Credit: CC0 Public Domain US health authorities said Monday they have sequenced the genome of the first two cases of the Chinese coronavirus reported in the country and confirmed the virus has not mutated since leaving China. Nancy Messonnier, head…
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False virus cure claims infect the internet
Gargle salt water, use herbal eyedrops, steam-clean a face mask—false claims about how to combat a deadly coranavirus epidemic emerging out of China are flooding the internet. Social media giants have promoted their strategies to combat misinformation related to the…
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Do elevated mercury levels in the blood increase skin cancer risk?
Higher levels of mercury in the blood were linked with a higher prevalence of non-melanoma skin cancer, the most common human malignancy, in a study published in the British Journal of Dermatology. For the study, researchers analyzed 2003-2016 data on…
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More pieces of the autism puzzle uncovered
A major international study from the Autism Sequencing Consortium with participation of researchers from the Danish iPSYCH psychiatry project, has recently mapped 102 new autism genes. The new findings provide a new understanding of the biology behind autism, which could…
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Looking on the bright side may be good for your health
My husband and I were psychological opposites. I've always seen the glass as half full; to him it was half empty. That difference, research findings suggest, is likely why I pursue good health habits with a vengeance while he was…
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What we know suggests the economic impact of Wuhan coronavirus will be limited
The Wuhan coronavirus has had a significant human toll. More than 100 people have died and nearly 3,000 are known to be infected, including some in Australia. The number actually infected will be higher. People experiencing only mild symptoms often…
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A Company Repossessed a Vietnam Vet's Prosthetic Legs After the VA Refused to Pay for Them
Just a couple of days before last Christmas, 69-year-old Jerry Holliman, a Vietnam veteran, says a man came into a nursing home for military veterans in Collins, Mississippi, and took away Holliman’s prosthetic legs. According to the Clarion Ledger, Holliman…
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Putting neglected tropical diseases in the spotlight: Lessons learned from Chagas disease
Today, January 30th 2020, is the inaugural World Neglected Tropical Diseases day. For the first time, global community leaders, health experts, civil society advocates, and policymakers have united to raise awareness about neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), in hopes of removing…
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Novel communication between intestinal microbes and developing immune cells in the thymus
Newborns face unique immunological challenges immediately after birth. As they depart a relatively sterile fetal environment, they are abruptly exposed to a multitude of foreign antigens, the major burden of which is in the form of the microbiota newly colonizing…
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Revealed an alteration related to the loss of effectiveness of a treatment in lung cancer
The Cancer Genetics Group of the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, led by Montse Sánchez-Céspedes, together with Luis Montuenga from CIMA, and Enriqueta Felip from Vall d’Hebron Hospital, has revealed that inactivation of RB1 through intragenic rearrangements is frequent in…
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