Nutrition and the Flu; Increase Your Whole Grains
Q Can nutrition help fight the flu? A If you find yourself dealing with the…
Month: December 2020
Ask the EN Experts: Kombucha
Thirsty for a new type of drink? You might consider adding kombucha into your beverage…
COVID-19: Support to frontline workers part of UN response in Brazil
UN agencies in Brazil are supporting national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including by providing thousands of protective…
UN independent expert asks outgoing US president: Pardon Wikileaks’ Assange
In an open letter to Donald Trump on Tuesday, an independent UN human rights expert…
Surgery may offer survival advantage in certain metastatic breast cancers
Surgery, in addition to treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy, may increase the length of…
A new species of mammal may have been found in Africa’s montane forests
A research team has discovered a tree hyrax in the Taita Hills, Kenya, which may…
The psychology of fairness: Why some Americans don’t believe the election results
Many conflicts, like the hotly-contested 2020 presidential race, revolve around fair results. Here’s the psychology…
Mozambique: 250,000 displaced children facing deadly disease threat
A lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene services have put approximately 250,000 children, displaced by…
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Bumblebees lacking high-quality habitat have higher pathogen loads
Bumblebees found in low-quality landscapes — characterized by a relative lack of spring flowers and…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A conversation with Nobel laureate Charles Rice
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. …
Tigray: Hundreds of civilians reported killed in artillery strikes, warns UN rights chief
Reports of artillery strikes on civilians and mass killings of non-combatants in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, must be investigated and…
A groggy climate giant: Subsea permafrost is still waking up after 12,000 years
After the Last Glacial Maximum some 14,000 years ago, rising temperature melted glaciers and ice…
Frozen: Cutting-edge technology reveals structures within cells
Temperatures of minus 196 degrees Celsius enable high-resolution imaging of the cell’s interior. Researchers are…
Antibiotics for C-sections effective after umbilical cord clamped
Antibiotics for cesarean section births are just as effective when they’re given after the umbilical…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: EU clears Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine; Americans are increasingly willing to get the shot
Good morning, everyone. Damian Garde here, filling in for Ed Silverman once more in the…
A Covid Nose-Irrigation Primer
A small study found that a saline nose wash helped with Covid-19 symptoms, but not…
Culture in crisis: Arts fighting to survive COVID-19 impact
The culture sector, which employs over 30 million people globally, has been hit much harder…
Watch: What to expect when you’re injected: Vaccine side effects explained
Vaccinations for Covid-19 are now underway in the U.S. Two vaccines – one from Pfizer…
Opinion: Let the ultra-rich and influential skip the line for Covid-19 vaccines? Hear me out
It’s one thing to talk about vaccinating the majority of people living in the United…
STAT+: The most impressive biotech VCs of 2020
Behind almost every biotech IPO, every merger, and every buyout are a set of venture…
STAT+: Health tech’s newest unicorn is running toward Medicaid patients long marginalized in medicine
It has become a business imperative in American medicine to marginalize patients on Medicaid. Their…
Pregnant women whose exercise routines disrupted by COVID-19 show higher depression scores – EurekAlert
Pregnant women whose exercise routines disrupted by COVID-19 show higher depression scores EurekAlert Read Original Article:…
Will pregnant women receive the Covid-19 vaccine? It depends – BBC News
Will pregnant women receive the Covid-19 vaccine? It depends BBC News Read Original Article: Will pregnant…
Is Chlorella Safe During Pregnancy? What the Research Says – Healthline
Is Chlorella Safe During Pregnancy? What the Research Says Healthline Read Original Article: Is Chlorella Safe…
Medical experts respond to questions surrounding pregnant women taking COVID-19 vaccine – WIAT – CBS42.com
Medical experts respond to questions surrounding pregnant women taking COVID-19 vaccine WIAT – CBS42.com Read Original…
Can You Get a Tooth Pulled While Pregnant? Safety and Risks – Healthline
Can You Get a Tooth Pulled While Pregnant? Safety and Risks Healthline Read Original Article: Can…
Storkcraft: Creating a Modern Nursery that Grows with your Child
The post Storkcraft: Creating a Modern Nursery that Grows with your Child appeared first on…
Holding the line on free and fair elections in Central African Republic
Presidential elections are scheduled to take place in the Central African Republic this Sunday, despite…
News in Brief 21 December 2020
Voters in Central African Republic will have their say Unitaid welcomes Norway’s $40 million donation for COVID-19 treatments, tests UNESCO still awaiting Azerbaijan’s response over Nagorno-Karabakh mission Read Original…
Biotech cotton key to eliminating devastating pest from US and Mexico
A collaboration between the University of Arizona, cotton growers, and government and industry partners eradicated…
Ask Tufts Experts: Deuterium-depleted water; Is corn a starch or a veggie?
Does the amount of deuterium in drinking water matter to one’s health? Judith C. Thalheimer,…
The Great Diet Debate
While any plan that cuts calories will result in short-term weight loss, not all calorie-cutting…
Simple Ways to Step Up Physical Activity
Just one in five women and one in four men in the U.S. meets the…
Newsbites: Chocolate and heart health; diet and dementia; vitamin K benefits; intermittent fasting
More Science that Chocolate May Be Good for Your Heart A new systematic review and…
Easy Steps to a Healthy New Year
This is the time of year we make big promises to ourselves: “I will lose…
Ask Dr. Etingin: Foods that trigger migraines; Athlete’s foot
I’ve heard that certain foods and drinks can trigger migraines. If this is true, which…
Don’t Neglect Your Dental Health
If you have sore or bleeding gums, frequent tooth pain, or other dental problems, there…
Rising Hypertension Rates Prompt “Call to Action”
Are you one of the more than 100 million American adults who have hypertension (HT)?…
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Improve Your Coping Skills
We all face challenging problems and situations at times in our lives, and many of…
Four Ways to Begin Your Day with a Healthy Breakfast
Why is breakfast routinely touted as the most important meal of the day? It’s because…
When light and atoms share a common vibe
Scientists demonstrate a state of vibration that exists simultaneously at two different times. They evidence…
3 lessons from Stanford’s Covid-19 vaccine algorithm debacle
Stanford found itself in hot water last week after deploying a faulty Covid-19 vaccine distribution…
The looming questions scientists need to answer about the new variant of the coronavirus
A variant of the coronavirus that emerged in the United Kingdom has forced London to…
New COVID-19 variants under the microscope as travel bans mount over UK strain
The UN health agency chief said on Monday that scientists have been working to understand…
Ancient wolf pup mummy in Yukon permafrost from 57,000 years ago
While water blasting at a wall of frozen mud in Yukon, Canada, a gold miner…
New 3D maps reveal inner workings of immune cell gene expression
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how our small genetic differences can have a tremendous effect…
Learning from three centuries of smallpox epidemics in London, UK
The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge of interest in the study of infectious…
Traditional model for disease spread may not work in COVID-19
A mathematical model that can help project the contagiousness and spread of infectious diseases like…
Current food production systems could mean far-reaching habitat loss
The global food system could drive rapid and widespread biodiversity loss if not changed, new…
Meteoric evidence for a previously unknown asteroid
A team of scientists has identified a potentially new meteorite parent asteroid by studying a…