus surges this winter. After…
Long COVID Can Be Fatal, a New Report Confirms
Long COVID—a condition with symptoms ranging from respiratory to neurological, from crushing fatigue to chronic pain—can be debilitating. And in some cases, according to a new report from the National…
How COVID-19 Immunity Works at This Point in the Pandemic
When SARS-CoV-2 was a brand-new virus, it met little resistance in immune-naïve hosts—that is, us. Vaccines, boosters, and infections have increased our immunity to varying degrees. But how much protection…
What Curse Words Have in Common Across Languages
A swear word is like a linguistic punch in the nose. Virtually every language and culture has them—and virtually every language and culture formally disapproves of them. But that doesn’t…
FDA Clears Updated COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids Under Age 5
U.S. regulators on Thursday cleared doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than age 5. The Food and Drug Administration’s decision aims to better protect the littlest kids…
Long COVID Isn’t the Only Post-Viral Illness
In the 1980s, many people in the medical community treated chronic fatigue syndrome as a punchline. Some doctors dismissed patients’ debilitating symptoms, including crushing fatigue and crashes after exercise, as…
What Is Stiff Person Syndrome? A Patient Shares Her Story
twIn an emotional social-media video posted Dec. 8, singer Celine Dion informed fans that she has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disease called stiff person syndrome. A diagnosis wasn’t…