Daniel Chang

5 days ago | biorxiv.org | Jakob Wirbel |Angela Hickey |Daniel Chang |Nora J. Enright

AbstractGut bacteriophages profoundly impact microbial ecology and human health, yet they are greatly understudied. Using deep, long-read bulk metagenomic sequencing, a technique that overcomes fundamental limitations of short-read approaches, we tracked prophage integration dynamics in 12 longitudinal stool samples from six healthy individuals, spanning a two-year timescale.

3 weeks ago | poz.com | Daniel Chang

Alanys Ortiz reads Josephine Senek’s cues before she speaks. Josephine, who lives with a rare and debilitating genetic condition, fidgets her fingers when she’s tired and bites the air when something hurts. Josephine, 16, has been diagnosed withtetrasomy 8p mosaicism, severe autism, severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, among other conditions, which will require constant assistance and supervision for the rest of her life.

3 weeks ago | presstelegram.com | Vanessa Sanchez |Daniel Chang

By Vanessa G. Sánchez and Daniel Chang, KFF Health NewsAlanys Ortiz reads Josephine Senek’s cues before she speaks. Josephine, who lives with a rare and debilitating genetic condition, fidgets her fingers when she’s tired and bites the air when something hurts.

1 month ago | sun-sentinel.com | Daniel Chang

By Daniel Chang, KFF Health NewsIt’s a holy grail of health care: forcing the industry to reveal prices negotiated between health plans and hospitals — information that had long been treated as a trade secret. And among the flurry of executive orders President Donald Trump signed during his first five weeks back in office was a promise to “Make America Healthy Again” by giving patients accurate health care prices.

1 month ago | inquirer.com | Vanessa Sanchez |Daniel Chang

Alanys Ortiz reads Josephine Senek’s cues before she speaks. Josephine, who lives with a rare and debilitating genetic condition, fidgets her fingers when she’s tired and bites the air when something hurts. Josephine, 16, has been diagnosed with tetrasomy 8p mosaicism, severe autism, severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, among other conditions, which will require constant assistance and supervision for the rest of her life.