Independent virologist

08/22/2024

A cartoon by Barbara Smaller. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/PP4iOU

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Endlessly swiping through online content makes viewing sessions feel less meaningful

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Replacing research animals with tools that better mimic human biology could improve medicine

08/22/2024

The New York Times columnist Ezra Klein was an early advocate for Democrats to replace Joe Biden at the top of the ticket. “I think I just sort of personally had this moment where I was, like, This is not going to work,” he tells Clare Malone, about his epiphany of sorts in February. A little more than a week later, Klein read an audio essay, “Democrats Have a Better Option Than Biden,” on his podcast, in which he argued that Democrats still had time to pick a new nominee if Biden could be persuaded to step aside. The piece caused waves of consternation among certain parts of the liberal commentariat. However, in June, after Biden’s disastrous debate performance, Klein’s much maligned take morphed into a prescient one. Klein opens up to Malone about capitalizing on the moment and why, in the past few weeks, his podcast has seemed like the smoke-filled back room of the President’s party: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/0Oqwgg

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In children aged 6 to 11, long covid seems to often present as sleep problems or abdominal issues, while adolescents report fatigue and pain

08/22/2024

With vision and a big personality, Christian Happi offers a model of postcolonial genomics in Nigeria

08/22/2024

Mpox in Africa was largely ignored during the outbreak of 2022. Now in Congo and beyond it is back, and fiercer. The world must learn from its mistakes https://econ.st/4czfZ0j

Photograph: Reuters

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MIT Associate Professor Ellen Roche is creating the next generation of medical devices to help repair hearts, lungs, and other tissues.

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The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest with recent years witnessing several important controversies.