CNN — Vibrant reefs filled with colorful fish and seaweed just two years ago have been turned into a wasteland of crushed corals in the South China Sea and the Philippines says it has identified a culprit – China’s shadowy maritime militia. China has rejected the accusation, setting up another public disagreement with its neighbor … Read more
And while we are at it, all of the other dread auto-immune diseases. Many of the therapies described below are only for Type 1 diabetes (T1D), but hacking the immune system, teaching T-cells not to attack specific body cell types, is extremely promising for every cell type involved, and every resulting disease. Phosphatidyl Serine, shown … Read more
CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday it is recommending a new vaccine to help protect babies against severe respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. “This is another new tool we can use this fall and winter to help protect lives,” said CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen. “I encourage parents to … Read more
Comment on this storyComment BORDEAUX, France — Florence Cathiard first met the future British king at a polo match about two decades ago. Cathiard, a former champion skier for France’s national team, wasn’t so taken by Prince Charles’s skill in the saddle, but she told him how incredibly inspired she was by his organic farming … Read more
CNN — Covid-19 hospitalizations have been on the rise in the United States for months, with weekly admissions now more than triple what they were two months ago. Seniors have the highest rates of Covid hospitalizations by far, but hospitalizations among children — especially among those younger than 5 — are rising fast. More than 20,500 … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky came to America this week hoping for a reprise of the cheering adulation and pledges of massive military support that he received during his last visit, 10 months ago. Instead, he smacked into arcades of dysfunction. On his first stop, at the United Nations, he gave an impassioned speech before the … Read more
The fallout continues from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement that his government is investigating “credible allegations of a potential link” between the Indian government and the killing of a Sikh leader in British Columbia. If those allegations are proven, experts said the June 18 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar would represent a targeted, extrajudicial … Read more
Adult female worm of Angiostrongylus cantonensis recovered from rat lungs with characteristic barber-pole appearance (anterior end of worm is to the top). Scale bar = 1 mm. The dreaded rat lungworm—a parasite with a penchant for rats and slugs that occasionally finds itself rambling and writhing in human brains—has firmly established itself in the Southeast … Read more
For one week each year, as world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly meetings, the biggest stories in international affairs all seem to be laid out, side-by-side for Americans to view up close. This year, the spectacle and related developments here in the United States had to leave most rational … Read more
The first time I met Kyrylo Budanov, commander of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and the mastermind of many a thorn in Russia’s side, was in November 2021. He was a young brigadier general, largely unknown beyond the borders of his homeland, where he was a special operations hero who was thrice wounded fighting the … Read more