The Food and Drug Administration’s approval Friday of two innovative gene therapy treatments for sickle cell anemia has brought a rare moment of hope and celebration to people with this agonizing blood disorder. But there is no clear path to the new therapies (unique treatments so effective in clinical trials that they have been hailed…
At a congressional hearing Tuesday, leaders of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology gave carefully worded — and seemingly evasive — answers to the question of whether they would discipline students who called for the genocide of the Jews. The intense criticism that followed left many people wondering: Who had…
Dr. John A. Talbott, a psychiatrist who advocated for the care of vulnerable mentally ill populations, especially the homeless, many of whom were left to fend for themselves on the country’s streets, libraries, bus terminals, and prisons after massive closures by state authorities. psychiatric hospitals – died Nov. 29 at his Baltimore home. He was…
Two examples of plug-in hybrid cars from the MG brand, presented in India in January 2023 ANUSHREE FADNAVIS / REUTERS This post is taken from the newsletter ” Human warmth “, sent every Tuesday at 12 p.m. Every week, journalist Nabil Wakim, who hosts the Chaleur Humaine podcast, answers questions from Internet users on the…
More than 1,100 workers at DHL Express’s global air cargo hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport went on strike Thursday after months of failed negotiations with the package carrier. A group of DHL workers at the hub who load and unload planes voted in April to unionize with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which has…
Michigan State University confirmed a new president Friday, in an attempt to introduce a permanent leader after years of change, scandals and infighting. Kevin M. Guskiewicz, a neuroscientist who has served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 2019, was unanimously elected president by the board of trustees on Friday…
SmileDirectClub, a telehealth company that sold teeth-straightening devices by mail order and faced criticism from medical groups, said Friday it had closed. The company, founded in 2014, sold dental aligners online and in its stores for $1,850. He marketed them as a faster, cheaper alternative to braces. SmileDirectClub’s initial public offering in 2019 valued it…
VWanting to reform unemployment insurance is always a difficult exercise. Cutting rights, on the other hand, turns out to be a much easier task to justify with some false evidence, and always pays off. But why, in these conditions, not follow this “logic” to the end and eliminate unemployment insurance: wouldn’t full employment be achieved…
Toby Gould was an early adopter. In September, Gould, 78, went to a pharmacy in Hyannis, Massachusetts, to receive one of the new vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV. He has asthma, which would increase his risk of getting seriously ill if he had to. be infected. Carol Kerton, 64, knew RSV could…
New York City hasn’t always been a lobster roll town. Fifteen years ago, Ms. Povich decided to change that. She first learned to love lobster in the backyard of her grandparents’ house in Maine, which had a kosher kitchen but a cordoned-off outdoor area so the family could indulge in seafood. She and her husband,…