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illustrative: three doctors walk toward the camera
Posted inNorthern California

On Twitter, a Jewish doctor in Sacramento tells what it’s like to treat a Covid patient covered in Nazi tattoos

by Sarah Brown and Forward December 1, 2020December 1, 2020
Rick Doblin is a leading advocate for the use of MDMA in psychotherapy. A clinical trial he championed produced favorable results this year. (Photo/JTA-Ben Harris; Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inNews

Meet Rick Doblin, the Jewish psychedelics advocate working to turn a club drug into legal medicine

by Ben Harris and JTA November 24, 2020November 24, 2020
Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer's chief scientist, is a Jew from Sweden. (Photos/JTA-Pfizer and Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Mikael Dolsten, the Jewish immigrant leading Pfizer’s vaccine charge, hopes the US stays a melting pot

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA November 17, 2020November 17, 2020
Dr. Nicola Klein
Posted inHealth

Meet a Kaiser doc monitoring Covid vaccine safety for the state

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 12, 2020November 12, 2020
Married couple Dean Felsher, M.D., and Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, Ph.D., are both researching Covid-19 at Stanford University. (Photo/Scott Lasky Photography)
Posted inHealth

Married Stanford scientists fight Covid on two fronts: cancer and smoking

by Dan Pine November 11, 2020November 11, 2020
A researcher studies samples of the coronavirus in a state-run laboratory in Pennsylvania. (Photo/Flickr-GovernorTomWolf CC BY 2.0)
Posted inHealth

What happens in a vaccine study? S.F. researcher breaks it down

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 9, 2020November 12, 2020
Stanford virologist Dr. Robert Siegel getting a flu shot. (Photo/Courtesy Siegel)
Posted inHealth

Stanford virologist: Fix-everything vaccine is wishful thinking

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 6, 2020November 6, 2020
Cali Kosher owner Darron Silva (left) looks over his crop with Rabbi Levy Zirkind. (Photo/Courtesy Cali Kosher)
Posted inHealth

This Central Valley cannabis brand is stamped kosher all over

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
(Photo/JTA-Jeffrey Greenberg-Getty Images)
Posted inSeniors

How curing loneliness can increase longevity and health

by Dr. Jerry Saliman October 13, 2020May 27, 2022
Ronit Sholkoff, a 20-year-old junior at UC Berkeley, says she has been feeling “powerless” and “overwhelmed.”
Posted inHealth

‘Pandemic blues’ hitting young adults especially hard

by Gabriel Greschler September 22, 2020September 29, 2020

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