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FDA Reviews MDMA Therapy for PTSD, Citing Health Risks and Study Flaws

✇NYT: Science
Andrew Jacobs and Christina Jewett
The agency’s staff analysis suggests that approval of the illegal drug known as Ecstasy for treatment of PTSD is far from certain, with advisers meeting next week to consider the proposed therapy.

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A seizure of the drug MDMA, known as Ecstasy or molly. It and other psychoactive drugs are still classified as illegal drugs with a potential for abuse.

PTSD Has Surged Among College Students

✇NYT: Science
Ellen Barry
The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among college students rose to 7.5 percent in 2022, more than double the rate five years earlier, researchers found.

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The campus of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, in 2020.

Richard Ellis, 86, Dies; Artist Whose Works Included a Museum’s Whale

✇NYT: Science
Michael S. Rosenwald
Once called the “poet laureate” of deep-sea creatures, he melded science with art in paintings, books and a notable life-size installation in New York.

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Richard Ellis in 2012 at the American Museum of Natural History, in front of the life-size blue whale he helped build. In fusing his artistic flair with an encyclopedic knowledge of ocean creatures, Mr. Ellis became invaluable to conservationists and educators.

When ‘Prior Authorization’ Becomes a Medical Roadblock

✇NYT: Science
Paula Span
Medicare Advantage plans say it reduces waste and inappropriate care. Critics say it often restricts coverage unnecessarily.

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Marlene Nathanson, right, with her husband, was abruptly refused a request to cover further treatment from her Medicare Advantage plan as she recovered from a stroke. “She has to leave our facility by Friday,” a therapist told her.

Russia Is Increasingly Blocking Ukraine’s Starlink Service

✇NYT: Science
Paul Mozur and Adam Satariano
Russia has deployed advanced tech to interfere with Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Ukrainian officials said, leading to more outages on the northern front battle line.

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Members of the Achilles Drone battalion of Ukraine’s 92nd Assault Brigade in Kharkiv, Ukraine. They depend on Starlink service for communications and to conduct drone strikes.

Ascension Hospitals Reel From Cyberattack, Causing Patient Care Delays

✇NYT: Science
Reed Abelson
For two weeks at the 140-hospital system, doctors and nurses have had little access to digital records for patient histories, resorting to paper and faxes to treat people.

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Ascension, one of the nation’s largest medical systems with 140 hospitals in 19 states, has yet to recover from a large-scale cyberattack earlier this month.

Fate of Retired Research Chimps Still in Limbo

✇NYT: Science
Emily Anthes
The National Institutes of Health, which owns the chimps at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico, has no plans to move the animals to sanctuary, despite a ruling from a federal judge.

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Carlee, a chimpanzee living in Chimp Haven, a 200-acre sanctuary in Louisiana that serves as the designated retirement home for federally owned chimps.

Dr. Paul Parkman, Who Helped to Eliminate Rubella, Dies at 91

✇NYT: Science
Sam Roberts
He also identified the virus, which can cause infants to be born with severe physical and mental impairments as well as causing miscarriages and stillbirths.

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Dr. Paul D. Parkman, right, and Dr. Harry M. Meyer Jr. inspecting a culture of the rubella virus in 1967. Working with a team of researchers, they created a vaccine for the disease.

In the House of Psychiatry, a Jarring Tale of Violence

✇NYT: Science
Ellen Barry
At the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting, a patient described a restraint that haunts him, more than eight years later.

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Matthew Tuleja, a former college football player, hopes that sharing his story will help reduce the use of restraints in psychiatry.

How the Cockroach Took Over the World

✇NYT: Science
Sofia Quaglia
A genetic analysis of the German cockroach explained its rise in southern Asia millenniums ago, and how it eventually turned up in your kitchen.

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A genomic analysis of 281 cockroaches collected from 17 countries around the world suggests that Blattella germanica, the German cockroach, originated in India or Myanmar around 2,100 years ago.
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