UN envoy: Democratic processes ‘pushed aside’ in Myanmar
As the democratically elected leader of Myanmar, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is…
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USA: Rights experts call for reforms to end police brutality, systemic racism
Independent UN human rights experts appealed on Friday for the new United States Government to…
STAT+: Cigna’s Evernorth to acquire telehealth company MDLive
Riding a wave of pandemic-fueled momentum for virtual care, Cigna subsidiary Evernorth is acquiring telehealth…
‘We’re not there yet’: Biden officials issue somber warning about uptick in Covid-19 cases
WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials on Friday warned of a “very concerning” uptick in Covid-19…
Côte d’Ivoire takes delivery of latest COVAX vaccine shipment, in further boost for Africa
Côte d’Ivoire received 504,000 doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine on Friday making it the second…
Opinion: Sen. Rand Paul misunderstands transgender medicine. Here’s the truth
In a tense exchange on Thursday during the Senate confirmation hearing of Dr. Rachel Levine,…
Gordon McVie: medical oncologist who helped drive the formation of Cancer Research UK
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Covid-19: NHS England pledges extra funding to local areas to reduce vaccine inequalities
Local NHS commissioners are to receive extra financial support to boost uptake of covid-19 vaccine…
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Covid-19: Young mother should be allowed to die in “almost unbearable” tragedy, says ȷudge
A High Court judge has ruled that a 32 year old woman with covid-19, in…
Did teenage ‘tyrants’ outcompete other dinosaurs?
Paleo-ecologists have demonstrated that the offspring of enormous carnivorous dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex may…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Sarepta wins another FDA nod; Germans balk at AstraZeneca vaccine
Good morning, one and all. Damian Garde here, filling in for Ed Silverman in the…
Covid-19: Outcomes worsened in second wave for Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in England
Disparities in risk of infection and death worsened for Bangladeshis and Pakistanis in the second…
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Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minority groups
With mass covid-19 vaccination efforts under way in many countries, including the UK, we need…
Covid-19 and evolutionary pressure: can we predict which genetic dangers lurk beyond the horizon?
Emerging data show that the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 might be associated with an increased…
Tracking an FDA advisory panel’s meeting on J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine
Now it’s Johnson & Johnson’s turn. A panel of outside experts is meeting Friday for…
STAT+: Sen. Cassidy explains why he’s backing a bill aimed at drug-resistant bacteria
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown the damage that an uncontrolled infectious disease can cause society….
Here are the contenders for STAT Madness 2021. Voting begins Monday
For science, 2020 was a year like no other, as labs around the world shifted…
Opinion: Primary care practices could be the Biden administration’s secret weapon in the fight against Covid-19
For a small-town physician, being given a supply of the Covid-19 vaccine can make a…
Andrew Cuomo’s Covid-19 nursing home fiasco shows the ethical perils of pandemic policymaking
WASHINGTON — The humbling of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on pandemic policy has been…
After allegations of racism and sexism, some applicants remove Tulane from residency rankings
With time running out for their medical residency decisions, some applicants say they’re taking Tulane…
High BP in Pregnancy Could Affect Women’s Hearts Long Term – WebMD
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Can You Eat Mussels When Pregnant? Safety, Benefits, More – Healthline
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8 Commonly Missed Signs of Diabetes in Children
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Podcast: A child surviving the Łódź Ghetto
Broni Zajbert was six years old when Nazis forced his family into the Łódź Ghetto…
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ECOWAS and UN strongly condemn electoral violence in Niger UNICEF signs COVID-19 vaccine agreement with…
Podcast: GMO ‘terminator’ seeds debunked; ‘Alternative medicine’ harms women; Cancer-fighting CRISPR beer? – Genetic Literacy Project
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Increase in public interest concerning alternative medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: a Google Trends study – DocWire News
Increase in public interest concerning alternative medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: a Google…
Words from the Wise about Covid and the Heart
Covid-19 is having a surprising effect on the heart and vascular system. We spoke to…
WHO-backed policy brief calls for action to address ‘long COVID’
With one in 10 people still feeling ill 12 weeks after having COVID-19, authorities must…
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STAT+: The vial is not half empty: New report lays out ways to address the issue of discarded drugs
File this under ‘Waste not, want not.’ In response to the cost of medicines, a…
Listen: Covid vaccines for teens, Novavax’s remarkable rise, and the future of HHS
Why can’t kids get Covid-19 vaccines? Is there hope for biotech penny stocks? And when…
Chip simplifies COVID-19 testing, delivers results on a phone
Programmed magnetic nanobeads paired with an off-the-shelf cellphone and plug-in diagnostic tool can diagnose COVID-19…
South Sudan: UN agencies support nationwide polio vaccination campaign
The second round of a vaccination campaign to protect more than 2.8 million children from…
Comet makes a pit stop near Jupiter’s asteroids
After traveling several billion miles toward the Sun, a wayward young comet-like object orbiting among…
Sarepta wins new drug approval for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, its third marketed treatment
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new medicine from Sarepta Therapeutics that…
West Africa steps up efforts to tackle latest Ebola threat
As a new Ebola outbreak threatens Guinea, six neighboring countries are urgently scaling up preparation…
Gulf Stream System at its weakest in over a millennium
Never before in over 1000 years the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), also known as…
Companies Pan for Marketing Gold in Vaccines
“They mentioned it like it was an amenity, like ‘We have a swimming pool and…
Novel pooled testing strategies can significantly better identify COVID-19 infections
A novel approach to pooled testing could help identify up to 20 times more COVID-19…
Scientists link star-shredding event to origins of universe’s highest-energy particles
A team of scientists has detected the presence of a high-energy neutrino in the wake…
Paleontologists discover new insect group after solving 150-year-old mystery
A research team has solved a 150-year-old-mystery after uncovering how fossil dragonfly relatives have been…
‘Miracle poison’ for novel therapeutics
Researchers demonstrate they can engineer botulinum toxin proteins (called proteases) to find new targets with…
Syria: Economic decline, rising hunger and surging humanitarian needs
Syria’s fragile economy has “suffered multiple shocks” over the past 18 months, with its currency…
Belarus human rights situation deteriorating further, warns UN rights chief
A “systematic crackdown” against dissent in Belarus is continuing, months since the country’s disputed presidential…
NHS and social care workforce planning is a “ȷoke,” says former health secretary
The government’s decision not to publish precise figures on what workforce numbers are needed in…
Researchers use machine learning to identify autism blood biomarkers
Using machine learning tools to analyze hundreds of proteins, researchers have identified a group of…
COVID-19 isolation linked to increased domestic violence, researchers suggest
Extra stress in the COVID-19 pandemic caused by income loss, and lack of ability to…
After spread, travel bans are of limited value in thwarting the spread of COVID-19, researchers find
New research aimed at providing a decision support system to Italian policy makers suggests that…
Scientists uncover new details of SARS-CoV-2 interactions with human cells
In order to infect cells, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, needs to insert itself…