Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher from Russia who has been fighting deportation proceedings since February, will now face felony smuggling charges in Massachusetts, a federal judge in Louisiana said on Thursday. Ms. Petrova made a brief court appearance Thursday morning via video from a jail in Monroe, La., near theContinue Reading
Come this fall, only older Americans and those with chronic health problems may be urged to get the Covid shot — assuming the vaccine is available at all. For years now, scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been debating whether to continue to recommend thatContinue Reading
Something was very wrong with Kyle and Nicole Muldoon’s baby. The doctors speculated. Maybe it was meningitis? Maybe sepsis? They got an answer when KJ was only a week old. He had a rare genetic disorder, CPS1 deficiency, that affects just one in 1.3 million babies. If he survived, heContinue Reading
Texas State Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, one of the original sponsors of the Texas Heartbeat Act, is now the lead sponsor of a bill to clarify when a doctor can terminate a pregnancy to save the life of the mother. Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP Since abortion became nearly entirely illegalContinue Reading
A South Korean female free diver jumps into the sea from a boat off the coast of Jeju Island on Jan. 15, 2022. New research has found that these women, known as Haenyeo, have specific genetic adaptations connected to cold tolerance and blood pressure. SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images SeongJoonContinue Reading
KJ Muldoon, who was born at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in August, reaches out to doctors after being treated for a rare genetic disorder using CRISPR technology. CHLOE DAWSON/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia CHLOE DAWSON/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia For the first time, doctors have treated a baby born with a rare,Continue Reading
Fearing the loss of federal funding, the nation’s largest anti-sexual-violence organization has barred its crisis hotline staff from pointing people to resources that might violate President Trump’s executive orders to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The organization, RAINN (the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network) has removed more thanContinue Reading
For most people, your hearing gradually deteriorates with age, and about half of the time it’s caused by genetics that are out of your control. But years of regularly attending room-rumbling concerts, for instance, can exacerbate hearing loss, and you might find yourself straining to hear movies or struggling toContinue Reading
The Food and Drug Administration will work to pull fluoride supplements for children from the market, the agency announced Tuesday. The move comes at the same time as a wave of bills aiming to restrict use of the mineral, which has long been added to public water supplies because itContinue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency is backing away from recent rules that would have tightened limits on PFAS and several related chemicals in drinking water. Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment RF/Getty Images Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment RF/Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it is delaying the timeline for water utilities toContinue Reading
