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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Here’s When Dr. Fauci Says Children Can Get The COVID Vaccine
Now that Johnson & Johnson has begun distributing its COVID-19 vaccine, joining the two other COVID vaccines on the market (via NPR), many are wondering if this will speed up the process of everyone getting vaccinated. We may have to…
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‘Never seen anything as effective’ – the not-so-new-drug repurposed for a rare disease
The earliest signs of alkaptonuria are often subtle and harmless, like a diaper stained black. However, over the years, this rare genetic disease can lead to a lifetime of surgery. Now, after 20 years of research, a not-so-new drug can…
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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: How the stress of Covid can turn your hair grey
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: How the stress of Covid can turn your hair grey… and even make it fall out – but here’s what you can do to tackle it When we finally emerge from this lockdown and meet up with…
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Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine headed for FDA committee vote: What the experts say
Johnson & Johnson vaccine on track for final approval in coming days The single-dose vaccine is a ‘big addition’ the COVID-19 vaccine arsenal, Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel says. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on…
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The Science Behind the Hottest Sports Fuel
When you’re a top athlete, what usually tanks a race is either what’s going on in your head or what’s going on in your gut. And when Tobias Christensson found a way to help with that second part, he ignited…
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How the body prepares to move: Independent control of muscle sensors
A number of brain areas change their activity before we execute a planned voluntary movement. A new study by Umeå University identifies a novel function of this preparatory neural activity, highlighting another mechanism the nervous system can use to achieve…
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Why AstraZeneca and J&J’s Vaccines, In Use the World Over, Are Still on Hold in America
The World Health Organization greenlighted emergency use of AstraZeneca and Oxford’s covid-19 vaccine this month, following in the steps of the United Kingdom, the European Union and others, who are already injecting it as quickly as possible into the masses….
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Is Cali's super-covid the most worrying strain yet
Is Cali’s super-covid the most worrying strain yet? Mutant predicted to make up 90% of state cases by MARCH is as infectious as South African strain and is 11 times more deadly – as experts scramble for more data The…
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Robert Downey Jr. Shared the Workout He Used to Train for Avengers: Infinity War<\/em>
It’s been nearly two years since we last saw Robert Downey Jr. play Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it seems he’s already feeling a little nostalgic for his Avenging days. In a post shared…
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