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Regenerative agriculture catching on in Sonoma wine country
To Lauren and Alex Benward, sixth-generation owners of the Beltane Ranch vineyard in Glen Ellen, Calif., the word “sustainability” does ...
Race for biosupremacy? China aggressively expanding efforts in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductors and genetic data collection
Chinese firms are collecting genetic data from around the world, part of an effort by the Chinese government and companies ...
‘Viral evolution is a long game.’ Here’s where scientists think COVID might be headed
Even for a virus, evolution is a long game, and our relationship with SARS-CoV-2 is still in its infancy. We ...
First pig-grown kidney transplant successfully trialed in humans
Researchers have long sought to grow organs in pigs that are suitable for transplantation into humans. Technologies like cloning and ...
Do we need COVID booster shots? Hesitancy emerges among key Biden Administration health officials
Following a series of endorsements over the last month by scientific panels advising federal agencies, tens of millions of Americans ...
Treating cancer without chemotherapy? Oncologists say it’s possible
Chemotherapy for decades was considered “the rule, the dogma,” for treating breast cancer and other cancers, said Dr. Gabriel Hortobagyi, ...
Facebook remains popular destination for people discussing how to acquire and use parasitic worm-treating drug ivermectin
Facebook has become more aggressive at enforcing its coronavirus misinformation policies in the past year. But the platform remains a ...
Vaccines and the founding of the United States: The American Revolution succeeded thanks in part to an immunization mandate
The United States owes its existence as a nation partly to an immunization mandate. In 1777, smallpox was a big ...
A larger share of Hispanic American adults have gotten at least one COVID vaccine dose compared to White Americans
The share of Hispanic adults in the U.S. who say they have received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine ...
Why don’t humans have tails like other hominids? It could be an accident of evolutionary history
For half a billion years or so, our ancestors sprouted tails. As fish, they used their tails to swim through ...
Pudendum ‘shame’ controversy: When medical terms promote sexist stereotypes
Allison Draper loved anatomy class. As a first-year medical student at the University of Miami, she found the language clear, ...
How accurate are at-home COVID tests?
Rapid at-home [COVID] tests are a good option for people who have been exposed to the virus, who want to ...
Should race be considered when diagnosing kidney disease?
A scientific task force on [September 23] called for jettisoning a common measure of kidney function that adjusts results by ...
Although vaccinated people can contract breakthrough infections in rare cases, their chances of getting long COVID are low
People who experience breakthrough infections of the coronavirus after being fully vaccinated are about 50 percent less likely to experience ...
Breakthrough COVID cases are uncommon — but are they always mild? Health experts say no
Public health experts continue to believe that breakthrough infections are relatively uncommon, and rarely result in severe illness or hospitalizations ...
From plant-based fillets to sushi cultivated in a lab, fish-free seafood has arrived
Plant-based products have been breaking into the foodie mainstream in the United States, after years in which vegan burgers and ...
Viewpoint: ‘There is no legitimate Christian doctrine-backed case for vaccine mandate exemptions’
According to the Civil Rights Act, [vaccine] exemptions are meant to apply to people with “sincerely held religious beliefs,” and ...
Unvaccinated Americans 11 times as likely as the vaccinated to die of COVID, research finds, bolstering case for mandatory shots
Just a day after President Biden issued broad mandates aimed at encouraging American workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, ...
If you can’t see me you can’t bite me: CRISPR experiments target altering mosquitoes to make them blind to humans
For the first time, scientists have used the gene-editing tool Crispr-Cas9 to render humans effectively invisible in the eyes of ...
Delta surge sparks spike in virus disinformation
Coronavirus misinformation has spiked online in recent weeks, misinformation experts say, as people who peddle in falsehoods have seized on ...
Viewpoint — This osteopath and natural medicine peddler is the most notorious COVID disinformation spreader: Dr. Joseph Mercola
Dr. [Joseph] Mercola, 67, an osteopathic physician in Cape Coral, Fla., has long been a subject of criticism and government ...
Tik Tok and social media influencers join White House campaign to soften vaccine hesitancy
Fewer than half of all Americans age 18 to 39 are fully vaccinated, compared with more than two-thirds of those ...
Brain speak: Electrodes implanted in a paralyzed man’s brain transmit signals to a computer that reads his words
He has not been able to speak since 2003, when he was paralyzed at age 20 by a severe stroke ...
Viewpoint: Still believe that GMOs and gene edited crops pose more harm than good? Time for a rethink
Since their introduction in the mid-1990s, G.M.O.s have remained wildly unpopular with consumers, who see them as dubious tools of ...
Stirring disinformation: Once relegated to political fringes, vaccine bashing takes center stage with Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham
Rupert Murdoch received a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. Afterward, he urged everyone else to get it, too. Since then, ...
Fan of soda? Association found between colon cancer and sugary drinks, though no direct links identified
[A] new study, published in the medical journal Gut, examined the link between colorectal cancer and sweet drinks in 94,464 ...
What can teenagers looking for COVID shots do if their parents are opposed to vaccines?
[T]hough Covid vaccines have been authorized for children as young as 12, many parents, worried about side effects and frightened ...
Nearly a quarter of COVID survivors, even those with mild symptoms, face ongoing medical issues
[A] study, tracking the health insurance records of nearly two million people in the United States who contracted the coronavirus ...
