Hidden magma pools pose eruption risks that we can’t yet detect
Volcanologists’ ability to estimate eruption risks is largely reliant on knowing where pools of magma…
Month: April 2021
New CRISPR technology offers unrivaled control of epigenetic inheritance
Scientists have figured out how to modify CRISPR’s basic architecture to extend its reach beyond…
Vaccine equity the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares, as governments call for solidarity, sharing
With the number of new COVID-19 cases nearly doubling over the past two months, approaching…
Fast radio bursts shown to include lower frequency radio waves than previously detected
A team of researchers has established that fast radio bursts (FRBs) include radio waves at…
COVID-19 infections approaching highest rates ever, WHO warns
COVID-19 infections are approaching their highest rates since the pandemic began just over a year…
Tiny cat-sized stegosaur leaves its mark
A single footprint left by a cat-sized dinosaur around 100 million years ago has been…
INTERVIEW: Myanmar military increasing efforts to keep truth from getting out, UN expert says
The crackdown on journalists, cutting off the Internet and disrupting the flow of information across…
Triangular-shaped spikes key to coronavirus transmission, finds new study
Scientists have modeled the spikes of the coronavirus particle to unravel how their shape and…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: J&J rivals rebuff bid to jointly study Covid-19 vaccine risks; will next-gen Covid shots be better or worse?
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Covid-19: US reports low rate of new infections in people already vaccinated
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention knows of about 5800 “breakthrough” infections of…
Covid-19: NHS will take at least a year and a half to recover, doctors warn
Most doctors think that the NHS will take at least 18 months to recover from…
Geoffrey Norman Marsh
bmj;373/apr16_8/n963/FAF1faGeoffrey Norman Marsh, a GP in Norton, Stockton on Tees, helped to transform general practice…
Covid-19: Irish GP who refused to vaccinate patients is suspended
An Irish GP who refused to vaccinate his patients against SARS-CoV-2 and referred to media…
Buddhadasa Dharmawansa Weerasinghe
bmj;373/apr16_6/n985/FAF1faBuddhadasa Dharmawansa Weerasinghe (“Das”) died unexpectedly but peacefully at the age of 89. He was…
Shelagh Elizabeth Milne
bmj;373/apr16_5/n964/FAF1faBorn in Maidstone, Kent, Shelagh Elizabeth Marmion was the first from her school to study…
Brian Michael Thomas
bmj;373/apr16_4/n984/FAF1faBrian Michael Thomas was a distinguished gastrointestinal radiologist with a particular interest in barium enemas…
David Charles Taylor
bmj;373/apr16_3/n976/FAF1faDavid Charles Taylor was a world renowned psychiatrist who specialised in the connections between severe…
David Stuart
bmj;373/apr16_2/n974/FAF1faDavid Stuart was born in 1927 in Kitale, northern Kenya, to an American mother and…
‘We did need to throw a lot of spaghetti against the Covid window’: a biotech analyst on pandemic drug development
The pandemic has shined a spotlight on the biopharmaceutical industry, proving its value through the…
Opinion: STAT+: Developers of microbiome-based drugs face challenges. There are ways to overcome them
Manipulating the human microbiome appears to be an effective approach for treating a range of…
Opinion: A ketogenic diet brought me back to life. Will believing in its effectiveness make me a pariah in medical school?
My awareness of the limits of medical knowledge began when I was diagnosed with osteoporosis…
Next-generation Covid-19 vaccines are supposed to be better. Some experts worry they could be worse
With Covid-19 vaccines, the world hopes to beat back the virus that causes the disease….
Polycystic ovary syndrome: why widening the diagnostic criteria may be harming women
The 2018 International Guidelines1 for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) were intended to standardise diagnosis and…
Comparison Between In-Person and Audio-Only Virtual Prenatal Visits and Perinatal Outcomes – DocWire News
Comparison Between In-Person and Audio-Only Virtual Prenatal Visits and Perinatal Outcomes DocWire News Read Original Article:…
Hibiscus Tea in Pregnancy: Safety, Risks, and More – Healthline
Hibiscus Tea in Pregnancy: Safety, Risks, and More Healthline Read Original Article: Hibiscus Tea in Pregnancy:…
It’s Okay To Feel Stressed Out (And To Ask For Help)
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Podcast – UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva – Tackling ‘kissing disease’, Mosul’s Al-Nouri mosque rebirth
In this week’s UN Catch-Up, a chilling warning from the UN rights chief who’s likened…
News in Brief 15 April 2021
Alert over shortage of new drugs for ‘world’s most dangerous bacteria’ COVID-19 cases rise for…
Iraq: UNESCO architectural design winners to rebuild iconic Al-Nouri Mosque complex
Eight Egyptian architects have been awarded the job of restoring the historic Al-Nouri Mosque complex…
Reliable COVID-19 short-term forecasting
Researchers have developed a new model for making short-term projections of daily COVID-19 cases that…
A comprehensive approach to complementary and alternative medicine usage among patients from a vascular department – DocWire News
A comprehensive approach to complementary and alternative medicine usage among patients from a vascular department DocWire…
Essential oils for COPD: Uses and side effects – Medical News Today
Essential oils for COPD: Uses and side effects Medical News Today Read Original Article: Essential oils…
New Texas bills target deceptive health care marketing – State of Reform – State of Reform
New Texas bills target deceptive health care marketing – State of Reform State of Reform Read…
Don’t worry about sweat with our top deodorant pick
Sweating. We have to do it, but that doesn’t mean we need to like the…
New NASA visualization probes the light-bending dance of binary black holes
A pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun’s mass perform a hypnotic…
How the humble woodchip is cleaning up water worldwide
Australian pineapple, Danish trout, and Midwestern U.S. corn farmers are not often lumped together under…
STAT+: A drug maker sues a medical journal, its editor, and several authors for libel
In an unusual move, Pacira Biosciences (PCRX) has filed a libel lawsuit against a medical…
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Listen: J&J’s vaccine pause, how to talk about remote risks, & why we don’t have new drugs for Covid-19
How do you describe a one-in-a-million risk? What’s heparin-induced thrombocytopenia? And why’s it so hard…
Scientists generate human-monkey chimeric embryos
Investigators have injected human stem cells into primate embryos and were able to grow chimeric…
How many T. rexes were there? Billions
With fossils few and far between, paleontologists have shied away from estimating the size of…
STAT+: Thermo Fisher buys contract-research company PPD for $17.4 billion
Thermo Fisher Scientific announced Thursday that it will buy PPD, a contract-research company for the…
STAT+: Hints emerge about a key Senate committee’s plans for health care
WASHINGTON — A Senate hearing Thursday provided one of the clearest roadmaps to date for…
Got acne? Here’s our top pick for a fix.
It’s the rare person indeed who is indifferent to the presence of a large pimple…
Forest elephants are now critically endangered — here’s how to count them
Scientists compared methodologies to count African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis), which were recently acknowledged by…
A Year in, the PPE Shortage Story Still Has No Ending
It’s been a year since Covid-19 reached American shores, but frontline workers are still struggling…
Good dental health may help prevent heart infection from mouth bacteria
Good oral hygiene and regular dental care are the most important ways to reduce risk…
Self-assembling nanofibers prevent damage from inflammation
Biomedical engineers have developed a self-assembling nanomaterial that can help limit damage caused by inflammatory…
Stretching the boundaries of medical tech with wearable antennae
Current research on flexible electronics is paving the way for wireless sensors that can be…
Picosecond electron transfer in peptides can help energy technologies
An international team of researchers has observed picosecond charge transfer mediated by hydrogen bonds in…