Scientists including a prominent University of Maryland virologist plan to test an old polio vaccine that they believe could provide temporary protection from COVID-19 as labs around the world work on specific coronavirus vaccines. The effort to find a coronavirus vaccine has moved at an unprecedented pace. But no vaccine is expected until some time…
Tuberculosis and polio vaccines are being tested to see if they could possibly protect patients from COVID-19, scientists told The Washington Post. “This is the only vaccine in the world that can be given to combat COVID-19 right now,” Jeffrey D. Cirillo, a professor of microbial pathogenesis and immunology at Texas A&M Health Science Center, told…
As the world waits for a coronavirus vaccine, some scientists are proposing that existing vaccines could give the body’s immune system a much-needed temporary boost to stave off infection.It’s still unclear whether such an approach would work, and some experts are skeptical. Others — including researchers in Israel, the Netherlands and Australia — are already…
9 min read The following story contains spoilers for Landman season 2, episode 10, “Tragedy and Flies.” "LIFE AIN'T GOT a plan for you. You got to have the plan. Then you wrestle with life to make it come true.” It was only one episode ago that T.L. (Sam Elliott), summabitch prophet that he is
You’re going through something big, but you don’t speak up. You’re exhausted, but you white-knuckle through the day. Your friends offer help, but you brush it off. If this sounds familiar, you probably pride yourself for being self-sufficient and always tending to your own needs. But when you make a conscious choice to remain an
Honestly, I am trying to take a few days off and enjoy time away for my wife’s birthday. However, I just got the below photo from the father of one of the 51 children impacted by the ByHeart botulism outbreak. He found the formula still on the shelf at a Safeway in Flagstaff, Arizona –