The Trump administration has sent hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic-related bailouts to health care providers with checkered histories, including a Florida-based cancer center that agreed to pay a $ 100 million criminal penalty as part of a federal antitrust investigation. At least half of the top 10 recipients, part of a group that… Read More »
Microbial communities in the intestine — also known as the gut microbiome — are vital for human digestion, metabolism and resistance to colonization by pathogens. The gut microbiome composition in infants and toddlers changes extensively in the first three years of life. But where do those microbes come from in the first place? Scientists have… Read More »
NHS will have ‘answers’ on whether experimental coronavirus drugs work by JUNE, UK’s chief medic says NHS letter said first results from clinical trials expected in ‘five to seven weeks’ More than 9,000 virus sufferers are taking part in the Recovery trials in Britain Comes as Boris Johnson looks set to announce lockdown will stay until… Read More »
The ant has been circling my foot for several minutes now. I have been watching it intently, as it runs over and back across the patio, in ever-decreasing circles. Its purpose is unfathomable, and its progress is slow, but that’s OK. I have time to watch it. I don’t have anything to do, or anywhere… Read More »