Ariana Eunjung Cha
9 out of 10 COVID deaths are in people over 65, reviving questions about what we consider to be ‘acceptable loss’
More than 300 people are still dying each day on average from covid-19, most of them 65 or older, according ...
COVID brain fog shows similarities with Alzheimer’s disease and ‘chemo brain’
People with “chemo brain” and covid brain fog could not seem more different: Those with “chemo brain” have a life-threatening ...
51,418 times higher — For one surviving baby infected with a new COVID variant, their viral load was astronomical. What might this portend?
[O]ne newborn [treated for COVID at the Children’s National Hospital in DC] was unusual. The baby was very sick, for ...
Can AI save us from COVID-19? ‘If the virus had hit 20 years ago, the world might have been doomed’
Millions of gigabytes of data — the equivalent of a modest library — are being generated by the pandemic each ...
97,000 school-age children tested positive for COVID-19 in late July — most had no or mild symptoms
Pictures of packed school hallways in Georgia and news of positive tests on the first day of classes in Indiana ...
The novel coronavirus is a random murderer
Six months into a pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 people globally, scientists are still trying to understand the ...
Trump administration drops transgender health protections
The Trump administration on Friday [June 12] reversed non-discrimination protections for transgender people in health care, a policy shift that ...
COVID-19 evolving to be less deadly? Experts challenge Italian doctor’s claims
Has the novel coronavirus in Italy changed in some significant way? That was the suggestion of a top doctor in ...
Largest ever study on genetics and autism aims to advance personalized approach to treatment
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists funded by the ...
Is vegetarian diet really healthier? Depends on your genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Why is it that ...
Breastfeeding reduces cancer, diabetes risk
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Thanks to a deluge of ...
‘Healthy’ study volunteers found to harbor surprising genetic mutations
A few years ago, a team at the National Institutes of Health set out to study healthy people's DNA. They ...
