‘COVID-killing’ remote working pods to revive town centers
Ghost town high streets could come back to life using empty shops to house sealed, self-contained, self-cleaning remote working pods that use ultraviolet light to kill coronavirus. Home workers could escape cramped kitchen tables for super-sanitized workspaces where they can…
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Covid vaccine side effects: Anaphylaxis is a rare but severe allergic reaction
Jonathan Van-Tam warns coronavirus battle 'not yet won' When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how…
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The conditions of 70% of people with chronic pain have worsened during the pandemic
The pandemic has impacted significantly on people who suffer chronic pain. A study performed by the eHealth Lab, a research group affiliated with the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya’s eHealth Center, has shown that 70%…
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New technology may help improve tissue restoration outcomes for breast cancer and other diseases
New technology from Purdue University innovators may help improve tissue restoration outcomes for people with breast cancer and other diseases or traumatic injuries. Purdue researchers, along with fellowship-trained breast surgeon Carla Fisher of Indiana University School of Medicine, teamed up…
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‘An Arm and a Leg’: Revisiting Insulin: How the Medicine Got So Expensive
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. We’re re-releasing a story we first reported in 2019, about how insulin got to be so expensive. And this 2021 update includes a check-in with people working to make the potentially lifesaving…
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Tensions over vaccine equity pit rural against urban America
Rita Fentress was worried she might get lost as she traveled down the unfamiliar forested, one-lane road in rural Tennessee in search of a coronavirus vaccine. Then the trees cleared and the Hickman County Agricultural Pavilion appeared. The 74-year-old woman…
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Studies reveal the promise of newly engineered bispecific antibodies against tumor cells
Three studies – one each in Science, Science Translational Medicine, and Science Immunology – reveal the promise of newly engineered bispecific antibodies, including by demonstrating their power against previously inaccessible tumor cell targets for the first time, in two cases….
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Halsey Says Her Pregnancy Was '100% Planned': 'I Tried Very Hard for This'
Halsey is opening up about her road to pregnancy. The 26-year-old singer, who is currently expecting her first child with boyfriend Alev Aydin, got candid about the journey in an Instagram Story post on Monday. "why is it ok to speculate…
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UK to Prioritize Next Stage of COVID Vaccine by Age, Not Job
LONDON (Reuters) – Police and teachers will not jump to the head of the queue in the second phase of Britain’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout, with people instead prioritised by age, officials advising the government said on Friday, describing this as…
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A region within GLI1 gene could potentially be targeted as cancer treatment
Scientists from the Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago found that a region within the DNA of the cancer-promoting GLI1 gene is directly responsible for regulating this gene's expression. These findings,…
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