DEAR ABBY: I am in a rock band with some friends. All of us are in our 50s and 60s. We have been playing together for the last three years.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, nurses have been at the front lines in the fight against this global threat, working long hours in stressful situations.
It’s likely that no gesture of appreciation could ever be enough to express just how much the world has valued and come to rely on the efforts of nurses over the last year-plus.
Laura Perry, a doctoral student in psychology, and Michael Hoerger, an assistant professor of psychology, are part of the Tulane team that studied a reduced sense of taste and smell in some prostate cancer patients. Not pictured is Sarah Alonzi, the lead author of the study. (Photo was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.)
—Paula Burch-Celentano Photo
One in six men being treated for advanced prostate cancer experiences a reduced sense of smell and taste, a symptom that could cause increased anxiety among patients because it is also a side effec
METAIRIE — More than one year since the COVID-19 pandemic upended nearly all travel plans, many Americans are eagerly awaiting their next chance to get out once again and explore.
Chad Roy, PhD, corresponding author of the study and director of infectious disease aerobiology at the Tulane National Primate Research Center.
—Tulane University photo
Scientists and public health experts have long known that certain individuals, termed “super-spreaders,” can transmit COVID-19 with incredible efficiency and devastating consequences.
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