The world's first vaccine for ovarian cancer, which teaches the immune system to recognise and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer, is being developed in the UK. It is hoped the vaccine (named OvarianVax) could wipe out the disease. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A university has secured funding from Cancer Research UK to develop a vaccine for ovarian cancer.
My in laws having a long term care plan - one that is no longer available to anyone - is the only thing keeping us and my SIL from bankruptcy. It’s allowing my FIL to be in assisted living with great care and we keep our little savings.
When the Voting Rights Act became law, the DOJ sent letters to every county registrar in the South, informing them of their duties under the law and the consequences for breaking it. I’d like to see the DOJ send a note about these prosecutions to every election clerk in America. Put them on notice.
I’m mean the man stayed on the air while his own house was hit. He only stopped briefly to make sure his wife was ok. Mr Spann does not suffer fools. tuscaloosathread.com/james-spanns...
Alabama's iconic chief meteorologist James Spann had to step away from live coverage of severe weather Thursday after he received news that his own home had been hit by a tornado.
Abortion bounties, book bans, forcing families with trans kids to flee their homes: Republicans are building a model of govt that forces people to live and act how conservatives want, enforced by the fear that anyone can be an informant. A Snitch State (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
In Texas and elsewhere, new laws and policies have encouraged neighbors to report neighbors to the government.
I just bought a used DVD copy because I couldn’t find it streaming anywhere and I wanted to watch it with my 16yr old. Love that movie and Minnie
I wrote on the shockingly bad CBS interview of Ta-Nehisi Coates, the watering down of “antisemitism,” and the fear, dread and confusion of this year’s Jewish high holidays and upcoming U.S. presidential election. It’s a lot. But maybe it resonates with you, too. L’Shanah Tovah.
That’s why as we approach this high holiday season, which in 2024 contains the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel and falls one month before the U.S. presidential election, I have never felt more alone, more upside down or more fearful for the next year.
Sad fact that posting sticky notes telling women in conservative areas that no one can find out who they voted for might be safer than door-knocking because a spouse could overhear the conversation
Word about the grassroots campaign has spread on social media, primarily on Facebook, with women putting "Woman to woman" notes in places where other women will see them.
"We don’t need these fartsniffers anymore, if we ever did. We certainly don’t need to give them oxygen whenever they let Bret Stephens write op-eds like If Kamala Wants To Win, She’s Gonna Have To Fix My Car First." www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Recent mismanagement of political stories ahead of the election, and other issues, have led Drew Magary to say that the New York Times is no longer relevant.