Art historian Erin Griffey is a bit of a beauty maven. “I’m one of those people who reads the backs of beauty products,” she says. That’s why, while working on…
Category: Health & Medicine
Multiple sclerosis has a common viral culprit, opening doors to new approaches
As Tanina Agosto went through her normal morning routine in July 2007, she realized something was wrong. The 29-year-old couldn’t control her left side, even her face. “Literally the top…
A shot of immune proteins may protect against malaria for months
A single shot that could provide months-long protection against malaria has proven effective and safe in a small, early clinical trial of adults. The shot, which contains monoclonal antibodies, would…
Tiny amoebas move faster when carrying cargo than without
Microbes enlisted to carry tiny loads travel faster with cargo attached than on their own. That’s the surprising finding of a study of the carrying capacity of single-cell amoebas. The…
I think I have long COVID. What does that mean?
In the year before the omicron variant began to spread in the United States, an estimated one-third of 18- to 45-year-olds had gotten sick with COVID-19. Just three months later,…
This stick-on ultrasound patch could let you watch your own heart beat
Picture a smartwatch that doesn’t just show your heart rate, but a real-time image of your heart as it beats in your chest. Researchers may have taken the first step…
Humans may not be able to handle as much heat as scientists thought
More than 2,000 people dead from extreme heat and wildfires raging in Portugal and Spain. High temperature records shattered from England to Japan. Overnights that fail to cool. Brutal heat…
Here’s what to do when someone at home has COVID-19
I’m one of 40 percent or fewer of Americans who have managed to avoid getting COVID-19. I have been avoiding it like a potentially life-threatening virus — I’d say the…
The world is ‘losing the window’ to contain monkeypox, experts warn
It may soon be too late to end the global monkeypox epidemic. “We are losing the window to be able to contain this outbreak,” Boghuma Titanji, an infectious diseases doctor…
Herminia Pasantes discovered how taurine helps brain cells regulate their size
When Herminia Pasantes Ordóñez was about 14 years old, in 1950, she heard her mother tell her father that she would never find a husband. Pasantes had to wear thick…
