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Millions of Americans who had COVID didn’t know why they are still suffering from brain fog and crippling fatigue (shown above), months and even years after getting infected.
Now, we’re beginning to understand.
A new study says leftover COVID inflammation in the gut may disrupt serotonin communication with the brain. leading the authors to a tantalizing suggestion: Could antidepressants help?
Jackie Kennedy already was in mourning: The first lady’s fateful November 1963 trip to Dallas with President John F. Kennedy was meant to be a return to duty. She had been in seclusion since the premature birth and death that August of a son, Patrick. That’s part of a new National Geographic series on John Kennedy’s final days, 60 years ago this month. (Above, the Kennedys arriving in Texas.)
Is the next big war here? While much of the world’s attention is on Ukraine and Israel-Gaza, the militarization of the top of the world is intensifying. Russia has stationed planes in Arctic bases, partly to escape Ukraine counterattacks. And China has declared itself an Arctic nation. In this prescient archival piece, Nat Geo lays out the new Cold War in the thawing Arctic. (Above, U.S. troops training in Alaska.)
HBCU time: Students at Georgia’s Clark Atlanta University observe a round-bottom flask during a chemistry lesson. This previously unpublished photograph was taken for a 2018 story about enrollment at historically Black institutions, which has surged the past two years.
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