No return to normal without universal COVID jabs: General Assembly President
The President of the General Assembly on Tuesday announced a New Year resolution on vaccine…
Year: 2021
Night lights: New global atlas maps out artificial light at night under the sea
A new study maps out areas of the ocean most affected by light pollution, and…
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COVID-19: Don’t underestimate Omicron, WHO chief warns
The Omicron variant is “probably” now present in most of the world’s countries and it…
Finding new channels to selectively target pest insects
Ion channels in the nervous system are among the most important targets for insecticides. Understanding…
Early bloomers: Using citizen-science data to investigate unseasonal flowering in Joshua trees
In November 2019, visitors to Joshua Tree National Park in California encountered a strange sight….
Energy-saving strategy helps hummingbirds fuel their long migrations
Ruby-throated hummingbirds use the same energy-conserving strategy to survive overnight fasts and build the fat…
Overweight children are developing heart complications
The percentage of obese children and teens jumped from 19% pre-pandemic to 22%, and that…
When the brain switches from hearing to listening
What happens in the brain when simply hearing becomes listening? To answer this question, researchers…
Antibiotics can be first-line therapy for uncomplicated appendicitis cases
With numerous recent studies demonstrating that antibiotics work as well as surgery for most uncomplicated…
Improving drug options for colorectal cancer patients
Patients with colorectal cancer were among the first to receive targeted therapies. These drugs aim…
Debilitating human parasite transmitted via dogs eating fish
Efforts to eradicate a human parasitic disease are being hampered by dogs eating infected fish,…
Diet and temperature linked to metabolism in opaleye fish
Whether it’s warm outside or cold, people generally eat about the same amount. But a…
Study combines climatic, tectonic models to explain Andean conundrum
The Andes Mountains are much taller than plate tectonic theories predict they should be, a…
Evidence for shared earthquakes between San Andreas and San Jacinto faults
The San Andreas and San Jacinto faults have ruptured simultaneously at least three times in…
A spacecraft has ‘touched’ the sun for the first time
On April 28, 2021, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe reached the sun’s extended solar atmosphere, known…
For children, young adults with recurrent AML, immunotherapy shows promise
Researchers have shown, in a small clinical trial, that an immunotherapy harnessing pre-activated natural killer…
Physics of coral as an indicator of reef health
New research shows that physics measurements of just a small portion of reef can be…
How we measure the effects of methane matters for climate policy
An international team of researchers explored how focusing either on the short- or long-term warming…
Califf sails through confirmation hearing for FDA job, despite tensions over opioids
WASHINGTON — Robert Califf escaped largely unscathed from a two-hour hearing Tuesday vetting him to…
Deepest images yet of Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Astronomers have obtained the deepest and sharpest images to date of the region around the…
Researchers develop platform to screen for new class of coronavirus antiviral compounds
A new high-throughput platform screens for drug compounds that hit a target found in human…
Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis threatens basic human rights
Respect for fundamental rights and freedoms by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan is critical to ensuring stability…
COVID cases surging in Africa at fastest rate this year, but deaths remain low
An 83 per cent surge in COVID-19 cases during the past week in Africa, driven…
Protection from covid-19 at work: health and safety law is fit for purpose
The 2020 Coronavirus Act and ensuing secondary legislation, as well as official government coronavirus guidance,…
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Covid-19: Almost 100 ICU staff from Malaga hospital test positive after Christmas lunch
Several healthcare organisations in Malaga, Spain, have cancelled all Christmas social events after nearly 100…
STAT+: Moderna, Amgen among biotech heavyweights pulling out of JPM conference over Covid concerns
Some of the biggest names in biotechnology, including Amgen, Moderna, and Sarepta Therapeutics, have pulled…
Queen’s genes determine sex of entire ant colonies
Researchers have discovered the genetic basis for a quirk of the animal kingdom — how…
Visually stunning tree of all known life unveiled online
OneZoom is a one-stop site for exploring all life on Earth, its evolutionary history, and…
More microbes that can degrade plastics in places with heavy plastic pollution
The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation…
Telehealth’s 2021 report card & CVS leans on digital health
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
10 Tea Health Benefits You’d Be Surprised To Know
International Tea Day 2021 is here! To help you celebrate, we’re sharing with you the…
Cancer-spotting AI and human experts can be fooled by image-tampering attacks
Artificial intelligence (AI) models that evaluate medical images have potential to speed up and improve…
Boosting anti-cancer action by driving up immunity at tumor site
Driving up the immune response at the site of a cancer tumor with nanotechnology may…
Source of large rise in emissions of unregulated ozone destroying substance identified
New research has discovered that emissions coming from China of the ozone-destroying chemical, dichloromethane, have…
Leading Covid-19 experts on the questions they want answered about Omicron
For some Covid experts, what’s most unsettling about the Omicron variant is all the uncertainty…
Condemning consensus is not helpful
Abbasi cautions against reliance on consensus based clinical guidelines and he questions consensus led views…
Covid-19: GPs are told to postpone routine care to focus on vaccine boosters in response to omicron
The UK government has announced a further acceleration to the covid booster vaccine programme in…
Melting sea ice forces polar bears to travel farther for food
In recent years, polar bears in the Beaufort Sea have had to travel far outside…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer Covid pill retains 89% efficacy in full study; Senate committee holds hearing on FDA commissioner
Rise and shine, folks, another busy day is on the way. We can tell, thanks…
First optical oscilloscope
Engineers have developed the first optical oscilloscope, an instrument that is able to measure the…
Decreased vehicle emissions linked with significant drop in deaths attributable to air pollution
As emissions fell over a decade, the number of deaths attributable to air pollution dropped…
CDC data indicate Omicron is starting to eat into Delta’s U.S. dominance
The Omicron variant is starting to eat into Delta’s dominance in the United States. The…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversation: The Whitest Medical Specialty
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Covid-19: Omicron and the need for boosters
Has omicron increased the need for boosters?Booster doses of covid-19 vaccines have been rolled out…
The end of the pandemic will not be televised
As the year 2021 started, the covid-19 pandemic seemed to be receding. Discussions and predictions…
2-Dose Vaccines Do Not Provide Enough Neutralizing Antibodies Against Omicron: Study
The two-dose formulations of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines were found to be not that…
Pfizer’s Covid pill remains 89% effective in final analysis, company says
Paxlovid, Pfizer’s pill to treat Covid-19, retained its 89% efficacy at preventing hospitalization and death…
Low risk presentations have increased in ambulatory care units with increased e-consultations
In acute medicine we have a similar problem to that in primary care, as described…
E-consultations increasing GP workload: the problem is capacity, not access
Salisbury argues that e-consultations are increasing the workload of general practitioners.1E-consultations are a good solution…
Covid careers: how the pandemic changed my working life
Michael FarquharPaediatric sleep consultant, Evelina London Children’s Hospital“I’ve been a consultant for 10 years and…