Shipping pallets—often used as display platforms in retail settings or seen as raw material for household projects—were responsible for sending more than 30,000 people to the emergency rooms of U.S. hospitals over a recent five-year period, according to a new study. With approximately 400 million new wooden pallets produced in the United States every year, and nearly 2 billion in […]
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As the timeline for approval and eventual distribution of a coronavirus vaccine begins to solidify, the question of when the vaccine will be available to different demographics (from frontline care workers to high-risk populations to the general public) is on most people’s minds. Particularly, for parents, it’s understandable that you’d be wondering when children might be considered for the coronavirus […]
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The U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, which could impact the global medical marijuana industry. The Vienna-based U.N. agency said in a statement that it had voted 27-25, with one abstention, to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the 1961 Convention […]
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James Fitzpatrick, PhD, a professor of neuroscience and of cell biology & physiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and director of the Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging (WUCCI), is one of 22 researchers worldwide named a Chan Zuckerberg Imaging Scientist by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Modern microscopy techniques can show how molecules fit together at […]
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Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have identified the mechanisms behind inflammasome activation driven by infection with the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Fungal infection, especially with A. fumigatus, is a leading cause of infection-associated deaths in people with compromised immune systems. The work provides clues to a potential therapeutic approach for treating infectious and inflammatory disorders. The findings were […]
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 — The lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) population has a lower prevalence of statin use for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, according to a study published online Dec. 2 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Yi Guo, Ph.D., from the University of Florida in Gainesville, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional online survey relating to […]
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Researchers from the Catholic University of Valencia (UCV), from the Biomaterials and Bioengineering group of the CITSAM (San Alberto Magno Centre for Translational Research), headed by Ángel Serrano, have developed a protective filter with commercial tissues for masks, manufactured with a biofunctional coating of benzalkonium chloride, that can deactivate SARS-CoV-2 a minute after coming into contact with the virus. “Masks […]
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 — Differences in left atrial structure and pathophysiology are found between Black and White patients with ischemic stroke, according to a study published online Nov. 25 in Neurology. Hooman Kamel, M.D., from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, and colleagues compared atrial cardiopathy phenotypes between Black and White ischemic stroke patients. Markers of atrial cardiopathy […]
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I remember hearing a bullhorn that woke me from sleep; I ran to the window where the sound was coming from. I peered over the windowsill, and saw that my normally still suburban street was filled with tanks. One after another, the steel-green war machines paraded down the street. A man stood in one of the tanks, bullhorn pulled to […]
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Italy will give all its citizens free vaccinations against coronavirus starting with doctors and care home residents once the jabs are approved, its health minister said Wednesday. The immunisation drive is expected to begin in the spring. Italy will get its vaccines via an EU procurement programme and is waiting for the European Medicines Agency’s green light, Roberto Speranza said. […]
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