Episode Details

Today you’ll learn about how remote work is resulting in people having more children than before the pandemic, how scientists are searching for new treatments for acne, and how indigenous groups in South America have a genetic resistance to Chagas disease. 

Remote Work Baby Boom    

• “The Surprising Effects of Remote Work” by Derek Thompson
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/03/us-remote-work-impact-fertility-rate-babies/673301/
• “Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation” by Lyman Stone and Adam Ozimek
  • https://eig.org/remote-work-family-formation/
• “Career Paths with a Two-Body Problem: Occupational Specialization and Geographic Mobility” by Valeria Rueda and Guillaume Wilemme
  • https://research.upjohn.org/up_workingpapers/346/
• “The Great Pandemic Baby Bump” By Jerusalem Demsas
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/pandemic-baby-bump-fertility/671964/

Acne Antibiotics 

• “Antibiotics for acne: Study shows why one works best.” By Isabella Backman. 2023.
  • https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-antibiotics-acne.html
• “Acne.” National Institutes of Health. 2020.
  • https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/acne#:~:text=Acne%20is%20a%20common%20skin,commonly%20called%20pimples%20or%20zits.

Chagas Infection

• “Genetic adaptations help Amazonian populations resist chaga infection.” n.a. 2023.
  • https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-genetic-amazonian-populations-resist-chagas.html
• “Parasites - American Trypanosomiasis (also known as Chagas Disease): Detailed FAQs.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2022.
  • https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/gen_info/detailed.html#intro
• “Amazonian Populations Have Genetic Protection Against Chagas Disease.” n.a. 2023.
  • https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/news/amazonian-populations-have-genetic-protection-against-chagas-disease-370944
• “Indigenous people from Amazon show genetic signatures of pathogen-driven selection.” By Caina M. Couto-Silva, et al. 2023.
  • https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo0234
• “Parasite Drove Natural Selection in Amazonian Indigenous Groups.” By Natalia Mesa, PhD. 2023.
  • https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/parasite-drove-natural-selection-in-amazonian-indigenous-groups-71004

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