Sundance Film Festival jury walks out over failure to provide subtitles for deaf juror

Sundance Film Festival jury walks out over failure to provide subtitles for deaf juror

This was not the standing ovation the filmmakers wanted. Jury members for the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Dramatic Competition walked out of the premiere of “Magazine Dreams” Friday after the festival failed to provide subtitles for deaf and hearing-impaired audiences — including judge Marlee Matlin, reports Variety. Several of the judges — including Jeremy Harris, Eliza … Read more

For decades, fear and failure in the hunt for an RSV vaccine. Now, success.

For decades, fear and failure in the hunt for an RSV vaccine. Now, success.

In the mid-1960s, researchers at D.C.’s top pediatric hospital set out to vanquish a diabolical virus that filled wards with wheezing infants each winter. Their weapon: a vaccine designed to target respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV. The virus had been identified only a decade earlier but was already known to be one of the … Read more