Montelukast/Singulair was an absolute wonder drug for treating my asthma; but the anxiety which it ultimately induced as completely disabling; I didn't find out what was going on until after the FDA required a black box warning, and my doctor took me off it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/health/fda-singulair-asthma-drug-warning.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MU0.-eVD.PTlNo9_mdxKR&smid=url-share

#Asthma #GiftLink #GiftArticle

As an occasional journalist, I just love the way Ed Yong closes his latest OpEd at NYTs & couldn’t agree more. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opinion/long-covid-reporting-lessons.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE0.aHg1.KLP-3qDCnjtp&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #GiftArticle #writing #journalism

“Journalists can act as a care-taking profession that soothes & nurtures. We are among the only professions that can do so at a scale commensurate with the scope of the crises before us. We can make people who feel invisible feel seen. We can make everyone else look.”

@drkatemarvel wrote a somewhat hopeful op-ed

Click the link, not the preview to bypass the paywall.

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/opinion/climate-change-report-us.html?unlocked_article_code=1._Uw.wyb0.-_l7RGdzmKEW