Antarctic ice-sheet melting to lift sea level higher than thought, Harvard study says
The new predictions show that in the case of a total collapse of the ice…
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Poorer communities hardest hit by toxic pollution incidents
Research shows toxic pollution hits poorer populations hardest as firms experience more pollutant releases and…
Computer scientists discover new vulnerability affecting computers globally
A team o computer science researchers has uncovered a line of attack that breaks all…
Neural nets used to rethink material design
Engineers are using neural networks to accelerate predictions of how the microstructures of materials evolve….
Branching worm with dividing internal organs growing in sea sponge
The marine worm Ramisyllis multicaudata is one of only two such species possessing a branching…
Piecing together the LanCL puzzle
Researchers have published an article reporting the function of LanCL proteins. Read Original Article: Piecing…
Decades of health gains at risk in Brazil due to COVID-19
Although COVID-19 cases are declining in Brazil, the pandemic is putting decades of public health…
Chad: UN rights office profoundly disturbed over violence against protesters
The UN rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday that it is deeply disturbed by security…
Not just for finding planets: Exoplanet-hunter TESS telescope spots bright gamma-ray burst
NASA has a long tradition of unexpected discoveries, and the space program’s TESS mission is…
Middle East coordinator calls for new and timely Palestinian election date
After the postponement of the Palestinian Legislative Council elections, originally scheduled for 22 May, a…
STAT+: Brazilian senate votes to suspend patents in bid to widen access to Covid-19 vaccines
After a year of politicking, the Brazilian senate passed a bill that would permit the…
Address inequalities to end AIDS by 2030, UN chief says in new report
Inequalities in addressing AIDS threaten global efforts to stamp out the disease as a public…
Europe: COVID must spark rethink to prioritize ‘human lives’ over economic policies
The devastating impact of COVID-19 serves as a stark reminder that the European Union must…
HHS to prioritize newborn screening programs’ pipette tip orders
Programs that screen newborns for potentially deadline genetic conditions will now have higher priority when…
STAT+: U.S. government has invested $6 billion in Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine
The federal government has now invested about $6 billion in the Covid-19 vaccine from Moderna,…
Spire Healthcare pleads guilty to failing to tell four patients about poor treatment
The private hospital group Spire Healthcare has pleaded guilty to breaching the duty of candour…
Eastern and Western house mice took parallel evolutionary paths after colonizing US
Parallel evolution is common, but do different animal populations evolve in similar ways and alter…
Covid-19: Most people admitted to hospital after vaccination were infected before immunity could develop, research shows
The majority of vaccinated people who were admitted to hospital for covid-19 were probably infected…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Wyden goes back to the drawing board on drug pricing; Emergent undergoes an executive shake-up
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Why is India having a covid-19 surge?
On 26 April India saw the highest daily tally of new SARS-CoV-2 infections ever recorded…
Biden administration proposes making opioid addiction treatment more easily available
The US government has proposed rule changes that would make buprenorphine, a treatment for opioid…
Many more people could benefit from blood pressure lowering drugs, say researchers
Antihypertensive drug treatment can lower the risk of strokes, heart failure, and heart attacks even…
Control pollution, protect children, save lives
Asthma outcomes in the UK are among the worst in the world,12 but little is…
STAT+: Top Senate Democrat heads back to drawing board on drug pricing
WASHINGTON — A powerful Democratic committee chair is starting to work on a new drug…
Virologist Angela Rasmussen on the controversy surrounding Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine
By all accounts, the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Russia’s Gamaleya Institute, called Sputnik V, has…
Opinion: STAT+: Improving health care means improving data diversity. Federated learning can help
Many companies are developing innovative artificial intelligence solutions for health care. Too often, though, these…
Opinion: ALS groups to the FDA and drug sponsors: ‘We won’t be played again’
Working to improve the fight for therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as…
Do public health officials need to be political activists? A fight over an HIV crisis renews the question
Most local health officials don’t accept their jobs expecting to be roped into political activism….
UK’s 85% family planning aid cut will be devastating for women and girls says UNFPA, while UNAIDS also ‘deeply regrets’ cuts
The United Kingdom’s intention to cut 85 per cent of its contribution to a flagship…
Lessons From The Field: Offering Group Prenatal Care Via Telehealth During The COVID-19 Pandemic – Health Affairs
Lessons From The Field: Offering Group Prenatal Care Via Telehealth During The COVID-19 Pandemic Health Affairs…
Prenatal POP exposure may increase the risk of metabolic disorders in adolescence – News-Medical.Net
Prenatal POP exposure may increase the risk of metabolic disorders in adolescence News-Medical.Net Read Original Article:…
Peloton Prenatal Classes Are Changing How Pregnant People Exercise – Shape Magazine
Peloton Prenatal Classes Are Changing How Pregnant People Exercise Shape Magazine Read Original Article: Peloton Prenatal…
Prenatal Exposure To Certain Health Issues Linked To Child Mental Health – Kaiser Health News
Prenatal Exposure To Certain Health Issues Linked To Child Mental Health Kaiser Health News Read Original…
HIV in Pregnancy: Treatment, Preventing Transmission, and More – Healthline
HIV in Pregnancy: Treatment, Preventing Transmission, and More Healthline Read Original Article: HIV in Pregnancy: Treatment,…
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva – Cyprus talks, shipwrecks, Central African Republic alert, UNFPA funding cuts
UN Catch-Up takes us from talks over the divided eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, to…
News in Brief 29 April 2021
I’ll fight for every Cypriot, says UN chief, as informal talks end UNFPA regret over…
Can alternative medicine systems like Ayurveda be tapped to fight Covid-19? – India TV News
Can alternative medicine systems like Ayurveda be tapped to fight Covid-19? India TV News Read Original…
Stem cell therapy for COPD: Cost, effectiveness, and more – Medical News Today
Stem cell therapy for COPD: Cost, effectiveness, and more Medical News Today Read Original Article: Stem…
How Do Vegans Get Calcium? The Best Calcium-Rich Foods for Vegans
We all know that calcium is good for our bones and milk is a great…
New atlas of genetic function maps complexities of immune system and immune diseases
A new genetic database for autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases will allow experts to more deeply…
Listen: Biden’s punt on drug prices, Russia’s vaccine controversy, & the importance of tiny plastic cones
Does President Biden really care about drug prices? Is Sputnik V falling out of orbit?…
STAT+: Did someone say patent thicket? AbbVie CEO to testify before Congress about drug pricing tactics
As part of its probe into pharmaceutical industry pricing tactics, a Congressional committee next month…
Vaccinated Europeans now outnumber those infected by COVID, but ‘threat remains present’
Just over 460 days since the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Europe, more citizens living…
New optical hydrogen sensors eliminate risk of sparking
A new study documents an inexpensive, spark-free, optical-based hydrogen sensor that is more sensitive —…
Wearable glucose monitors shed light on progression of Type 2 diabetes in Hispanic adults
Researchers have shown wearable devices that continuously monitor blood sugar provide new insights into the…
STAT+: Global spending on medicines could hit $1.6 trillion by 2025 — and that doesn’t include Covid-19 vaccines
Global spending on medicines is forecast to grow between 3% and 6% annually and reach…
Combining solar panels and lamb grazing increases land productivity, study finds
Land productivity could be greatly increased by combining sheep grazing and solar energy production on…
New law of physics helps humans and robots grasp the friction of touch
Although robotic devices are used in everything from assembly lines to medicine, engineers have a…
Finding the optimal way to repay student debt
Though legislative reform is necessary to combat the growing burden of student loan debt in…
Single-cell CRISPR technology deciphers role of chromatin accessibility in cancer
Researchers have developed CRISPR-sciATAC, a novel integrative genetic screening platform that jointly captures CRISPR gene…