Human coronavirus replicates in bats without using the spike protein
Researchers in Singapore have conducted a study showing active replication of a human coronavirus in bats that occurred without the viral spike protein binding to host cell receptors. One key interaction required for coronaviruses to enter host cells is the…
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Philippines approves COVID jabs for kids as young as 12
The Philippines has approved COVID-19 jabs for children as young as 12, an aide to President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday, as the country battles surging infections fuelled by the hyper-contagious Delta variant. Duterte’s government has been skewered over the glacial…
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Racial gap eliminated in US COVID vaccinations: survey
The racial gap in the United States’ COVID vaccination campaign has been eliminated while the partisan divide continues to loom large, according to a highly-cited survey published Tuesday. The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) COVID Vaccine Monitor, which conducted a nationally…
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More effective treatment of Alzheimer’s
Developing effective treatment methods for Alzheimer’s disease has proved difficult. The most effective, which have just been approved, only provide marginal effects. There are several major reasons why they are not effective, one of which is that the antibodies used…
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New mouse model for studying the cognitive protection mechanisms in Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease that features the accumulation of the beta-amyloid peptide and Tau protein in the brain, which are associated with deficits in the neuronal connections and with dementia. However, researchers have recently discovered a type of people…
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The changing occupation landscape: How automation affects workers health and mortality
A study on how structural economic risk at the occupational level is linked to long-term health outcomes of employees found that individuals in occupations characterized by high routine intensity are likely to become unemployed in the long term and have…
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AWS pledges focus on underserved communities with new $40M initiative
Amazon Web Services on Monday announced the launch of a new initiative to help organizations worldwide build IT-powered social and healthcare programs to help patients in underserved communities. WHY IT MATTERS AWS is pledging $40 million over three years…
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White House says 400,000 people so far got boosters at pharmacies
FILE PHOTO: A person receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a mobile inoculation site in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/David ‘Dee’ DelgadoWASHINGTON (Reuters) –…
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Study finds no association between caffeine intake and invasive breast cancer risk
Researchers from the University at Buffalo conducted a study of nearly 80,000 postmenopausal women in the U.S. to determine whether caffeine consumption from coffee and tea has any association with invasive breast cancer. The average age when U.S. women reach…
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The confinement-eliminated circulating coronavirus variants during the first wave in Spain
The most complete studies on the variants of the coronavirus that dominated the first waves in Spain have just been published in Nature Genetics. The study was carried out by the SeqCOVID consortium, which includes more than 50 Spanish institutions…
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