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Britain is Now ‘Living with the Virus’

During the long arc of the pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the British government have loved to deploy snappy slogans. The latest is “Hands, Face, Space.” Before that, “Stay alert, control the virus, save lives.” And quite a few more prior to that. Now the emphasis is clearly turning away from government mandate to

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Deadly Super-Fungus Has Emerged in Brazil

Late last year, a deadly yeast known as Candida auris was found in Brazil for the first time. In a new paper this week, the scientists who treated and investigated these initial cases say the covid-19 pandemic made this fungus much much worse. C. auris was first discovered by doctors from Japan in 2009, though

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FDA Approves First Alzheimer’s Treatment in Almost 20 Years

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Biogen’s controversial Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab. This is the first federally approved treatment for Alzheimer’s in almost 20 years. US regulators say the drug, which will be marketed as Aduhelm, is the first-ever that can treat the underlying disease and its memory-robbing effects, rather than just treating symptoms like anxiety and