Certain Blood Types Have Higher COVID-19 Risk
A new study shows that people with type A blood are more likely to get…
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Restaurants, Bars Are Being Closed To Help Curb COVID-19 Spread
California, Illinois, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, Washington, Massachusetts and North Carolina are some…
Bipolar Disorder in Teens and Young Adults: Know the Signs
Source: National Institute of Mental Health – – PDFRelated MedlinePlus Pages: Bipolar Disorder, Teen Mental…
How To Work From Home With Your Partner
Stuck at home with your partner because of the coronavirus lockdown? Here’s how you can…
Services Start Buckling As The Coronavirus Forces More People To Stay Indoors And Play Video Games
As a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic, an increasing amount of Americans across the…
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Consume Green Tea and Live Heart-Disease Free Longer
Habitual tea drinkers in the China-PAR study lived 1.41 years longer free of heart disease…
Ask Dr. Etingin: Local markets and pesticides … Feta vs. blue cheese
Q: Do I need to worry about pesticides when I shop at a local farmer’s…
Keep Wrists and Hands Injury-Free
There are more than 30 muscles, 27 bones, three nerves, and multiple ligaments and tendons…
Choose the Healthiest Ketchup
The main ingredients in ketchup are healthy—concentrated, ripe red tomatoes, distilled vinegar and onion powder,…
Reduce Cholesterol with Simple Dietary Changes
High cholesterol is a key risk factor for heart disease. It creates fatty deposits in…
COVID-19: WHO working on supply pipeline for protective equipment and tests
For the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak began last December, China has reported no…
UN, an ‘ally’ in Kenya in fight against COVID-19: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
The United Nations is working closely with the Kenyan Government to help prevent the spread…
UN body underscores priority of health, safety during ‘unprecedented’ COVID-19 challenges
Confronted with widespread human, social, and economic ramifications surrounding COVID-19, the President of the United…
Listen: Trump’s coronavirus pivot, life inside the ICU, drug development in a pandemic
Why did the U.S. change its tune on coronavirus? What’s it like to be an…
A drug maker recently doubled the price of chloroquine — but in response to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s cutting it in half
WASHINGTON — A company that makes a medication increasingly touted as a promising coronavirus treatment,…
Maize, not metal, key to native settlements’ history in NY
New research is producing a more accurate historical timeline for the occupation of Native American…
With the coronavirus surging, Trump wants drug development to move far faster. It can’t
For about 20 minutes on Thursday, President Trump undermined six decades of dogma on the…
High-speed microscope captures fleeting brain signals
Neuroscientists can now capture millisecond electrical changes in neurons in the cortex of an alert…
Preventing discrimination against people with disabilities in COVID-19 response
Unless Governments and communities take action, discrimination against people with disabilities could increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, an expert with the…
‘Solidarity, hope’ and coordinated global response needed to tackle COVID-19 pandemic, says UN chief
As public fear and uncertainty grow around the COVID-19 pandemic, “more than ever before, we…
Coronavirus testing kits to be developed using RNA imaging technology
Researchers will use a pioneering imaging technology — called Mango, for its bright color —…
Stretchable supercapacitors to power tomorrow’s wearable devices
Researchers have engineered a novel type of supercapacitor that maintains full functionality even when stretched…
Ritalin and similar medications cause brain to focus on benefits of work, not costs
New research from cognitive neuroscientists has pinpointed how stimulants such as Ritalin and Adderall can…
An advance in molecular moviemaking shows how molecules respond to two photons of light
Some of the molecules’ responses were surprising and others had been seen before with other…
Chip-based devices improve practicality of quantum-secured communication
Researchers have demonstrated new chip-based devices that contain all the optical components necessary for quantum…
Scientists program cells to carry out gene-guided construction projects
Researchers developed a technique called genetically targeted chemical assembly, or GTCA, which they used to…
Parental diet affects sperm and health of future offspring
When parents eat low-protein or high-fat diets it can lead to metabolic disorders in their…
The burning building
With the covid-19 pandemic, we have entered extraordinary times, when some things are known but…
STAT Plus: Preventing other Shkreli-like debacles may not save the government much money
After Martin Shkreli took a 5,000% price hike on a decades-old medicine and thwarted rivals,…
Partha Kar: Covid-19—we must keep faith in our experts
We live in the age of information overload. Once you factor in the unregulated world…
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Sea otters, opossums and the surprising ways pathogens move from land to sea
A parasite known only to be hosted in North America by the Virginia opossum is…
Bone analyzes tell about kitchen utensils in the Middle Ages
Who in the Middle Ages cooked their dinner in copper pots? And where did they…
Compact beam steering studies to revolutionize autonomous navigation, AR, neuroscience
In three recent papers, engineers report the first demonstration of optical phased array technology on-chip…
How molecules self-assemble into superstructures
Most technical functional units are built bit by bit according to a well-designed construction plan….
Understanding how COVID-19 affects children vital to slowing pandemic, doctors say
Though COVID-19 so far appears to be largely sparing children, researchers are cautioning that it…
Improving success of giraffe translocations
In two new studies, an international team of researchers identifies the ideal composition of a…
Observing phytoplankton via satellite
Thanks to a new algorithm, researchers can now use satellite data to determine in which…
Secrets to swimming efficiency of whales, dolphins
Recent work has examined the fluid mechanics of cetacean propulsion by numerically simulating their oscillating…
STAT Plus: ‘Organ-on-a-chip’ maker Emulate names new CEO, announces new funding
A Boston startup known for its plastic chips that simulate human organs announced the appointment…
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An updated guide to the coronavirus drugs and vaccines in development
In the months since the novel coronavirus rose from a regional crisis to a global…
New COVID-19 info for gastroenterologists and patients
An article outlines key information gastroenterologists and patients with chronic digestive conditions need to know…
‘Sushi parasites’ have increased 283-fold in past 40 years
A new study finds dramatic increases in the abundance of a worm that can be…
Drug makers are racing to develop immune therapies for Covid-19. Will they be ready in time?
In the 1995 movie “Outbreak,” doctors whip up a serum from monkey blood in just…
Max Rendall: consultant surgeon who became an addiction specialist in retirement
bmj;368/mar19_4/m1051/FAF1faMax Rendall, who has died at the age of 85, was a consultant surgeon and…
STAT Plus: Biotech in the time of the coronavirus: Disruptions continue, but there’s some good news, too
Back again with another semi-regular column on the Covid-19 pandemic. You can read my first…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: WHO to launch expansive coronavirus clinical trial; FDA halts some domestic inspections
Rise and shine, everyone, another intense day is on the way. The world seems to…
Covid-19: schools set to close across UK except for children of health and social care workers
Schools across the UK will close on Friday 20 March for the foreseeable future, but…
Opinion: Telehealth overpromises during the Covid-19 pandemic
“No more germy waiting rooms.” That’s the pitch from telehealth companies as we face the…
McDonald’s To Start Releasing Plastic-Free Toys In Their Happy Meals
According to a news release, it seems like world-famous fast food chain McDonald’s is joining…