{"id":33501,"date":"2024-09-05T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/thursday-headlines-love-means-nothing-to-them#id33235"},"modified":"2024-09-05T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:55:00","slug":"thursday-headlines-love-means-nothing-to-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/thursday-headlines-love-means-nothing-to-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday headlines: Love means nothing to them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers say they&#39;ve discovered an antibody that can effectively fight against all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kut.org\/health\/2024-09-04\/austin-tx-covid-19-antibody-variants-treatment-research-ut-austin\">variants of Covid-19.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ KUT News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some advice from experts on when to get shots to protect against influenza, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/09\/04\/covid-booster-flu-shot-rsv-vaccines-seasonal-immunization-guidelines\/\">Covid, and RSV.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ STAT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A small study of gender-affirming care finds immune system differences <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/how-testosterone-changes-the-immune-system-in-trans-men\/\">in men and women.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Scientific American<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In Syracuse, a vending machine offers students pregnancy tests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/09\/04\/morning-rounds-plan-b-snoo\/\">and affordable Plan B.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ STAT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Regarding those parents designing their kids&#39; 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