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Should children get a COVID vaccine?
[W]ith COVID cases plummeting in the United States and children historically seeing far less serious cases than adults, a panel ...
Texas man who rejected a COVID shot in January received life-saving transplant after the virus destroyed his lungs in a matter of weeks
Joshua Garza, 43, of Sugarland, [Texas], decided not to get vaccinated in January because he didn’t think he needed it ...
Psilocybin ‘magic mushrooms’ shown to be as effective as pharmaceuticals in treating depression
The psychedelic drug psilocybin – found in “magic mushrooms” performed just as well as a widely used antidepressant in easing ...
Slideshow: COVID-19 myths keep coming. Here’s how to separate fact from conspiracy
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The US is experiencing the mildest flu season in memory. Here’s why
The U.S. is seeing historically low levels of influenza this season, which started in September 2020. This time last year, ...
‘Long COVID’: One third of symptomatic survivors have long haul symptoms
About 33% of COVID-19 patients who were never sick enough to require hospitalization continue to complain months later of symptoms ...
Is the flu more dangerous than COVID, as many people believe? Study shows risk of COVID death is 3.5 times higher
"We can now say definitively that COVID-19 is much more severe than seasonal influenza," said… Dr. Amol Verma, a researcher ...
Could a low-carbohydrate diet send Type 2 diabetes into remission?
[An] analysis of 23 small trials found that low-carb diets worked better than other eating plans in helping people lose ...
Here’s how we might develop life-saving vaccines even faster
So far, every spillover of a pathogen from wildlife to humans — from SARS in 2003 to the H1N1 avian flu in 2009, ...
Flashing red on college campuses: As schools reopen, universities emerge as COVID petri dishes
[Researchers] studied 30 [US college] campuses nationwide with the highest numbers of reported coronavirus cases and found that more than half ...
Prescription-strength omega-3 fatty acid fish oil supplements don’t prevent heart disease, study finds
Prior research into a prescription medicine derived from fish called Vascepa, announced earlier this year, suggested it might be of real value ...
What’s next from stem cell research? Diabetes treatments and safer kidney transplants
Treatments for eye diseases are considered among the most promising for stem cells, which have been under study for more ...
Stem cell hope for heart failure
Stem cells injected directly into heart muscle can help patients suffering from severe heart failure by improving an ailing heart's ...
Studies suggest genetic role in obesity
The following is an excerpt. Two new studies offer some solace to those who can't control their weight despite diet and exercise by providing more evidence ...
Stem cell transplants may show promise for MS
New research suggests that stem cell transplants to treat certain brain and nervous system diseases such as multiple sclerosismay be ...
Fighting breed-related diseases
The refinement of purebred dogs over the past four or five centuries has created interesting versions of Canis familiaris, such ...
