Scientists uncover new path toward treating a rare but deadly neurologic condition
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Climate change doesn’t spare the insects
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Scholars link diet, dentition, and linguistics
Anthropologists used a novel data analysis of thousands of languages, in addition to studying a…
Extreme fire weather
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Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct
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The role of T cells in fighting cancer
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biden taps Kessler to lead Operation Warp Speed; Trump administration seeks term limits on top FDA, CDC scientists
And so, another working week will soon come to a close. Not a moment too…
Former FDA chief David Kessler will help lead Operation Warp Speed for Biden
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden has tapped David Kessler, a former Food and Drug Administration chief…
Two ways Fitbit could boost Google’s health ambitions
Google’s newly-finalized purchase of Fitbit is poised to provide the tech giant with a potentially…
Opinion: Are more people surviving Covid-19 because doctors are doing less?
Last month as my colleagues and I took care of Mrs. Smith (not her real…
STAT+: Aurinia in ‘show-me phase’ as FDA nears approval decision on autoimmune kidney disease drug
Next week, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve a new medicine from…
In LA, ambulances circle for hours and ICUs are full. Is this what Covid-19 has in store for the rest of the country?
LOS ANGELES — The situation here is dire. Every minute, 10 people test positive for…
Pet Food Recall Could Mean Danger for Your Dog or Cat
A recall alert for Sportmix pet food has been expanded to cover more products. Contamination…
Back in the Day: Alternative care in the 1800s – Warwick Beacon
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Global $190 Billion Botanicals & Acupuncture Market Outlook to 2027 – GlobeNewswire
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Increased Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Back Pain Following Statewide Medicaid Coverage Changes in Oregon – DocWire News
Increased Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Back Pain Following Statewide Medicaid Coverage Changes…
UFC Announces They Won’t Punish Fighters for Marijuana Use – Bleacher Report
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Trump administration will let nearly all doctors prescribe addiction medicine buprenorphine
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced a major shift in addiction medicine policy Thursday, giving…
Biden to request $415 billion from Congress to ramp up the country’s Covid-19 response
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden will call on Congress to approve $415 billion in emergency spending…
Metformin use reduces risk of death for patients with COVID-19 and diabetes, study finds
Use of the diabetes drug metformin — before a diagnosis of COVID-19 — is associated…
Listen: JPM21: Déjà vu in Alzheimer’s research, debatable valuations in biotech, and OWS’s legacy
Is Alzheimer’s research stuck in a rut? Can genome editing live up to the hype?…
Population density and virus strains will affect how regions can resume normal life
As a new, apparently more transmissible version of the virus that causes COVID-19 has appeared…
Borrowing from birds, experts reduce search times for novel high-entropy alloys to seconds
Computational materials science experts have enhanced an algorithm that borrows its approach from the nesting…
Teeth pendants speak of the elk’s prominent status in the Stone Age
The elk was the most important animal to the people inhabiting the northern coniferous belt,…
STAT+: Medicare Part D spent twice what the VA paid for the same drugs
Medicare Part D spent more than twice as much on hundreds of prescription drugs than…
The Many Ways to Avoid, or Deal with, Back Pain
With kitchen tables and beds our current workstations, good posture has gone the way of…
600-year-old marine sponge holds centuries-old climate records
Scientists used a 600-year-old marine sponge to reconstruct a record of ocean temperature in the…
Spectacular fossil discovery: 150 million-year-old shark was one of the largest of its time
A team led by Sebastian Stumpf from the University of Vienna describes an well-preserved skeleton…
STAT+: Drug makers sue HHS over a discount program serving low-income populations
In a clutch of lawsuits, three drug makers argue the federal government is wrong to…
A highly sensitive technique for measuring the state of a cytoskeleton
Researchers have developed a highly sensitive technique to quantitatively evaluate the extent of cytoskeleton bundling…
Penned release of green geckos has potential to help preserve threatened native species
Researchers outlined how they translocated 19 barking geckos to Mana Island, using the method of…
A rift in the retina may help repair the optic nerve
In experiments in mouse tissues and human cells, researchers say they have found that removing…
Climate change is hurting children’s diets, global study finds
An international study of 107,000 children finds that higher temperatures are an equal or even…
Acting quickly after heart attack symptoms start can be a heart saver
The degree of heart muscle damage from a heart attack is associated with how long…
SolarEV City concept: Building the next urban power and mobility systems
Cities are responsible for 60-70% of energy-related CO2 emissions. As the world is increasingly urbanized,…
A climate in crisis calls for investment in direct air capture, news research finds
There is a growing consensus among scientists as well as national and local governments representing…
Human-induced climate change caused the northwestern Pacific warming record in August 2020
A new study revealed that the record-warm sea surface temperature over the northwestern Pacific in…
How the brain paralyzes you while you sleep
Researchers have discovered a group of neurons in the mouse brainstem that suppress unwanted movement…
Scientists discover the secret of Galápagos’ rich ecosystem
New research has unlocked the mystery of how the Galápagos Islands, a rocky, volcanic outcrop,…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: J&J Covid-19 vaccine data show some immunity after one dose; Biden may tap Sharfstein to run the FDA
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Despite the perennial…
Bees respond to wildfire aftermath by producing more female offspring
Researchers have found that the blue orchard bee, an important native pollinator, produces female offspring…
STAT+: Former Merck employee arrested for stealing trade secrets on cancer research
A former Merck (MRK) cancer researcher was arrested and charged with stealing a raft of…
Vaccine registration technology is failing. Here’s how the Biden administration could fix it
The crashes of online vaccine scheduling systems have become a sad symbol of how technology…
STAT+: What comes after the telehealth boom? Hybrid care models are drawing investor interest
Buoyed by the pandemic, 2020 was undoubtedly the year that telehealth turned the corner to…
Opinion: Businesses across the supply chain must work together to make Covid-19 vaccines
As a scientist leading a company focused on RNA, I have cheered Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna,…
Opinion: With Covid-19, ‘vaccine nationalism’ is a worrisome trend
Just after New Year’s Day, regulators in India granted authorization for restricted use to Bharat…
STAT+: ‘This is the foundation’: Health tech leaders discuss access, inequity, and community at CES
For all the focus on digital health at the Consumer Electronics Show for the past…
Watch: How — and why — coronaviruses mutate
Like all viruses, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is mutating all the time. Recently…
Amid last minute changes and funding shortfalls, Biden adviser predicts a slow start to the ‘100 million vaccines in 100 days’ goal
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden is promising to administer 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine…