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This week: People who've never had COVID-19 may hold the key to new treatments; how ancient remedies are yielding cutting-edge cures; brain foods for your kids; what your lips might reveal about your health.

PHOTOGRAPH BY NIAID, NIH, SCIENCE SOURCE Are some people resistant to COVID-19? Geneticists are on the hunt. Thousands of people repeatedly exposed to the virus never got sick. Scientists are racing to understand if they might have a genetic resistance to the virus—and whether the trait could be harnessed to develop new drugs against the disease. CLUES IN THEIR DNA?

PHOTOGRAPH BY FRITZ HOFFMANN ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ FROM THE ARCHIVES‌ ‌ ‌  How ancient remedies are changing modern medicine Long overlooked by Western science, traditional Chinese treatments are yielding cutting-edge cures. "People forget that one of the oldest, most effective, scientifically proven drugs came from traditional medicine—aspirin." SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE

PHOTOGRAPH BY VLADISLAV NOSICK/ALAMY The link between your child's diet, gut microbiomes, and brain function We all know the vitamins, minerals, and fiber provided by fresh fruits, vegetables and grains are important for growing young bodies and brains. But scientists are looking more closely at how kids' diets influence their gut health—and how that might affect everything from mood to mental health to cognitive development. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW READ THIS NEXT: What's up with the bacteria in your gut? +

PHOTOALTO/MICHELE CONSTANTINI/GETTY IMAGES Here's what to feed your kids to help their gray matter grow SEE THE LIST

WELLCOME COLLECTION Can this 19th-century health practice help with long COVID? Doctors used to swear by the slow recovery period known as convalescence. Some experts say embracing it again could offer benefits for an array of long-term illnesses and injuries. WHY WE NEED RECOVERY TIME

• As long COVID cases grow, clues emerge about who is most at risk • Can COVID-19 alter your personality? Here's what brain research shows. • How COVID-19 harms the heart

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

NG STAFF New variant fuels an uptick in cases in some U.S. states Omicron's more-contagious BA.2 strain accounted for about 72 percent of genetically sequenced samples collected between March 26 and April 2. TRACK COVID IN THE U.S.

PHOTOGRAPH BY OLE JENSEN, GETTY IMAGES CDC delayed disclosing likely mink-to-human COVID-19 transmission in the U.S. Coronavirus researchers say the delay in publicly sharing this suspected spillover event may have hindered their ability to effectively monitor spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. READ ON RELATED: What the mink COVID-19 outbreaks taught us about pandemics +

Mysterious wave of COVID toes still has scientists stumped If no one else is wearing a mask, should you? What immunocompromised people need to know right now (Vox) How long COVID is accelerating a revolution in medical research (Washington Post) What it means for a pandemic like COVID-19 to become endemic (New York Times)

MEDICAL MYSTERY

ENSBA/RMN-GRAND PALAIS It ripped through ancient Athens, killing tens of thousands. Its cause is still a mystery. The "plague of Athens" killed nearly a third of the population in 430 B.C. "[P]eople in good health were all of a sudden attacked by heats in the head, and redness and inflammation in the eyes, the inward parts, such as the throat or tongue, becoming bloody and emitting an unnatural and fetid breath," wrote the Greek historian Thucydides. Here are some new theories about what may have caused it. SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE

MORE HEALTH NEWS

IMAGE BY MARY L. MARAZITA, CENTER FOR CRANIOFACIAL AND DENTAL GENETICS, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH What your lips might reveal about your health Like the grooves on human fingertips, the grooves on human lips are formed at the embryonic stage and are thought to remain fixed throughout life. Now, scientists are studying subtle patterns in lips for clues to certain genetic traits. SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE

You can smell when someone's sick—here's how How you think about physical pain can make it worse (subscriber exclusive) What consumers need to know about the avian flu outbreak (PBS) U.S. life expectancy falls for 2nd year in a row (NPR) For people with Down syndrome, a longer life, but under a cloud (Washington Post)

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