Peter Marks, MD, PhD Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue WO71-7232 Silver Spring, MD 20993 Peter.Marks@fda.hhs.gov   December 18, 2022   Dear Dr. Marks, I am troubled by the following, and look forward to your studied response on my single …

Oxford Dictionary: con·ges·tive heart fail·ure noun noun: congestive heart failure; plural noun: congestive heart failures a weakness of the heart that leads to a buildup of fluid in the lungs and surrounding body tissues. Mayo Clinic: Heart failure — sometimes known as congestive heart failure — occurs when the heart muscle doesn’t pump blood as …

My father, the departed and much-missed poet Dr Leonard Wolf, believed that once you write something, it no longer belongs to you. It belongs, as he taught me and his many students, not to the author, but to the universe. He also believed that even if a writer had just …

“While Christmas is undoubtedly a time of great joy, it is also an occasion for deep reflection, even an examination of conscience.”             -Pope Benedict XVI, Financial Times, December 20, 2012, “A Time for Christians to Engage the World” “Maybe the Mayans were onto something after all. Perhaps the impending solstice …

Accountability. It’s happening at last. The 2020’s have been a whirlwind of chaos which includes political realignments and a complete overhaul of the manner in which media is produced and consumed. People responded to the chaos in different ways, and none of us have remained unchanged. When I started out …