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Animal or vegetable? Stroke risk linked to type of fat in your diet
Fat in the diet has long been linked to stroke risk, but new research presented [November 8] suggests that it’s ...
Personal freedom vs vaccine mandates: Protests over Biden Administration COVID shot mandates surge
Across the nation, employers, government officials, health care workers and other Americans are continuing to push back against COVID-19 vaccine ...
One strategy that appears to sway vaccine reluctants: Appeals to faith
Our recent PRRI/IFYC Religion and the Vaccine Survey found clear progress in vaccine uptake, even among many hesitant groups, between ...
Here are 6 of the most outrageous misconceptions circulating online about COVID vaccines
There are many reasons some Americans may be hesitant to receive the vaccine – some of which are based on ...
Immunocompromised and wary about getting a COVID vaccine? Here’s what experts say
None of the large-scale vaccine trials included people who are immunocompromised, though every indication is that vaccines are safe in ...
Do you need two vaccine shots if you’ve already been infected with COVID?
Six recent studies suggest that people who've already come down with COVID-19 might not need to get a second vaccine ...
Why are Black Americans suspicious of COVID vaccines?
Although the first two large clinical trials of [COVID-19] candidate vaccines have managed to include about 3,000 Black participants each, ...
CRISPR-based diagnostic tools will be able to rapidly diagnose future pandemics
Although [CRISPR] gene-editing technology [COVID] tests are still being developed and won't be ready in the United States this year as the weather ...
White House Rose Garden SCOTUS ‘super spreader’ event may have infected thousands across the US
From a religious summit outside Atlanta to a campaign rally at a Pennsylvania airport and a private fundraiser in Minnesota, ...
Under pressure from Trump administration, FDA ignores lack of evidence to expand use of remdesivir to all patients
[August 28, the FDA] allowed the drug remdesivir to be used on all patients hospitalized with COVID-19, although no published research ...
What does a gene edited squid look like?
Researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory used CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to eliminate a gene in embryos of the squid Doryteuthis pealeii, which ...
Consumer genetic tests promise rich rewards, but can yield ‘awkward surprises’
DNA testing is all about unlocking secrets. But sometimes surrendering your saliva may also mean surrendering a bit of privacy ...
3D printed corneas could lead to transplants
Research led by Florida A&M University Pharmaceutics Professor Mandip Sachdeva has resulted in the creation of the first high throughput ...
400,000-year-old teeth suggest Neanderthals and humans split much earlier than thought
Our distant cousins just got a little more distant. A new study suggests that modern humans and our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, ...
‘Only child’ no more: DNA test reveals woman has at least 29 brothers and sisters
For Shauna Harrison, her journey from only child to a sister with 29 siblings started with a revisit to her 23andme ...
AI should make our lives better by 2030, though there are ‘problems to worry about’, Pew study suggests
The year is 2030, and artificial intelligence has changed practically everything. Is it a change for the better or has ...
Google hopes to fix the racial bias problem in artificial intelligence through tech summer camps
Oakland-based nonprofit AI4All [will] expand its outreach to young underrepresented minorities and women with a $1 million grant from Google.org, the technology ...
DNA tests could reunite migrant families. But is there a reason for concern?
The U.S. government's plan to reunify immigrant children with their parents via DNA testing is an unusual but not unprecedented ...