A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine designed to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) in Seattle, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is funding… Continue reading Scientists Testing Possible COVID-19 Vaccine
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How a Local Disease Becomes a Global Epidemic
Researchers tracking the global path of illnesses such as Ebola say that the frequency of long distance travel, not a high concentration of sufferers in one area, is a crucial factor in changing an outbreak into a worldwide epidemic. The biophysicists, from the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University, found that if fewer people… Continue reading How a Local Disease Becomes a Global Epidemic
The Global Alzheimer’s Crisis: Are You Ready to Take Action?
By Nancy Wurtzel I’ve been surrounded by Alzheimer’s disease my whole life. Decades ago, both of my grandmothers had the disease. When I was in my early 40s, the illness claimed my father. Then, in 2011, I uprooted my life, moving across country and returning to the small farm town where I grew up to… Continue reading The Global Alzheimer’s Crisis: Are You Ready to Take Action?