Oct 20
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A new report fresh from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlights the stark difference between…
Oct 20
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Given that the U.S. is now in this third high peak of covid-19, many Americans are understandably nervous about…
Oct 19
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Doctors in Amsterdam say that a drug usually associated with drowsiness has given a severely brain-injured man brief…
Oct 16
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The results of a large treatment trial for hospitalized covid-19 patients funded by the World Health Organization…
Oct 15
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Scientists and public health organizations are taking a firm stance against a recently circulated document—the Great…
Oct 14
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This week, President Trump became the latest and loudest voice to advance a narrative that’s picked up steam among…
Oct 13
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Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly is the latest to temporarily halt one of its covid-19 clinical trials. The Phase…
Oct 13
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On late Monday night, the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson put a temporary pause on all of its clinical…
Oct 12
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A new study estimates that between March and July, there were 225,000 more deaths in the U.S. than expected, based…
Oct 12
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Humans aren’t the only creatures at risk from dying of covid-19, it seems. In recent weeks, the state of Utah has…
Oct 9
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New research from Canada is the latest to show that simply giving money to people in need helps them tremendously.…
Oct 9
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Even in ordinary times, 37-year-old Dr. Cameron Webb’s campaign to become a Democratic house representative for Virgi…
Oct 8
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Scientists say this one weird trick will make a cat like you, or at least not be so repulsed by you.
Oct 7
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The vice presidential debate tonight between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris looks set to go ahead, despite Pence’s…
Oct 7
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On Wednesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to scientists Emmanuelle…
Oct 1
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A Iowa woman’s nasal swab test for covid-19 caused her to leak spinal fluid, her doctors report, in what seems to be…
Sep 30
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A new study is the latest to suggest that hydroxychloroquine isn’t an effective weapon against covid-19, even when…
Sep 30
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Feline intelligence may be more impressive than we’ve appreciated, at least according to a new study. The research…
Sep 29
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Sep 28
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The Food and Drug Administration has been lax in how it’s approved prescription opioid treatments dating back to the…