Month: December 2021

Pushing COVID-19 Boosters, Biden Says ‘We Need to Be Ready’

With rising numbers of COVID-19 cases predicted this winter, President Joe Biden on Thursday appealed for Americans to get their boosters and get behind his plan to tackle the new omicron variant through wider availability of vaccines and shots, but without new major… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., […]

Published on December 2, 2021

Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later

People who recovered from a severe case of COVID-19 may have more to worry about: New research finds that patients hospitalized with COVID are 2.5 times more likely to die within the year than people who never contracted the coronavirus. They also are nearly twice as likely… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. […]

Published on December 2, 2021

Strategies to improve sales of imperfect carrots

Explaining the value of misshapen vegetables — that they are as healthful as their picture-perfect counterparts and buying them helps reduce food waste — could help improve sales of ‘ugly’ produce, new research suggests. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future […]

Published on December 2, 2021