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Cannabis use disorder: another COVID risk factor
Should doctors take particular care to talk to patients about the potential dangers of COVID-19 if…
Iran’s daily COVID deaths top 600 in new high
Iran on Sunday reported over 600 daily COVID deaths for the first time, ahead of tightened…
Australia clamps down on ‘most concerning day of the pandemic’
Australia’s biggest city announced tighter COVID restrictions including heavier fines and tighter policing on Saturday as…
Researchers find vital enzyme holds key to the fight against cancer and viral infections
A new study led by University of California, Irvine (UCI) researchers identifies two ways in which…
Do some diabetes drugs reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s?
People taking certain drugs to lower blood sugar for type 2 diabetes had less amyloid in…
Sydney posts fresh COVID record as Melbourne races to trace outbreak
Australia’s state of New South Wales reported another record day of COVID-19 cases Saturday, as authorities…
WHO ‘deeply concerned’ by Long Covid
With nearly 200 million people known to have had COVID-19, the WHO said Wednesday it was…
Guadeloupe to impose new curfew due to alarming COVID surge
France’s overseas territory of Guadeloupe is to return to partial lockdown for at least three weeks…
Doctors in Saudi separate Yemeni baby from twin
A team of doctors in Saudi Arabia has separated a Yemeni baby from her parasitic twin,…
Biden says US must ‘do better’ on COVID vaccinations
President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Americans “still need to do better” on COVID-19 vaccinations, as…
Nerve fibre loss and rise in key immune cells on eye surface may signal ‘long COVID’
Nerve fibre loss and an increase in key immune (dendritic) cells on the surface of the…
Jordan to open COVID vaccinations for 12-year-olds
Jordan’s health ministry announced Saturday that COVID-19 vaccines will now be available for children aged 12…
Do vaccinated people need to go back to masking?
With the Delta variant pushing US COVID cases back up, fully vaccinated people are wondering whether…
‘Missing self’ contributes to organ rejection after transplantation
Immune cells called natural killer cells contribute to organ rejection after transplantation because they miss “self”…
Study explores race inequity in opioid prescribing among US health systems
A new Dartmouth-led study published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine sheds light…
Study refutes suspicion that dengue increases risk of microcephaly associated with Zika
A pregnant woman infected by Zika virus does not face a greater risk of giving birth…
Routine vaccination rates in Victoria unaffected by COVID-19
Researchers, led by Dr. Frank Beard, Associate Director of the National Center for Immunization Research and…
Europeans face travel woes as Covid reaches Olympic Village
Europeans faced last-minute travel frustration on Saturday as the UK and France overhauled COVID-19 border restrictions…
WHO eyes China lab audits next in COVID origin probe
The World Health Organization said on Friday that the second stage of an investigation into the…
Body mass index as a risk factor for diabetes varies throughout the world
The unprecedented increase in overweight and obesity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has led to…
New study suggests benefit-to-harm balance of statins for healthy adults ‘generally favorable’
Statins are associated with a small increased risk of side effects in patients without a history…
Obesity increases survival in advanced prostate cancer
Obese patients with a form of advanced prostate cancer survive longer than overweight and normal weight…
Russia sets latest pandemic high for coronavirus deaths
Russia reported 752 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, a national record of pandemic-related fatalities over a 24-hour…
Tool helps predicts who will respond best to targeted prostate cancer therapy
A new prognostic tool developed by researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and five…
There’s a man in the moon: Why our brains see human faces everywhere
It’s so commonplace we barely give it a second thought, but human brains seem hardwired to…
South Africa’s new coronavirus cases surge to record levels
South Africa’s resurgence of COVID-19 is setting record numbers of new daily cases, centered in Johannesburg…
Prenatal exposure to THC, CBD affects offspring’s responsiveness to Prozac
Scientists at Indiana University have found that significant amounts of the two main components of cannabis,…
Cannabis intoxication and rates of accidental ingestion in young children rise after legalization, new study finds
Significantly higher rates of child intensive care admissions for unintentional cannabis poisonings have been seen following…
Edible Cholera vaccine made of powdered rice proves safe in phase 1 human trials
A new vaccine to protect against deadly cholera has been made by grinding up genetically modified…