COVID-19 Coverage

• Grid.News
  • Americans hate masks, but there’s no safely ending the pandemic without them
• National Geographic
  • Could viruses cause Alzheimer’s? COVID-19 brain studies offer new clues.
• Smithsonian Magazine
  • Six Important Questions About Covid Vaccinations in Children
  • Seven Things to Know About Covid and Pregnancy
  • Seven Key Questions About Omicron Answered
  • Six Questions About Waning Immunity Answered
  • Seven Important Questions About Covid Antivirals Answered
  • Six Important Questions About Booster Shots Answered
• Science Magazine
  • Many people who die of COVID-19 have the virus in their hearts
• Neo.Life
  • Alarm Fatigue in the ICU—A Huge Problem Made Worse By COVID-19
• MedShadow.org
  • Should Cancer Patients Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?
  • Arm Pain After COVID-19 Vaccine Is Common
• Undark.org
  • Autopsy Rates Were Falling for Years. Then Covid Came Along.
• Discover Magazine:
  • How Heart Disease, Diabetes and Other Preexisting Conditions Increase the Risk of Severe Illness and Death from COVID-19
• The Scientist: 
  • Autopsies Show Varied Forms of Heart Damage in COVID-19 Patients
  • Big Data and Collaboration Seek to Fight COVID-19
  • Researchers Applaud Spanish Serological Survey
  • How Scientists Can Volunteer to Fight COVID-19
  • Scientists Use Online Game to Research COVID-19 Treatment
  • Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Some Scientists Bring the Bench Home
  • Scientists Zero In on the Novel Coronavirus’s Incubation Period
  • Scientists Scrutinize New Coronavirus Genome for Answers

Other Work:

National Geographic

• The Overlooked Toll of Drinking While Pregnant
• From Inflammation to Depression, Electricity is Transforming Medicine
• How a Game-Changing Transplant Could Treat Dying Organs

Undark.org

• Opinion: One of the Best Tools to Manage the Opioid Crisis Already Exists
• In-Utero Alcohol Exposure: New Tools for a Difficult Diagnosis

New York Times

• Can’t Hear Conversations in a Crowd? It Could be Hidden Hearing Loss

Spectrum News

• Inflexible Thinking in Adolescence Tied to Emotional, Behavioral Problems in Adulthood
• Mutations Linked to Autism May Be Detectable in Men’s Sperm

MedShadow

• Regenerative Medicine Series
  • Part 1: A Brief History of Regenerative Medicine
  • Part 2: The FDA Cracks Down on Stem Cell Therapy
  • Part 3: Moving Forward and Keeping Stem Cell Treatments Safe

Discover Magazine

• What Sense Do Humans Rely on the Most?
• Even if You Don’t Drink Daily, Alcohol Can Mess With Your Brain

Vice/ Kaiser Health News

• Doctors and Nurses Addicted to Opioids are Often Barred from the Most Effective Treatment

The Scientist

• Impact of Running Reaches Marrow to Spark Bone Growth in Mice
• Publishers Develop Inclusive Name Change Policies
• Algorithm Designs Robots Using Frog Cells
• New “Prime Editing” Method Makes Only Single-Stranded DNA Cuts
• Cortical Neurons May Consolidate Memories During Slow Wave Sleep
• Scientists to Join Teens in Global Climate Strike
• CAR T Immunotherapy May Find New Use in Treating Cardiac Fibrosis
• Two Genes Conspire in Endometriosis and Cancer to Help Cells Migrate
• In Situ Vaccination- a Cancer Treatment a Decade in the Making
• Memories Can Distort the Brain’s GPS
• Some Viruses May Infect by Inserting Different Portions of Genetic Material
• Tiny, Motorized Pill Delivers Vaccine to Mouse Intestine
• Mutations in One Gene Linked to Two Separate Birth Defects

Cystic Fibrosis News Today (BioNews Services)

• 4-part series on Vertex, from treatment discovery to pricing negotiations
  • Part 1: Stepping Out on the Long Road to ‘Medical History’
  • Part 2: 3 Disease-Modifying Therapies Make Leap from Lab to Patients
  • Part 3: High Hopes for Triple-Combinations and Gene Therapy Possibilities
  • Part 4: Costs Can Unsettle, But Vertex Remains Close to CF Community 

NEO.LIFE

• Make the Hospital Come to You

American Society of Hematology Clinical News

• Who’s Watching the Watchdog? The FDA’s Expedited Approval Processes – 2020 EXCEL Award Finalist
• Mainstreaming Alternative and Complementary Medicine
• The Other Opioid Epidemic
• Demystifying the Lab: Genetic Testing for Bleeding Disorders
• International Partnerships Lead to Strides in Pediatric Leukemia in El Salvador
• CMML: A Unique Overlap Syndrome Receiving Increased Attention
• Finding Homes for Orphans (challenges and successes of rare disease drug development)
• Ad Nauseum (Direct to Consumer Pharma Advertising Feature)
• Drawing First Blood: Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks?

Science Magazine

• Study questions animal data underlying many clinical trials
• The 105 questions that could predict PTSD risk
• New therapy could protect diabetic bones

NPR/Kaiser Health News

• Medications Can Help People Stop Abusing Alcohol, But Many Don’t Know

TheAtlantic.com

• When Donated Organs Go To Waste
• The Outcome of My Clinical Trial is a Mystery