If Russians are gripped by a yearning for an imaginary past, they will not fight for a better future.

and you will come across people wearing dark blue or red sweatshirts emblazoned with that unmistakable Soviet emblem – hammer, sickle, and star. You will also see plenty of traditional fur hats ...

Putin has long viewed nostalgia as a powerful means of reassuring — and subduing — the public. Putin revived the Soviet anthem and restored the Red Army flag as the official banner of the military.

One of the images I felt incongruous was that of our multi-billionaire President addressing a bunch of commies with the red hammer and sickle image as his background ... of motorists who got in the ...

The news of the Smit murders in 1977 was a bolt out of the blue. Both I and my girlfriend were astounded ... my "Tag" that I spray-painted in red at the scene, was a Russian "Hammer and Sickle". Being ...

Contrary to misconceptions among medical professionals and patients alike, individuals born with sickle cell trait (SCT) show no risk of experiencing the acute pain crises known to occur with ...

Given the remarkable advances seen with gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD), it may seem counterintuitive to suggest the space may be in need of more therapies that have already been ...

Sickle cell anaemia, a hereditary condition that primarily affects African and Mediterranean populations, continues to pose significant health challenges. In Uganda, where the disease is prevalent ...

Novo Nordisk is opening a new front in its fight against sickle cell disease, inking a deal with IMMvention Therapeutix to co-develop oral treatments for the red blood cell disorder and other ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront series on “The Future of Sickle Cell Disease Research and Care” with support from The American Society of Hematology. The articles in the ...