Coronavirus reportedly behind death of University of Dayton freshman

Fox News Flash top headlines for October 27 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. An 18-year-old University of Dayton freshman has died from complications related to COVID-19, according to a report.  Michael John Lang, 18, of LaGrange, Ill., died earlier this month following a lengthy hospital stay “apparently due to complications from COVID-19,” […]

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A Black doctor died in childbirth, highlighting a tragic trend that affects pregnant women of color in the US

Dr. Chaniece Wallace, a pediatric chief resident in Indiana, died after developing pre-eclampsia the day her daughter was delivered prematurely via C-section.  Pre-eclampsia is thought to be one of the most preventable pregnancy complications, but rates are higher, and the prognosis worse, among Black women.  Black women are at least 2.5 times as likely to die in childbirth than white […]

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What do breast cancer cells feel inside the tumour?

Using a new technique, a team of McGill University researchers has found tiny and previously undetectable ‘hot spots’ of extremely high stiffness inside aggressive and invasive breast cancer tumors. Their findings suggest, for the first time, that only very tiny regions of a tumor need to stiffen for metastasis to take place. Though still in its infancy, the researchers believe […]

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In rural America, resentment over COVID-19 shutdowns is colliding with rising case numbers

As COVID-19 spreads through rural America, new infection numbers are rising to peaks not seen during this pandemic and pushing hospitals to their limits. Many towns are experiencing their first major outbreaks, but that doesn’t mean rural communities had previously been spared the devastating impacts of the pandemic. Infection rates in rural and frontier communities ebbed and flowed during the […]

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What does ‘close contact’ for COVID-19 really mean? Epidemiologist explains.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new guidance clarifying what exactly “close contact” means when it comes to transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The previous guidance suggested that a close contact occurred when a person was within six feet of an infectious individual for 15 consecutive minutes. Now, the CDC is acknowledging that even brief contact can […]

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Australia’s virus epicentre records second day with no cases

Melbourne on Tuesday recorded its second consecutive day with no new coronavirus cases, as bars and restaurants in the epicentre of Australia’s second-wave outbreak prepared to reopen after a lengthy lockdown. The milestone—the first time since early March that no new cases have been confirmed for 48 hours—comes as the city’s five million residents await a partial lifting of virus […]

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CureVac Reports Positive Preclinical Data for its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate CVnCoV

TÜBINGEN, Germany / BOSTON, USA – October 23, 2020 — CureVac NV (Nasdaq: CVAC), a biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of drugs based on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) in clinical trials, today announced data from preclinical studies of its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate CVnCoV in mice and hamsters . The vaccine candidate triggers a balanced humoral and cellular immune response, […]

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New map of the immune landscape in pancreatic cancer could guide immunotherapy

Stubbornly, frustratingly, pancreatic cancer has remained resistant to immunotherapies that are revolutionizing the treatment of many types of cancer. A new study led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center combined single-cell RNA sequencing with two other investigative techniques to create what is believed to be the most robust and detailed portrait to date of the network of interactions […]

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