Piping plovers breed less and move more in the northern great plains
Piping plover breeding groups in the Northern Great Plains are notably connected through movements between…
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Software package enables deeper understanding of cancer immune responses
Researchers have developed DeepTCR, a software package that employs deep-learning algorithms to analyze T-cell receptor…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.S. puts J&J in charge of plant that botched Covid-19 vaccines; pharmacies offering Covid shots raise privacy concerns
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Doping by athletes could become tougher to hide with new detection method
As the world awaits the upcoming Olympic games, a new method for detecting doping compounds…
Making cleaner, greener plastics from waste fish parts
Polyurethanes are nearly everywhere, but these highly versatile materials can have a major downside. Derived…
Paleopharmaceuticals from Baltic amber might fight drug-resistant infections
For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ancient amber for medicinal purposes. Even today,…
STAT+: FDA cites lack of evidence in rejecting Acadia Pharma’s bid to expand use of anti-psychosis drug
Acadia Pharmaceuticals said Monday that U.S. regulators had rejected its application seeking to expand the…
Opinion: ‘Authorization’ status is a red herring when it comes to mandating Covid-19 vaccination
Covid-19 vaccines offer a way out of the global crisis that has upended — and…
Opinion: Thank private risk-taking, not public funding, for Covid-19 vaccines, therapies
A growing chorus of lawmakers and activists is calling on the Biden administration to invalidate…
An HIV lab’s pivot to develop a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine wins STAT Madness ‘Editors’ Pick’
On Jan. 10 last year, Dan Barouch and members of his vaccine research lab were…
Researchers pursuing novel treatments for herpes infections and diabetes win STAT Madness
From curing herpes to treating diabetes in a new way, their innovations might one day…
Kids in the ER are waiting longer for mental health care
Children taken to the emergency room for mental health concerns are more likely to be…
Vaccine Trial Results Vs Real World Outcomes
Last week Pfizer/BioNTech announced that its coronavirus vaccine will protect people for up to six…
Research reveals why redheads may have different pain thresholds
Humans and mice with red hair have a different tolerance for pain because their skin’s…
Tracking receptor proteins can unveil molecular basis of memory and learning
Scientists have employed a novel two-step method of labeling neurotransmitter receptor proteins to track their…
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Durango’s Covid ‘Cowboy’ Rounds Up Spring Break Scofflaws, Lines ’Em Up for Shots
This year, the wild west has a new type of scofflaw to wrangle: the Covid-19…
Opinion: How a rally after the Atlanta shootings helped heal Asian American health care workers
In March 2020, when New York City became the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in…
COVID-19 patients can be categorized into three groups
Researchers identify three clinical COVID-19 phenotypes, reflecting patient populations with different comorbidities, complications and clinical…
Study identifies possible COVID-19 drugs — including several that are FDA-approved
Researchers have identified nine potential new COVID-19 treatments, including three that are already approved by…
To Choose the Right Birth Control, Know Yourself
If you want your birth control to be effective, then make sure your choice is…
COVID-19 mask study finds layering, material choice matter
Researchers report results of a COVID-19 mask study showing which materials had the greatest filtration…
Former Biden, Trump advisers renew push to delay second Covid vaccine
WASHINGTON — As Covid-19 cases spike and coronavirus variants continue to spread, the Biden administration…
From stardust to pale blue dot: Carbon’s interstellar journey to Earth
We are made of stardust, the saying goes, and a pair of studies finds that…
Keep pace: Walking with a partner is great but might slow you down
A new study shows that couples often decreased their speed when walking together. Speed further…
Serving size, satisfaction influence food waste on campus
Understanding what drives food choices can help high-volume food service operations like universities reduce waste,…
How pathogenic bacteria weather the slings and arrows of infection
Infectious diseases are a leading cause of global mortality. During an infection, bacteria experience many…
Lanternfly’s attraction to vertical silhouettes could help monitor, trap it
Like moths to a flame, spotted lanternflies are visually drawn toward and seemingly captivated by…
Toddler TV time not to blame for attention problems
It’s a common belief that exposure to television in toddlerhood causes attention-deficit problems in school-age…
STAT+: Bristol Myers agrees to pay $75 million to settle allegations of underpaying Medicaid rebates
After years of litigation, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) agreed to pay $75 million, plus interest, to…
How the chicxulub impactor gave rise to modern rainforests
The asteroid that took out the dinosaurs left the planet in darkness. What did rainforests…
Qubits comprised of holes could be the trick to build faster, larger quantum computers
A new study demonstrates a path towards scaling individual qubits to a mini-quantum computer, using…
Opinion: Corporate versus public control of science and technology: Forging a framework for the 21st Century
“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity.” Louis Pasteur said that in 1876….
New method uses device cameras to measure pulse, breathing rate and could help telehealth
A team has developed a method that uses the camera on a person’s smartphone or…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA is probing J&J Covid-19 vaccine blunder; Fauci says U.S. may not need the AstraZeneca shot
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Diversity can prevent failures in large power grids
Power grids counterintuitively thrive on diversity. Heterogeneity among power generators can help grids stabilize. Read…
An antitrust expert weighs in on the FTC’s complaint against Illumina
Spare a thought for Illumina. The $56 billion dollar titan of genomics has become the…
Opinion: Reforming and improving organ transplant systems will save lives, taxpayer dollars
Every day, 33 people — disproportionately people of color — die in the U.S. as…
Opinion: Fee or free? The services hospital-based psychologists provide are ‘priceless’
Hospital-based psychologists are sorely undervalued, not just for the care they provide their patients and…
Virtual therapy startups tackle the gap in mental health care for kids and teens
When Alex Alvarado and his co-founders started their virtual therapy company Daybreak Health in February…
Evidence of Antarctic glacier’s tipping point confirmed
Researchers have confirmed for the first time that Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica could…
[April Fools] Neutron Components Launches Alternative Medicine First Aid Kits – Pinkbike.com
[April Fools] Neutron Components Launches Alternative Medicine First Aid Kits Pinkbike.com Read Original Article: [April Fools]…
A spatial-temporal study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by type: exploring localization economies implications in urban areas in Ontario – DocWire News
A spatial-temporal study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by type: exploring localization economies implications…
A plateful of medicine – Science
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Listen: Talkspace’s civic experiment, Illumina’s FTC headache, & remembering Gilead’s John Martin
Can an app replace in-person therapy? Is Illumina too big to Grail? And is another…
A robot that senses hidden objects
RF Grasp is a picking robot that combines vision with radio frequency (RF) sensing to…
A new state of light
A single ‘super photon’ made up of many thousands of individual light particles: About ten…
Resistance from health experts and business owners could doom ‘vaccine passports’ even before they launch
WASHINGTON — When it comes to decrying the concept of “vaccine passports,” conservatives have company….
Connecting the dots between engagement and learning
New collaborative research examines how changes in internal states, such as engagement, can affect the…
Smart glass has a bright future
Substituting the inefficient glazing areas of buildings with energy-efficient smart glazing windows has great potential…
STAT+: FDA is rebuked by a federal agency for downgrading serious concerns over plant inspections
In a stern letter, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel rebuked the Food and Drug…