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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 ...
Viewpoint: Why are some people hesitant to get vaccines? It may have more to do with hard-wired personality than politics
After conducting a national survey of U.S. adults, we grouped people into distinct profiles based on their shared beliefs and ...
In between belly rubs, dogs are on the front lines in hunting down COVID
[T]hree Labradors, operating out of a university clinic in Bangkok, are part of a global corps of dogs being trained ...
Top China virologist who conducts risky experiments in Wuhan with bat coronaviruses rejects lab leak theory
Shi Zhengli, a top Chinese virologist, is once again at the center of clashing narratives about her research on coronaviruses ...
Swiss voters ‘overwhelmingly’ reject activist-proposed synthetic pesticide ban, referendum results show
Voters in Switzerland on [June 12] overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have banned the use of artificial pesticides in ...
‘COVID is well on its way to becoming endemic’: With hopes for herd immunity fading, living with the coronavirus could be long term reality
Experts now say [SARS-CoV-2] is changing too quickly, new more contagious variants are spreading too easily and vaccinations are happening ...
Will your college mandate vaccines this fall? It depends — mostly — on whether Democrats or Republicans control your state
In a divided nation, college vaccine mandates are mostly following familiar fault lines. As of [May 22] only 34 — ...
‘Post-coronavirus trauma’: Why a growing group of ‘perma-maskers’ say they won’t forgo face coverings anytime soon
Last year, protesters staged rallies against official requirements to wear masks, built pyres to burn them in protest and touched ...
Sickle cell mystery or excuse? Sudden deaths of many young Black people while in police custody are often blamed on genetics. What does the science say?
The New York Times has found at least 46… instances over the past 25 years in which medical examiners, law ...
Poorer countries are most vulnerable: Fast-spreading Indian variant and limited vaccine supplies threaten global recovery
In the United States, which has detected more than 800 cases of the variant from India, a glut of vaccines ...
Assisant Health Secretary Rachel Levine sets trail-blazing path: How the highest-ranking openly transgender person to serve in the federal government has navigated her first months in office
Dr. [Rachel] Levine, a former Pennsylvania health secretary, is now President Biden’s assistant secretary for health, the first openly transgender ...
Reach for ice cream when you’re feeling down? Sugar-laden, high-fat foods are comforting, but least likely to benefit mental health
[O]ver the years, a growing body of research has provided intriguing hints about the ways in which foods may affect ...
Reviving cold cases: DNA Doe Project uses genetic genealogy to solve long-unsolved crimes
Genetic genealogy debuted more than 20 years ago as a pastime for ancestry enthusiasts. The customer sent a saliva sample ...
Here’s why the CDC relaxed its mask policy a week after announcing confusing guidance
For months, federal officials have vigorously warned that wearing masks and social distancing were necessary to contain the pandemic. So ...
‘The most terrifying thing’: For an unlucky few, even mild COVID can lead to psychosis. We still don’t know why
[I]n mid-December, after a mild case of Covid-19, [49-year-old former marine Ivan Agerton] was seized by a kind of psychosis ...
People with compromised immune systems are likeliest evolutionary source of rogue COVID variants
A coronavirus typically gains mutations on a slow-but-steady pace of about two per month. But this variant, called B.1.1.7, had ...
Endometriosis falls into the abyss of ‘women’s diseases’: Here’s what a pioneering bioengineer is designing to redress that
Dr. [Linda] Griffith founded the [Gynepathology Research] lab in 2009 with the goal of helping researchers solve endometriosis, a chronic ...
‘Alternative proteins doesn’t mean adopting a vegan diet’: A vegan makes the case for the meatless meat revolution
About a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions are traceable to the food supply chain. Animal agriculture accounts for about three-quarters of those emissions ...
Viewpoint: ‘Regenerate or die?’ Fashion industry co-opts sustainability buzzwords like ‘regenerative’ and ‘circular’ — but what do they really mean?
The North Face and Patagonia now tout clothing made of regenerative cotton. And Secteur 6, a new Indian-American brand that ...
Can you get COVID after vaccination? Only a handful of cases reported so far
Nearly 83 million Americans have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, and it’s unclear just how many ...
Podcast: Ezra Klein and Walter Isaacson discuss how CRISPR is poised to redirect the future course of evolution
When future generations look back on this moment in history, will they remember the daily political fights — or will ...
Is it safe to use growth hormones to treat unusually short children? Here are the pros and cons
Experts estimate that 60 percent to 80 percent of children who are short for their age do not have a ...
