Hering

And to be clear, being biased does not mean that someone is bad or malicious — it just means that someone is human, said Elaine Lin Hering, the author of Unlearning Silence, a book about how to recognize and unlearn unconscious patterns.

And in addition to being wired to prefer people who are like us, we are also conditioned to believe that they pose less social threat because they feel more known to us, Hering says.

Pemgarda will become available within the next week or two, said David Hering, the chief executive of Invivyd, the company that makes it.

The company is still evaluating what the drug will cost, Mr. Hering said; he expects that Medicare and private insurance plans will cover it.

"The NRL avoids several pitfalls that often obstruct the implementation of European policies and regulations, showing that the Commission learned from past experiences" says Prof. Dr Daniel Hering from the University of Duisburg-Essen, first author of the study.