Vaccine technologies: Why a Covid vaccine will take months, not centuries
The smallpox virus raged among humans for 10,000 years before a leap of insight led to the vaccine that killed it forever. The insight took about 300…
Month: July 2020
One virus was the scourge of humans
As bad as Covid-19 has been, it is not even close to the worst viral disease that has swept humanity. That honor probably goes to smallpox, a disease so…
People will change their lives because of Covid. Maybe.
After a couple months of quarantine, commentators across the world are speculating about what will happen to relationships and the world. Will the divorce…
Pet Pals Mouth Disease: A big health problem
The number one health problem in adult cats and dogs is not obesity, disease or parasites, though these problems get a lot of publicity. Surprisingly, the…
Caregiving: Voice assistants might help elderly parents, but problems abound
One of her kids helpfully bought a smartphone for mom. Aged 90 at the time, she never really understood it, but then came quarantine. Now a bit older, she…
Out of quarantine: What we need first
If you have just been in isolation for months (or someone you care for has), some basic human needs will have to be renewed upon social opening. – Touch….
New deal lowers insulin prices for seniors on Medicare
Seniors on Medicare plans will pay no more than $35 a month for insulin, thanks to a new agreement between insurance and drug companies and the…
Loving Goosie: New ethic — Giving the little ones a chance
“Let’s give the fella a chance.” That’s not something people said even a decade ago when animals with defects at birth were always euthanized. And they…
Young baker shares sweets with the world
Michael Platt was 11 when he decided to turn his ‘epic sweet tooth’ into a business that would help the hungry. Now 14, the Bowie, Maryland native runs…
Facebook makes a tiny hippo into a big, very cute, deal
In January of 2017, the Cincinnati Zoo staff was alarmed that their pregnant hippopotamus Bibi was in labor. It was too soon. Way too soon. At 3 a.m.,…