Month: March 2022

How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment

Since Covid-19 patients started showing up at clinics and hospitals a year and a half ago, doctors and researchers have

What full FDA approval for Covid-19 vaccines really means

Nearly nine months after the first Americans received their shots, the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech received full approval from the

How to think about hurricane recovery, according to 3 experts

The remnants of Hurricane Ida reached the New York City area on Wednesday, battering the region with record rainfall that

The new Alzheimer’s drug that could break Medicare

Medicare, the federal health insurance program that covers Americans over 65, is facing an impossible dilemma: Should it cover a

“Back to normal” puts us back on the path to climate catastrophe

The Covid-19 pandemic upended daily life so drastically that there was a moment when it seemed to be making a

What the Novavax vaccine means for the global fight against Covid-19

Another Covid-19 vaccine, this one from the biotech firm Novavax, has posted superb results in a phase 3 clinical trial,

What’s with these invasive “crazy” worms and why can’t we get rid of them?

Tiny, wriggling horrors are hatching right now, under our feet, across the country. No, not the billions of Brood X

The West has all the ingredients for another terrible wildfire season

Summer has not officially started yet, but wildfire season has already arrived in the US. Now an intense heat wave

The World Health Organization broke its own rules to spend millions on BCG consultants

The world’s leading health organization, the WHO, repeatedly broke its own rules and spent millions of dollars on high-priced management

We admire these do-gooders. We just don’t want to date them.

Picture this: You’ve worked hard all year. You’re burned out. Every atom in your brain and body is crying out