One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’ – WHO
New research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one…
Year: 2021
Comprehensive RNA-Atlas
By cleverly combining complementary sequencing techniques, researchers have deepened our understanding of the function of…
A new rapid assessment to promote climate-informed conservation and nature-based solutions
A new article introduces a rapid assessment framework that can be used as a guide…
Sulfur enhances carbon storage in the Black Sea
The depths of the Black Sea store comparatively large amounts of organic carbon. A research…
Guterres: Bring crimes of sexual violence in conflict out of ‘the shadows’, punish perpetrators
Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the…
Beneficial bacteria can be restored to C-section babies at birth
Babies born by Cesarean section don’t have the same healthy bacteria as those born vaginally,…
Thin, stretchable biosensors could make surgery safer
A research team has developed bio-inks for biosensors that could help localize critical regions in…
If you ride an e-scooter, take safety precautions
New research shows that nearly 28% of all electric scooters reported injuries were head and…
Sorghum, a close relative of corn, tested for disease resistance on Pennsylvania farms
With sorghum poised to become an important crop grown by Pennsylvania farmers, researchers tested more…
Probing the dynamics of photoemission
Physicists have used ultrashort laser pulses to probe the dynamics of photoelectron emission in tungsten…
Passive rewilding can rapidly expand UK woodland at no cost
A long-term passive rewilding study has shown that natural woodland regeneration could make a significant…
STAT+: Billions spent on prescription drug ads may have increased Medicare spending
The large sums of money spent on advertising prescription drugs directly to consumers may have…
Listen: The Covid vaccine booster debate, 23andMe hits Wall Street, & biotech’s call of the decade
Is 23andMe a tech company? Do we really need booster shots of Covid-19 vaccines? And…
Opinion: Why a controversial decision won’t stop me from serving on FDA advisory committees
Last week’s controversial decision by the FDA to give aducanumab, Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, accelerated approval…
Heat spells doom for Aussie marsupials
When animals are hot, they eat less. This potentially fatal phenomenon has been largely overlooked…
Coelacanths may live nearly a century, five times longer than researchers expected
Once thought to be extinct, lobe-finned coelacanths are enormous fish that live deep in the…
Gender bias toward men in patent awards results in less biomedical innovation for women, study suggests
Research has long shown that fewer patents are awarded to women than to men. Now…
Long-term Himalayan glacier study
The glaciers of Nanga Parbat – one of the highest mountains in the world –…
Use of critically important antibiotics class has more than doubled on UK pig farms
The use of a class of antibiotics critically important to human health more than doubled…
New method could reveal what genes we might have inherited from Neanderthals
Using neural networks, researchers have developed a new method to search the human genome for…
STAT+: Scientists unshelve a decades-old antibiotic to fight a new foe — ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer, which kills about 15,000 Americans every year, has historically been one of the…
Study of young chaotic star system reveals planet formation secrets
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to study the young star Elias 2-27…
When tyrannosaurs dominated, medium-sized predators disappeared
A new study shows that medium-sized predators all but disappeared late in dinosaur history wherever…
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Virtual Event: Biotech: Where are we now?
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
Study identifies trigger for ‘head-to-tail’ axis development in human embryo
Scientists have identified key molecular events in the developing human embryo between days 7 and…
Focus on emotions is key to improving heart health in people living with obesity
People living with obesity who attended a non-judgemental and personalized lifestyle modification program improved their…
AI system-on-chip runs on solar power
Engineers have developed an integrated circuit that can carry out complicated artificial-intelligence operations like face,…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: CureVac Covid-19 shot was 47% effective in a trial; pricey brain cancer drug no longer covered by Medicare
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. Even so, there is…
New invention keeps qubits of light stable at room temperature
Researchers have developed a new technique that keeps quantum bits of light stable at room…
Public concern on human health impact of plastic pollution
The new study found that both Europeans and Australians were highly concerned about the human…
Children with asymptomatic malaria a ‘hidden risk’ to disease control efforts
The role of people infected with malaria without showing symptoms presents a hidden risk to…
Seabird eggs contaminated with cocktail of plastic additives
Chemical additives used in plastic production have been found in herring gull eggs, new research…
Covid-19: Regeneron’s antibody combination cuts deaths in seronegative patients, trial finds
Regeneron’s antibody combination treatment cut deaths in seronegative patients—meaning those who had not mounted their…
Social secrets of killer whales discovered using drones
Killer whales have complex social structures including close ‘friendships’, according to a new study that…
Underwater robot offers new insight into mid-ocean ‘twilight zone’
An innovative underwater robot known as Mesobot is providing researchers with deeper insight into the…
Scientists unravel the function of a sight-saving growth factor
Researchers have determined how certain short protein fragments, called peptides, can protect neuronal cells found…
Authors’ reply to Bradley
As Bradley says,12 there is no evidence that early treatment of suspected sepsis in primary…
Covid-19: Exponential growth in infections in England is driven by young people
Coronavirus infections in England grew exponentially between 20 May and 7 June, with a doubling…
Delayed antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections with and without sepsis—a dilemma or not?
After analysing data from 13 community based studies involving 55 682 patients, Stuart and colleagues…
Covid-19: Scottish government failed to act on pre-pandemic advice to bolster PPE supplies, report finds
The Scottish government did not heed warnings before the pandemic that improvements were needed to…
STAT+: ‘A Lego kit for health care builders’: Jonathan Bush launches Zus with medical records in mind
Jonathan Bush is back for another act. On Thursday, the founder and former chief executive…
Sixty seconds on . . . Ronaldo and Coke
Have they teamed up?Quite the opposite. Cristiano Ronaldo—the footballing superstar and global icon—has been widely…
Valuing life . . . and other stories
The value of a human lifeIt is impossible to put a monetary price on a…
Covid-19: Failures of leadership, national and global
How well prepared were countries for this pandemic? Back in October 2019 the US and…
Accuracy of depression score: a positive HADS score may only be the tip of the iceberg
Wu and colleagues’ study on the accuracy of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Depression…
NHS must prioritise tackling ethnic health inequalities “at every level,” says report
The NHS must give as much priority to tackling ethnic minority health inequalities as other…
Opinion: A surprising pandemic side effect: People are more engaged with their health
About a month ago, one of our patients, a man in his mid-40s, came to…
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STAT+: Planned changes at Soros’ Open Society has access-to-medicines advocacy groups on edge
The Open Society Foundations, one of the world’s largest backers of public health initiatives, is…
Intensive Tutoring, Longer School Days And Summer Sessions May Be Needed To Catch Students Up After The Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to substantial reductions in student learning in metro-Atlanta public elementary…
578,555 People Have Died From COVID-19 In The US, Or Maybe It’s 912,345 – Here’s Why It’s Hard To Count
A World Health Organization analysis has found that the number of COVID-19 deaths in some…