What to Know About Paxlovid, the Antiviral Drug That the Bidens Were Prescribed for COVID

Photo: Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images First LadyJill Bidenhas tested positive for COVID-19. “After testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday during her regular testing cadence, the First Lady began to develop cold-like symptoms late in the evening,” read a Tuesday morning statement from her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander. “She tested negative again on a rapid antigen test, but a PCR test came back positive.” She has started taking Paxlovid, which PresidentJoe Bidenalso took last month when he had COVID.

What to Know as Brittney Griner's Appeal Hearing Begins: She 'Does Not Expect Any Miracles'

Brittney Griner.Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty AfterBrittney Grinerwas given an “absolutely unreasonable” sentence of nine years in a Russian prison for drug possession back in August, her lawyers quickly filed an appeal. After nearly three months of waiting, that appeal hearing will begin in a Russian court Tuesday. “Appeal is a pretty straightforward legal process in Russia,” says her lawyer,Maria Blagovolina, tells PEOPLE. Blagovolina explains that the appeals process, once it begins, is typically very short in Russia, and that there will only be one or two hearings for Griner’s case.

What to Watch: The Best New TV Shows of 2022 So Far

01of 34Heartstopper (Netflix)NetflixIn this adorable British series — just renewed for two more seasons — openly gay 14-year-old Charlie (Joe Locke) has a crush on jock schoolmate Nick (Kit Connor). The attraction appears to be mutual, but Charlie is slow to catch on — his go-to mode is fumbling self-doubt. It’s all performed with sweet, funny sincerity. Olivia Colman turns up as Nick’s mom. —Tom Gliatto 01of 34 Heartstopper (Netflix) Netflix

What Was Synanon, the Violent Cult Featured in New Paramount+ Docuseries?

‘Born in Synanon’.Photo:Paramount+ Paramount+ A new Paramount+ docuseries is putting a spotlight on a Southern California drug rehabilitation organization that slowly turned into a dangerous and violent cult. Synanon founder Chuck Dederich and his wife Betty at a Western wedding in Born in Synanon.Bruce Levine/Courtesy of Paramount+ Bruce Levine/Courtesy of Paramount+ What is Synanon? Dederich originally founded Synanon in 1958 as a way to provide assistance to people addicted to drugs, since Alcoholics Anonymous did not provide assistance to other forms of drug addiction at the time, according to a 2018Los Angeles Magazineexaminationof the cult.

What You Have to Be Thankful for This Holiday Season, Based on Your Birth Chart

Astrology is like a mirror, reflecting our strengths, opportunities for growth and everything in between, but leave it to the taskmasterSaturnor a trickyMercury retrogradetransit to make you side-eye yourbirth chartand wonder, “Why, universe, why?”Let’s face it: astrology has no filter when highlighting challenges — similar to when you read yourhoroscopeand suddenly realize you’re in the thick of an intimidating transit — but it can also be a map of unexpected blessings.