Clue gets FDA clearance for digital birth control – Jaweb
Clue, best known for its period tracking app, announced that it received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for a digital birth control function, which it says can help users prevent pregnancy based...
Immigrants in sanctuary in churches hope Biden offers relief – Jaweb
BEDFORD, Mass. — For over three years, Maria Macario has been too afraid to leave the white steepled First Parish church just outside Boston.The 55-year-old Guatemala native moved in to avoid deportation, living in...
BioNTech vaccine scientist says jab could halve Covid transmission – Jaweb
The scientist behind the first potential Covid-19 vaccine to clear interim clinical trials says he is “very confident” the jab will reduce transmission of the disease, perhaps by 50%, resulting in a “dramatic” reduction...
In locked-down Belgium, books are ‘essential’ – Jaweb
In the now desolate alleys of central Brussels, one type of business is keeping the light on during one of Europe’s toughest coronavirus lockdowns: the book store.Chocolate shops and beer halls will remain shuttered...
After sad Mother’s Day 2020, vaccines offer sweet reunions – Jaweb
NEW YORK — When Leland Stein heads to his 93-year-old mother’s senior living facility for Mother’s Day, he’ll have flowers in hand, a bottle of bubbly and a year’s worth of hugs.“I miss Leland’s...
Empty seats, delivered feasts as virus changes Thanksgiving – Jaweb
Vivian Zayas can’t keep herself from scrolling through photos of last Thanksgiving, when her mother stood at the stove to make a big pot of rice and beans and then took a seat at...
‘I have pressed pause on my life’ – Jaweb
I remember my parents talking to me when the virus was in China. When it began to spread to other countries, I was scared I was going to get it or that something else...
A History of Pandemic Xenophobia and Racism – Jaweb
The recent shootings in Atlanta highlighted a surge of anti-Asian violence in the United States throughout the pandemic. Disease stigma and racism have together shaped pandemic response and policy for centuries.And so to better...
Italian government issues decree making COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for health care workers – Jaweb
In response to a series of highly publicized cases of COVID-19 deaths allegedly caused by unvaccinated hospital workers, the Italian government issued a decree Wednesday making vaccination mandatory for all health care workers who...
My family has always used nicknames to express love. Even the silly ones remind...
Dad called me “Mich” and was the first person ever to do so; he said it with a tenderness, a kind reverence. It was reserved for when he would compliment me, congratulate me, urge...
When is Elizabeth Holmes trial in San Jose?
Testimony from Theranos’ former lab director was set to wrap up Wednesday before another witness was scheduled to take the stand in the federal...
