The Food and Drug Administration has greenlit a new medicine to protect some of the people most at risk from Covid. The agency granted emergency use authorization for Pemgarda, a monoclonal antibody infusion, in immunocompromised people ages 12 and older. The drug is intended to protect against Covid for people who are not likely to… Continue reading F.D.A. Authorizes a New Covid Drug to Protect High-Risk People
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I’m a people pleaser. Now, I’m angry.
Dear Amy: My mom unexpectedly passed away about a year ago after a very brief illness. We were extremely close. I was with her nearly every moment for those last weeks. When she died, I was raw, devastated and completely numb. It took me days to even be able to shed a tear. My sister-in-law,… Continue reading I’m a people pleaser. Now, I’m angry.
Sister doesn’t get along with most people
Dear Amy: My sister and I don’t get along well. In fact, my sister doesn’t get along with most people. (Our mom always says, “You know how she is.”) I can put up with her behavior only in spurts. Her husband, however, is wonderful. Here’s the issue: Right now, my widowed mom, my husband and… Continue reading Sister doesn’t get along with most people
Lloyd Austin’s Hidden Diagnosis: Why Some People Keep Serious Illnesses Private
The U.S. defense secretary is facing scrutiny after failing to immediately disclose to the White House his recent prostate-cancer diagnosis and a related hospitalization, a breach of protocol for which he has apologized. But while the secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, as a cabinet member, faces certain expectations about what he must disclose publicly regarding… Continue reading Lloyd Austin’s Hidden Diagnosis: Why Some People Keep Serious Illnesses Private
Stagg grad’s charity offers songs of comfort for people in hospice
Although she makes her living as a professional singer and songwriter, it’s her charity that Palos Heights native Emily Cavanagh feels most passionate about. Called A Song for You, the effort began at the start of the pandemic in 2020 to provide personalized original songs and cover songs “to patients and families hit hardest” by… Continue reading Stagg grad’s charity offers songs of comfort for people in hospice
The Best Podcasts of 2023, According to Podcast People
Erotic thrillers, phone flirting, a faceless ghost possibly related to Hugh Dancy, seven hours of the Dave Matthews Band, and suspicious sushi tuna that gives you the runs: 2023 might have been the podcast world’s year from hell, but its participants are still pumping out all sorts of wonderful and weird stuff that leave their… Continue reading The Best Podcasts of 2023, According to Podcast People
People Swarm Jack Antonoff’s Wedding Rehearsal Dinner to Try to See Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift doesn’t want to be the anti-hero, but she might feel too big to hang out with … More » Source link
Enslaved Black People in Maryland Linked to 42,000 Living Relatives
A construction team working on a highway expansion in Maryland in 1979 discovered human remains on the grounds of an 18th-century ironworks. Eventually, archaeologists uncovered 35 graves in a cemetery where enslaved people had been buried. In the first effort of its kind, researchers now have linked DNA from 27 African Americans buried in the… Continue reading Enslaved Black People in Maryland Linked to 42,000 Living Relatives
For healthy older people, aspirin could cause more bleeding.
A new analysis of data from a large clinical trial of healthy older adults found higher rates of brain bleeding among those who took daily low-dose aspirin, and no significant protection against stroke. The analysis, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, is the latest evidence that low-dose aspirin, which slows the clotting action of… Continue reading For healthy older people, aspirin could cause more bleeding.
16 People Sick in Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Ground Beef
A salmonella outbreak linked to lean ground beef sold in ShopRite stores in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York has left 16 people sick, including six who were hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ground beef that was labeled 80 percent lean was the only common food that the people who… Continue reading 16 People Sick in Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Ground Beef