Every day, itchy dogs shuffle into Dr. Elizabeth Falk’s veterinary office. Some can’t stop chewing their feet or scratching their bellies. Others have red, smelly ears, or rashes on their…
Day: March 27, 2024
Louisiana energy company plans to float above climate damage — literally
To make south Louisiana’s oil and gas infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather, Entergy Louisiana wants to build a $441 million floating natural gas power plant as the land around…
How Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Progresses in Adults
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common form of genetic heart disease worldwide. Researchers have estimated that up to 1 in 200 people have the condition, which is characterized by an…
COVID-Cautious Americans Feel Abandoned
For all of 2020, Alex, a 28-year-old living in New York, followed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) COVID-19 guidance “religiously.” Then, in 2021, something began to…
glassybaby’s “4 seconds 4 paws” Sale Makes Every “Second” Count
At glassybaby, giving is not just a part of their business model—it’s the heart of everything they do. Since its inception, glassybaby has been on a giving journey, donating over…
Japanese Supplement Pill Recalled After Two Deaths and More Than 100 People Hospitalized
TOKYO — Health supplement products believed to have caused two deaths and sickened more than 100 people have been ordered to be taken off store shelves in Japan. The products…
Leo Ohyama: Navigating the ecological traits of insect societies
In this blog post, Leo Ohyama, a PhD candidate, discusses his study “Ecological traits of social insects: Colony, queen and worker size relationships reveal a nexus trait with broad ecological…
Living With Muscular Dystrophy at 50 Makes Death My Shadow Partner
I am an Aries through and through—bold, ambitious, fiery, and confident. Today, March 27, marks my 50th year on this planet, something I could never have imagined. I was diagnosed…
Gen Z’s Mid-Life Crisis
By KIM BELLARD These are not happy times in America. Now, I’m not thinking about the increasing cultural wars, the endless political bickering, the troubles in the Med-East or Ukraine,…