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GLP podcast: Neuralink chip in your brain? CNN’s bunk COVID booster headline; Obesity drugs—the long-term effects
Neuralink has successfully implanted its "brain–computer interface" in a human patient. Elon Musk says the results so far are "promising." ...
This virus expert accurately predicted 800,000 Americans would die of COVID. What does he think the future holds?
Michael Osterholm is director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and author ...
Paxlovid vs. Molnupiravir: Comparing the two breakthrough COVID antiviral pills
While Merck was the first to roll out its anti-Covid therapy, called molnupiravir, Pfizer has announced promising results of its ...
Inexpensive SSRI antidepressant fluvoxamine could reduce severe COVID
A cheap, generically available anti-depressant may reduce the risk of severe Covid-19 disease by close to a third in people ...
Minimal role fetal cells play in COVID vaccine development could provide opening for Supreme Court rule on religious exemptions
A group of unvaccinated Maine health care workers are asking the Supreme Court to block a state rule that mandates ...
What’s the most vaccinated place in America? The answer might surprise you
The Caribbean island [of Puerto Rico] — in recent years pummeled by deadly hurricanes, rocked by earthquakes, beset by political ...
Since the start of the pandemic, COVID has killed 5 times as many police officers as gun violence
The coronavirus has become the leading cause of death for officers despite law enforcement being among the first groups eligible ...
Miami private school bars vaccinated students for 30 days, falsely claiming they could be a danger to the unvaccinated
A Miami private school, which previously asked teachers not to get the Covid-19 vaccine or they wouldn't be allowed to ...
COVID pills: Pandemic kick-started long-neglected effort to develop potent antiviral treatments for coronaviruses
Antivirals are already essential treatments for other viral infections, including hepatitis C and HIV. One of the best known is ...
How can we navigate a winter with both COVID and flu threats? Here’s a guide
Many doctors are doubling down on pleas for Americans to get vaccinated — especially as the flu season could lead ...
Who should get a COVID booster shot now?
Who exactly is eligible to get the booster? If you are eligible, should you rush to get inoculated? What should ...
Eating more cheese, milk, butter and other products laden with dairy linked to lowered risk of heart disease, study finds
An international team of scientists studied the dairy fat consumption of 4,150 60-year-olds in Sweden — a country with one ...
Pregnant women should get vaccinated as soon as possible, CDC urges
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an urgent recommendation [September 29] for pregnant women and those who ...
Women who have experienced sexual assault have a higher risk of dementia
Women who have been sexually assaulted have a higher risk of developing a type of brain damage that has been ...
COVID outbreaks far more common in schools without mask requirements for students and staff, CDC data confirm
Covid-19 outbreaks are far more likely in schools that don't require students and staff to wear masks, new data from ...
‘Waste can be reimagined as a resource’: How insects are making trash sustainable
[Chua Kai-Ning] and her partner, Phua Jun Wei, founded startup Insectta in 2017. They are battling Singapore's food waste crisis ...
Feel refreshed on just 5 hours of rest per night? Some people are blessed with ‘short sleep’ genes
[Neurologists Chris Jones and Ying-Hui Fu] had been studying advanced sleep-phase syndrome, thought to be a rare type of "morning ...
Children are the ‘final frontier’ for COVID shots, and many parents are resistant. But not these, and here’s why
Toddlers and babies as young as 6 months old are testing Covid-19 vaccines to help make sure they're safe for ...
Under what legal conditions can governments and businesses mandate vaccines?
Whether a vaccine requirement is legal will depend on who is imposing it and how they have shaped it. Mandates ...
‘It’s almost certain’: An even more elusive and potentially more dangerous variant than Delta is likely to emerge, scientists warn
An analysis by British academics, published by the UK Government’s official scientific advisory group, says that they believe it is ...
‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’: 99.5% of COVID deaths are among those who forgo the shot
The surge in Covid-19 cases fueled by the Delta variant and vaccine hesitancy has now led to increasing rates of ...
Still unsure about the COVID shot? Here are 10 common vaccine myths dispelled
Here are some of the most popular arguments for not getting vaccinated and why doctors want to set the record ...
Genetic wildcard: Naturally higher testosterone levels and subjective regulations derail elite runner’s Olympic dreams
After securing a top-three spot in the 800 meter and 1500 meter categories, in four international competitions, the Ugandan athlete ...
Here are the coronavirus variant ‘breeding ground’ hotspots in the US
Out of the COVID-19 pandemic, two Americas are emerging: One protected by vaccines and the other still vulnerable to infection ...
The mRNA biotechnology revolution unleashed by COVID vaccine breakthroughs is just beginning — and it will impact disease research for decades to come
The messenger RNA, or mRNA, platform may be new to the global public, but it's a technology that researchers had ...
Need a vaccine passport but don’t want a shot? It’s easy to forge one — but here’s why that’s a bad idea
Not everyone wants to get vaccinated. Combine that with a desire to keep up with rising documentation requirements as society ...
No, COVID vaccines do not harm the placenta — the organ that provides the fetus with oxygen and food
As the first organ to form during pregnancy, the placenta is critical to the development of a fetus because it ...
