Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. There’s good news and bad news on covid-19 this week. On the one hand, several million doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine authorized by the FDA for emergency use are already going into the arms of people around the nation. And the Biden administration has brokered a deal […]
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Ready to find a natural deodorant that doesn’t stink? The best natural deodorants are ones that keep you smelling fresh, are made with quality ingredients and don’t irritate sensitive skin. The problem, though, is that some of them have baking soda, which absorbs sweat but can also cause a rash or irritation for some people. No thank you. Related story […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Syringes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit in a tray in a vaccination room at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. As the speed of covid vaccinations picks up, so do the reports of doses going to waste. And it’s more than just a handful at […]
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It’s covered in snow for more than six months a year, is lashed by driving horizontal sleet in autumn, has a fleeting spring and a condensed summer, but the northernmost island of Japan is exactly where Japanese entrepreneur Mitsushige Hayashi wanted a garden that would last 1000 years. Hayashi was enchanted with Hokkaido’s rich alluvial valleys, by its wild ridges, […]
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FILE PHOTO: Peter Ben Embarek, and other members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), arrive at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song(Reuters) – A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 is planning to scrap an interim report on its recent […]
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COVID-19 is only the latest infectious disease to have had an outsized impact on human life. A new study employing ancient human DNA reveals how tuberculosis has affected European populations over the past 2,000 years, specifically the impact that disease has had on the human genome. This work, which publishes March 4 in the American Journal of Human Genetics, has […]
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Many women who were exposed to severe abuse or neglect in childhood nonetheless manage to feel a sense of wellbeing in adulthood. How can this be? Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, University West and örebro University have jointly explored this question in a study focusing on what generates health, rather than ill health. Knowledge of this kind can contribute […]
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The European Union’s coronavirus vaccination campaign should be able to inoculate “all those who need” by the end of summer or perhaps sooner, an EU official pledged on Thursday. EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton said he was confident that “by the end of the summer, and I hope even sooner, all those who need to be vaccinated will have been”. […]
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Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) are suitable for discovering the genes that underly complex, rare genetic diseases. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), together with international partners, have studied genotype-phenotype relationships in iPSCs using data from approximately 1,000 donors. Tens of thousands of tiny genetic variations (SNPs, single nucleotide polymorphisms) have […]
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No mask, no service. A group of big retail chains will keep their mask requirements in place amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, even after select states lifted their mask mandates. Chains such as Target, Starbucks, CVS and Walgreens have all announced that they will continue implementing their mask-wearing rules, citing guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according […]
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