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Backchannel, Kids in Limbo, Science, Science / Health A Boy, His Brain, and a Decades-Long Medical Controversy In 2014, a story about one of Frankovich’s patients made the pages of a local newspaper. Other doctors had diagnosed…
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Coronavirus Update, Science, Science / Health 100 Million Vaccines, New School Guidelines, and More Coronavirus News Biden meets his vaccination target, the CDC says students can be three feet apart, and cases surge in Europe. Here’s…
Backchannel, Science, Science / Health A Genetic Curse, a Scared Mom, and the Quest to ‘Fix’ Embryos Danielle Messer carried a mitochondrial mutation that left her son severely disabled. Before even daring another pregnancy, she tracked down…
Coronavirus Update, Science, Science / Health Johnson & Johnson Shots Administered, States Reopen Prematurely, and More Coronavirus News The first Johnson & Johnson shots are administered, some states begin opening prematurely, and new variants demand vigilance. Here’s what…
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Escapees, Science, Science / Health Can an AI Predict the Language of Viral Mutation? Viruses lead a rather repetitive existence. They enter a cell, hijack its machinery to turn it into a viral copy…