Month: November 2019

A recap of Monday’s stories in brief: Uneven child rights progress; over 10 million  Afghans…

In response to growing bipartisan outrage over prescription drug prices, Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bernie…

PHILADELPHIA — Dr. Matthew Budoff probably didn’t want to bury the lede. On Monday, the UCLA…

Alkermes announced Monday it would acquire Rodin Therapeutics, a Boston-based biotech developing drugs intended to…

Good morning. Elizabeth Cooney here in wintry Boston, sitting in for Ed Silverman while he…

Boston-based biotech Karuna Therapeutics (KRTX) said Monday that a novel combination pill achieved the main…

Optimism among public health advocates regarding the Trump administration’s pending action on flavored e-cigarettes, which…

A health and science watchdog group petitioned federal regulators on Monday to take enforcement action…

In a new study, researchers showed that quantum light can be used to track enzyme…

A team of researchers has found a way to identify gene regulatory elements that could…

New research finds that if Africa chooses a future powered by fossil fuels, nearly 50,000…

Synthetic biologists have developed a process that could lead to a new class of synthetic…

Researchers have developed a new method for producing atomically-thin semiconducting crystals that could one day…

Advertising budgets and strategies used by beer companies appear to influence underage drinking, according to…

Dense, humid broadleaf forests, monsoon-swollen rivers and deep ravines — in the Indian state of…

Astrophysicists present a compelling roadmap for capturing intermediate-mass black hole activity. Read Original Article: How…

The cost of drugs prescribed in primary care fell by 2.8% in 2018-19, data from…

A locum consultant who repeatedly failed to follow through after assuring patients with cancer that…

More than 5.4 million children are detained around the world, rights experts said on Monday,…

The BMJ’s news article on Rod Buchanan’s claims regarding papers by Hans Eysenck and Ronald…

In the drive towards universal health coverage, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the African…

Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have…

In learning new tasks, neuron networks in the brain of mice become more refined and…

Chronic staff shortages and inadequate funding are hindering efforts in Scotland to improve cancer survival…

The European Union’s strategy to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has failed to deliver significant results,…

Scientists have developed a method to analyze which pairs of materials in next-generation perovskite solar…

Stigma and safety fears have made daily dose tapering of opioid prescriptions more common. New…

The world’s tropical forests store huge quantities of carbon in their biomass and thus constitute…

Scientists have shown that a type of foam long studied by scientists is able to…

How quickly you spend your savings in retirement may have as much or more to…

Twice-yearly injections of an experimental cholesterol-lowering drug, inclisiran, were effective at reducing low-density lipoprotein (LDL)…

Switching from cigarettes to an electronic equivalent has prompt and significant benefits on vascular function,…

A new study shows that the elementary school a child attends has almost no influence…

Researchers from the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have identified new mutations…

A research team identified 87 patients who were part of the Intermountain INSPIRE Registry and…

Despite working in a busy department at the Royal London Hospital, Ian Morrison thinks it…

Ambitions to safeguard children and promote their welfare rightfully demand national impetus. Recent legislative changes…

Green discusses the implications of changes to children’s safeguarding services and calls for more emphasis…

The new documentary “Plastic Tide: Choking on Coke” highlights the problems caused by Coca-Cola’s production…

Can you survive on a beef-only diet? Nutritionists are saying it’s a bad idea. Read…

Despite obvious science, many flat earthers today are still convinced of their own belief. How…

Have you ever wondered where all our water came from? Scientists have too, and they’re…

From better mental health, faster healing process to reduced pain, read on to know how…

Can tree planting really save us from climate change? Here’s what you should know. Read…

Suffering from mild flu and the common cold? Here’s how to ease the discomfort. Read…

It is important to manage the bites of the kissing bug since it could lead…

Although the world has made historic gains over the past three decades in improving children’s…

Trying to stop a bad habit? Here’s what you should do, according to a willpower…