Richard Franki is the associate editor who writes and creates graphs. He started with the company in 1987, when it was known as the International Medical News Group. In his years as a journalist, Richard has worked for Cap Cities/ABC, Disney, Harcourt, Elsevier, Quadrant, Frontline, and Internet Brands. In the 1990s, he was a contributor to the ill-fated Indications column, predecessor of Livin' on the MDedge.
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Keep menstrual cramps away the dietary prevention way
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- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Teraya Smith
Plus: Unemotional robots provoke emotional humans, superorganisms walk and leap around children’s mouths.
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Children and COVID: Downward trend reverses with small increase in new cases
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- Richard Franki
September’s 4-week decline becomes October’s inflationary reaction.
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Malaria vaccine gets special delivery by tiny health personnel
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- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Teraya Smith
Plus: Sleeping and sweating the years away and dragon-sized embezzling from a cancer charity.
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases dropped by 57% in September
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- Richard Franki
Parents’ acceptance of vaccine misinformation linked to reduced uptake in children.
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Instagram: Cosmetic procedures discussed without cosmetic experts
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- Richard Franki
Unqualified sources provide misinformation on social media as high-quality education gets lost in the shuffle.
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Meet our newest genetically engineered frenemy, herpes
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- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus: Cooking and cleaning your way to air pollution, dying to become a tree, and thawing out “COVID-frozen” goals.
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Children and COVID: September slowdown continues
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- Richard Franki
Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech seek emergency authorizations for the latest bivalent boosters.
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Early bird gets the worm, night owl gets the diabetes
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- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus: Sweating for mosquito science, sharing genes with zebrafish, and sharing vomit with synanthropic flies.
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases drop to lowest level since April
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- Richard Franki
The pace of vaccinations remains slow for children under age 5 years.
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Home BP monitoring in older adults falls short of recommendations
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- Richard Franki
First study in adults aged 50-80 years details prevalence and frequency among those with hypertension and blood pressure–related health conditions...
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‘Dr. Caveman’ had a leg up on amputation
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- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus: Walking your way to a quieter baby, lending a nose to Parkinson’s research, and identifying the office flirts.
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Children and COVID: New cases took a downturn in September
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- Richard Franki
Other signs of viral activity also dropped as the new school year passed Labor Day.
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One fish, two fish, are good fish for you ... fish
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- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Christina Manago
- Teraya Smith
Plus: The secret lives of Vikings’ parasites, the first truck to perform a vasectomy, and the benefits of random-but-not-quite noise.
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases close out August with a second straight increase
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- Richard Franki
The vaccination effort did not finish the month with a flourish.
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Real medical news: Many teens trust fake medical news
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- Lucas Franki
- Richard Franki
- Teraya Smith
Plus, an artificial intelligence that predicts birth outcomes and an Italian election that went viral.