Even as cases continue to decline and more Americans receive their vaccines, the coronavirus isn’t likely to go away anytime soon, health officials say. The nation’s top infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci dismissed the idea that COVID-19 would be…
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New insight into protein structures that could treat Huntington’s disease
In Huntington’s disease, a faulty protein aggregates in brain cells and eventually kills them. Such protein aggregates could, in principle, be prevented with a heat shock protein. However, it is not well known how these proteins interact with the Huntington’s…
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Drug trial that could improve respiratory recovery from COVID-19 now underway
A clinical trial has commenced this week to test whether a drug called Almitrine can help people who are seriously ill with COVID-19 to recover from the disease. Patients suffering from COVID-19 pneumonia often develop very low levels of oxygen,…
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Jab that perks up a man's love life and may ward off type 2 diabetes
Jab that perks up a man’s love life… and his health: Sex hormone injection may help ward off type 2 diabetes Researchers found testosterone therapy reduced risk of type 2 diabetes 40% The theory is that testosterone can actually turn…
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President Biden Just Issued 2 New Mask Mandates—Here’s What That Means for You
As he promised during the election, President Joe Biden has wasted no time in taking action against the spread of COVID-19. One of his first orders of business in the White House was signing an executive order to mandate mask…
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Moderna vaccine batch that caused 10 allergic reactions cleared for use
COVID-19 vaccination delays ‘could have been helped by Amazon’ if they intervened sooner: Dr. Siegel Dr. Marc Siegel calls the company’s delay in getting involved until Biden became president a ‘disgrace’ that appears to be politically motivated. A batch of…
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Study identifies a nonhuman primate model that mimics severe COVID-19 similar to humans
Aged, wild-caught African green monkeys exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with clinical symptoms similar to those observed in the most serious human cases of COVID-19, report researchers in The American Journal of Pathology, published…
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Scientists reveal mechanism that causes irritable bowel syndrome
KU Leuven researchers have identified the biological mechanism that explains why some people experience abdominal pain when they eat certain foods. The finding paves the way for more efficient treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and other food intolerances. The study,…
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Uses For Hand Sanitizer That You’ve Never Thought Of
In the post-COVID-19 world, more and more people are using hand sanitizer to keep themselves safe from unwanted germs. While the new habit may turn some of us into professional germaphobes, you may be interested in knowing that there are…
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Psychological distress during first months of pandemic equal to that during prior year
The coronavirus pandemic is creating a large spike in significant psychological distress among Americans, with the first month of the pandemic causing as much distress in the same number of individuals that experienced it during the whole previous year, according…
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