Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 shot loses power against Omicron variant, but booster restores protection
People who have received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are likely susceptible to…
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Pfizer vs. Omicron: Does The Vaccine Provide Protection Against The New Variant?
The fast-spreading omicron variant is already in the U.S., causing many people to worry, even…
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Some Central Texans turn to holistic medicine – Spectrum News
Some Central Texans turn to holistic medicine Spectrum News Read Original Article: Some Central Texans turn…
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The New Moon reopens on Mulberry Street | Business News | richlandsource.com – Richland Source
The New Moon reopens on Mulberry Street | Business News | richlandsource.com Richland Source Read Original…
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Doctor participation in ACOs, medical homes grows amid pandemic – American Medical Association
Doctor participation in ACOs, medical homes grows amid pandemic American Medical Association Read Original Article: Doctor…
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Countries with regulations against industrially produced trans fats tripled over the past year
Forty countries now have best-practice trans fat elimination policies in effect, protecting 1.4 billion people from this…
Opinion: Listen: A public health expert passes on football’s full body collisions for youth
If there was one moment that led Kathleen Bachynski to a career studying the public…
Graded exercise therapy for ME/CFS: finding consensus between the royal colleges, patients, and researchers
The BMJ reports the royal colleges’ discontent with the new National Institute for Health and…
Covid-19: Whatever happened to the Novavax vaccine?
At the start of the covid-19 pandemic a small US drug company found itself in…
Guidance on cow’s milk allergy may be fuelling overdiagnosis in infants, study finds
International guidelines designed to help doctors diagnose cow’s milk allergy in infants may be leading…
Bureaucracy has created a mess for Novavax volunteers like me
Be in a trial, I tweeted. Trials are great, I said on the radio. But…
Scales, fissures, and haemorrhagic crusts on the palms
This is crusted scabies on the hands of a man in his 70s (fig 1)….
Remote, proactive, telephone based management of toxicity in outpatients during adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy for early stage breast cancer: pragmatic, cluster randomised trial
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of remote proactive management of toxicities during chemotherapy for early stage…
David Oliver: Zealotry risks making faster hospital discharge a cult
We should be wary of single issue zealotry in health service delivery, which risks making…
The US opened up access to health records—how do patients use them?
Many have argued for patients to be given greater access to their medical records. The…
Health at COP26: just the beginning
During the first two weeks of November, the global health community advocated on behalf of…
Opinion: Archaic in-person exam for digital prescribing is holding back health care innovation
At a press conference in 1986, President Ronald Reagan said he felt the nine most…
Changing the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ is more than just semantics, experts argue
Who’s “fully vaccinated” against Covid-19 — and who’s not — is starting to get a…
STAT+: Biogen’s reckoning: How the Aduhelm debacle pushed a troubled company and its fractured leadership to the brink
The shocking revelation came in a Saturday afternoon email, restricted to a tight circle of…
Pfizer vs. Omicron: Does The Vaccine Provide Protection Against The New Variant?
The fast-spreading omicron variant is already in the U.S., causing many people to worry, even…
Alabama Mother Prosecuted for Taking Prescription During Pregnancy – Equal Justice Initiative
Alabama Mother Prosecuted for Taking Prescription During Pregnancy Equal Justice Initiative Read Original Article: Alabama Mother…
Easy, Yet Magical Ideas for Elf on the Shelf This Year
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35.8 million face lean season food crisis in West Africa and Sahel COVID-19: WHO advises against…
Some Central Texans turn to holistic medicine – Spectrum News
Some Central Texans turn to holistic medicine Spectrum News Read Original Article: Some Central Texans turn…
The New Moon reopens on Mulberry Street | Business News | richlandsource.com – Richland Source
The New Moon reopens on Mulberry Street | Business News | richlandsource.com Richland Source Read Original…
Doctor participation in ACOs, medical homes grows amid pandemic – American Medical Association
Doctor participation in ACOs, medical homes grows amid pandemic American Medical Association Read Original Article: Doctor…
Future snowmelt could have costly consequences on infrastructure
Researchers took a closer look at previous studies with snowmelt predictions, and because geographical areas…
Plants struggle to keep pace with climate change in human-dominated landscapes
Researchers found that changes in plant phenology are lagging behind rising temperatures across a majority…
Anthrax arms race helped Europeans evolve against disease
New research has revealed how humans evolved greater resistance against anthrax multiple times during history:…
Countries with regulations against industrially produced trans fats tripled over the past year
Forty countries now have best-practice trans fat elimination policies in effect, protecting 1.4 billion people from this…
Melting glaciers may produce thousands of kilometers of new Pacific salmon habitat
Retreating glaciers in the Pacific mountains of western North America could produce around 6,150 kilometers…
Avoiding blackouts with clean, renewable energy
Study analyzes grid stability under a scenario in which wind, water and solar energy sources…
Gas bubbles in rock pores – a nursery for life on Early Earth
Researchers create compelling scenario for the evolution of membraneless microdroplets as the origin of life….
A first, small study suggests Omicron is a larger threat to Covid-19 immunity than other variants
A small, preliminary study has found a significant drop in how well vaccine-elicited antibodies target…
Denisovans or Homo sapiens: Who were the first to settle (permanently) on the Tibetan Plateau?
A new paper by archaeologists at the University of California, Davis, highlights that our extinct…
Unprecedented three-dimensional X-ray microscope methodology to image plants at cellular resolution
Measuring plant phenotypes, a term used to describe the observable characteristics of an organism, is…
STAT+: Martin Shkreli’s former company pays $40 million for blocking competition for a life-saving drug
Six years after a national scandal erupted, a group of federal and state authorities have…
Parents can influence children’s choice and success in STEM major
If one of your parents majored in a STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) field,…
Stem cell study paves way for manufacturing cultured meat
Scientists have for the first time obtained stem cells from livestock that grow under chemically…
Engineers discover what makes a tree-killing fungus so hard to put down
Armillaria ostoyae is a gnarly parasitic fungus with long black tentacles that spread out and…
Researchers develop an antibody-drug delivery system
Researchers have developed the first metal-organic framework (MOFs) antibody-drug delivery system that has the potential…
Primates vs cobras: How our last common ancestor built venom resistance
The last common ancestor of chimps, gorillas and humans developed an increased resistance toward cobra…
Self-administered cognition test predicts early signs of dementia sooner
Many people experience forgetfulness as they age, but it’s often difficult to tell if these…
Half of all drinkers risk exceeding legal driving limit by underestimating how drunk they are, study suggests
As many as a half of all drinkers underestimated how drunk they were, judging themselves…
Neurotoxin from a black widow spider examined
Although many people lose their nerve and panic when they see a spider, only very…
STAT+: Centene agrees to pay $28 million to resolve another state probe into its PBM business
Centene (CNC), one of the largest health insurers in the U.S., agreed to pay nearly…
Bachelet describes ‘disastrous’ human rights situation across Occupied Palestinian Territory
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said on Tuesday that the human rights situation in the Occupied…
Plastics in soil threatens food security, health, and environment: FAO
Plastic pollution has become pervasive in agricultural soils, according to a new report released on…
Pear makes it stock market debut & telehealth players lock arms
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
Link between long-term exposure to air pollution and fatty liver disease shown
Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is a growing global health challenge and poses a substantial…
Stress makes life’s clock tick faster: Chilling out slows it down
Scientists in recent years have developed ways to measure biological age by tracking chemical changes…
Sodium-based material yields stable alternative to lithium-ion batteries
Scientists have developed a new sodium metal anode for rechargeable batteries that resists the formation…
Researcher pushes limit of when water will freeze
An engineer is changing what we know about when water freezes as he pushes the…
Battery ‘dream technology’ a step closer to reality with new discovery
A sodium-sulfur battery solves one of the biggest hurdles that has held back the technology…
Terrain, weather can predict wild pig movements
Managing the United States’ growing wild pig population has become a significant challenge over the…