Health & Medicine
Through the study and use of genetics, we can identify measures that could lead to the improvement of human health and wellness. These methods and procedures aim to prevent years of chronic disease and thousands of dollars in health care costs, and provide families and communities with knowledge of how to live healthier.
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Eat a big breakfast to lose weight? This old nutritional adage isn’t backed up by science
Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper is an old nutritional adage that at ...
Infographic: Where does the coronavirus fit in humanity’s long history of plagues and influenza pandemics?
Disease and illnesses have plagued humanity since the earliest days, our mortal flaw. However, it was not until the marked ...
Why it’s safe to order food and go grocery shopping during the coronavirus outbreak
President Donald Trump and governors of various states have suggested Americans should avoid restaurants due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead ...
CRISPR-based ‘PAC-MAN approach’ could be answer to COVID-19 and other viral menaces
Tim Abbott, a PhD candidate at Stanford University’s bioengineering department, checked the results of an experiment that he was running ...
Coronavirus and food safety: Why there’s no need to panic
Every day seems to bring dire news about coronavirus COVID-19. As this virus spreads, how concerned should we be for ...
Coronavirus has ‘snarled’ food distribution operations, threatening shortages and higher prices
Global warehouses are stuffed with frozen cuts of pork, wheels of cheese and bags of rice. But as the coronavirus ...
Some countries have done a much better job fighting the coronavirus. Here’s what worked.
With Europe and the United States locked in deadly battle with the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, a number of countries ...
Coronavirus vaccine created with synthetic biology would be ‘more potent’ than flu shot
As companies hurry to test potential vaccines, the National Institute of Health (NIH) is hoping new bio-engineering techniques to help ...
Video: Here’s how quickly the coronavirus could overwhelm US hospitals
How bad will the coronavirus be for US hospitals? Some experts suggest that 20-60 percent of adults may contract the ...
How did the coronavirus jump from bats to humans? Snakes, pangolins and turtles top suspect list
When a new zoonotic outbreak occurs, scientists rush to trace the species the infection originated from. Often the infection jumps ...
Here’s how long the coronavirus survives on common surfaces
A big question in the outbreak of Covid-19, which has already infected more than 110,000, is how the germ that ...
Travel restrictions to stop the coronavirus? Here’s why they won’t work.
Travel restrictions, though not recommended by the WHO, are a tool that countries use in hopes of stopping the spread of ...
Promising coronavirus treatment effort blocked by fetal tissue research ban
A senior scientist at a government biomedical research laboratory has been thwarted in his efforts to conduct experiments on possible ...
Infographic: US among world laggards in COVID-19 testing per capita, ranking 22
The available data shows that South Korea has done many more tests than other countries. This suggests that the number ...
Delving into fuzzy forecasts: How many Americans are infected with the coronavirus?
In the absence of real numbers, projections have filled the void, and it's hard to know which forecasts to trust ...
1918 Spanish flu redux? ‘Unprepared for the deluge of death’, politicians rejected ‘social distancing’ in bungled handling of the pandemic
It was a parade like none Philadelphia had ever seen.... When the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive parade stepped off on September ...
51% of Americans say GMO-derived food is unhealthy, 59% know very little about it, Pew survey shows
Americans have mixed views about genetically modified foods (GMOs) and their implications for society. About half of U.S. adults (51%) ...
Worst-case scenario for coronavirus deaths ‘imperfect and has to rely on a number of assumptions’
On Monday [March 16], the COVID-19 Response Team at Imperial College London released a report that describes its efforts to ...
Viewpoint: We’ll learn a lot from the coronavirus outbreak, but it will be ‘paid for in blood’
The coronavirus outbreak, now a pandemic spreading at an exponential rate throughout the world, is upending our routines, certainties and ...
Viewpoint: GMOs responsible for the coronavirus outbreak? That’s scientifically absurd
The “passage of species” of a pathogenic organism from animal to human being, which explains the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 ...
Coronavirus outbreak is stressing supply chains, but America isn’t running out of food
The aisles and aisles of empty store shelves give the appearance that the United States, improbably and alarmingly, is running ...
Identical sex chromosomes could be key to a long life
When 109-year-old Jessie Gallan was asked about the secret to her long life, she replied “staying away from men.” Other ...
Podcast: Coronavirus—what it is, how it spreads and the surprising ways it might be treated
SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus first detected in China in January, is emerging as a significant threat, with just under 128,000 ...
Viewpoint: GMOs offer protection against diseases, including cancer, by shielding us from dangerous aflatoxins
How European irony became an African tragedy ...
Rapid genome sequencing streamlines efforts to safeguard global food supply against salmonella
Researchers from Cornell University, the Mars Global Food Safety Center in Beijing, and the University of Georgia have developed a ...
Plant-based meat industry start-up Daring targeting chicken-free ‘chicken’, the world’s favorite protein
Daring is an imitation chicken, which replicates the taste and texture of the familiar fowl, and which is targeted specifically ...
Viewpoint: ‘GMOs cause cancer’ and 17 other persistent health myths debunked
Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis. Eating eggs gives you heart disease. Coffee stunts your growth. No, no and no again ...
