[ad_1] Photo: Jessie Eshak/All Love Productions It’s a frigid evening outside Newark Symphony Hall, a 99-year-old building Brick City residents once referred to as “the Mosque.” Though the doors to tonight’s benefit concert for Gaza and Sudan won’t open for another hour, a line of frozen teens and 20-somethings stretches down Broad Street. Hijabs and… Continue reading Mustafa and Ramy Youssef’s Night of Hope
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Sickle cell patients see hope in revolutionary gene therapy
[ad_1] Lyric Porter wanted her life back. Born with sickle cell disease, she had a fever at age 5 that scarred her lungs and required her to roll an oxygen tank to school. When she was growing up, clogged blood vessels racked her body with stabbing sensations and forced her to be hospitalized again and… Continue reading Sickle cell patients see hope in revolutionary gene therapy
New Hope — and an Old Hurdle — for a Terrible Disease With Terrible Treatments
[ad_1] Three years ago, Jesús Tilano went to a hospital in a thickly forested valley in Colombia with large open lesions on his nose, right arm and left hand. He was diagnosed with leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that is spread in the bite of a female sand fly and which plagues poor people who work… Continue reading New Hope — and an Old Hurdle — for a Terrible Disease With Terrible Treatments
Is Lil Tay Dead? Claire Hope Death Hoax, Explained
[ad_1] Lil Tay. Photo: Lil Tay Youtube After a dizzying 24 hours, TMZ reported yesterday that Lil Tay is alive despite a post on her Instagram claiming otherwise. When she was 9 years old, Lil Tay, born Claire Hope, became a controversial viral social-media star, professionally flexing on the internet with celebrities like the late… Continue reading Is Lil Tay Dead? Claire Hope Death Hoax, Explained