Which came first, sleep or the brain?

Stay awake too long, and thinking straight can become extremely difficult. Thankfully, a few winks of sleep is often enough to get our brains functioning up to speed again. But just when and why did animals start to require sleep? And is having a brain even a prerequisite? In a study that could help to understand the evolutional origin of […]

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Conspiracists Say This 5G Chip Is in the COVID Vaccine. It\u2019s Just a Guitar Pedal.

Look, you have to hand it to conspiracy theorists—they come up with some truly incredible stuff. When last we checked in on 5G truthers, they were buying fake Faraday cages because they believed the fifth generation of broadband cell networks spreads COVID-19, and if they put their WiFi routers in the metallic boxes, they’d be protected from the harmful radiation. […]

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Study reveals new details about how bacterial toxins cause life-threatening colitis

Research led by scientists from UCLA and Harvard University has uncovered details about how the bacterium Clostridioides difficile causes excessive inflammation in the gut that can lead to potentially deadly colitis. Studying C. difficile toxin A, one of two toxins released by the bacterium, the researchers produced two key findings. They pinpointed which part of the toxic protein can permeate […]

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Tarek El Moussa: Coparenting With Christina Anstead Is 'Better' Than Ever

Moving forward. Tarek El Moussa and Christina Anstead’s coparenting relationship has been improving since their 2016 split. Tarek El Moussa, Christina Anstead’s Quotes About Divorce and Coparenting “We’re coparenting, we’re filming [Flip or Flop], we’re business partners, so things are going better than they’ve been in a long time,” the Tarek’s Flip Side star, 39, exclusively told Us Weekly on […]

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Can immunocompromised people get covid vaccines?

Dr Hilary warns about ‘scammers’ exploiting Covid vaccine rollout Covid vaccines came as a glimmer of hope amid the surging pandemic at the end of 2020. British officials became the first to approve the US-made Pfizer jab in December and the first to roll it out. Vaccine programmes have now started working through vulnerable and elderly, but not everyone in […]

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California virus deaths rocket higher as ICU space tightens

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and the state’s hospital association are at odds over how best to create space for critically ill coronavirus patients at already strained medical facilities that soon could be overwhelmed by the expected surge of new cases from holiday gatherings. A surge following Halloween and Thanksgiving produced record hospitalizations and now the most seriously ill of […]

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Ross named Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine

Will Ross, MD, associate dean for diversity and a professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named the Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine. Ross was chosen for the honor because he has demonstrated continued excellence as a nephrologist and public health epidemiologist. He is noted for his skilled, […]

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California child dies of coronavirus: health official

Fox News Flash top headlines for January 7 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A child in California with "severe underlying medical conditions" has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, a health official in the state said this week.  Dr. Julie Vaishampayan, the Stanislaus County health officer, announced the fatality when giving an […]

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