Some variants are dodging antibody therapies, but the next generation of treatments may help by targeting a different, more stable part of the rapidly mutating virus.
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After a loved one dies, red tape adds to the grief
Bureaucratic delays and paperwork are frustrating, exhausting, emotionally crushing — and often unavoidable.
The ‘most common crippling hand condition’ you’ve never heard of
Often, people with this condition mistakenly assume they have arthritis or tendinitis, or don’t notice a problem until their fingers start to bend.
RSV, flu, covid and staffing shortages push some hospitals to capacity
Hospitals across the United States are overwhelmed, and experts believe conditions will deteriorate in coming months.
This teenager would sleep for alarming 20-hour stretches
The condition drastically alters her personality and temporarily shuts down her life. The diagnosis brought relief but also uncertainty.
Carol Leigh, who sought greater rights for sex workers, dies at 71
At a conference in 1982, Ms. Leigh coined the phrase “sex work” that became part of the global lexicon of researchers, writers and activists.
In rural America, the crisis of disappearing reproductive care steals lives
Clinicians and public health experts worry the pandemic, staffing shortages and increased abortion restrictions will further erode reproductive care access.
Blood tests for Alzheimer’s are here. Here’s what you need to know.
The tests are designed to aid doctors in diagnosing a memory-destroying illness that affects 6.5 million people in the United States.
My mom was finally ready to accept my gay wedding. Then she got covid.
As a Post reporter who covers the covid-19 pandemic, I feared my wedding would be a superspreader event. As a son, I just wanted my mom there.
Is it Alzheimer’s? Families want to know, and blood tests may offer answers.
For the first time, simple blood tests are emerging as potentially crucial tools to help physicians pinpoint Alzheimer’s.
