For the Week Ending March 3, 2019.
Lactation tech-sultant
Nest Collaborative is offering appointments with lactation consultants through video chat. And they are covered by most insurance. Read more here.
This is important for you because it could be a great option if you’re having nursing issues but can’t get out of the house or office.
Stories about the CRISPR babies, like the CRISPR babies themselves, are going to be around for a while. The newest are that He Jiankui may have used Chinese government funds for the work, and that the genetic editing he performed to protect the baby girls from HIV infection will likely affect their cognition as well. Read more here and here.
This is important for you because China and bioethics are going to be hot topics in our brave new world – better keep up.
Measles outbreaks are currently underway in Japan, Ukraine, the Philippines, New York, and Washington State, and the disease has just been reintroduced into Costa Rica. The measles virus is highly contagious and can be fatal, but infection is easily prevented by the vaccine.
This is important for you because if you have not yet made appointments to keep your baby on the recommended vaccination schedule, now is a great time.
A disposable, spiky penis
Sea slugs may not have lives as exciting as humans, but their mating rituals are certainly more involved. When these hermaphrodites insert (one of) their penises into their partner’s vagina, their partner is doing the same to them. And when the penis comes out – before it breaks off – it scrapes out the sperm of any previous partner. Read more here.
This is important for you because maybe you want to be reincarnated as a sea slug?
