Getting diagnosed with cancer is a frightening, uncertain experience. Already anxious about their prognosis, patients also must brace themselves for intensive and sometimes lengthy treatment and the potential for serious side effects from therapy and symptoms of the disease.
In an effort to draw the world’s wavering attention to the problem of snakebite—“the most neglected of the world’s neglected tropical diseases”—filmmaker James Reid brought his documentary Minutes to Die to Lipsett Amphitheater recently.
Exactly 2 months shy of the second anniversary of its founding on July 6, 2016, the All of Us Research Program (formerly known as the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program) opened enrollment nationwide on May 6.
On the Cover
Leptospira (shown in green) is a type (genus) of elongated, spiral-shaped bacteria. Infection can cause Weil’s disease, a kind of jaundice, in humans.
Photo: Tina Carvalho—University of Hawaii, Manoa (Funded by NIGMS)
