You're probably inundated with news and messages about coronavirus at the moment. But how do you know if you're consuming evidence-based information or just speculation and myth?
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From the first known patient in late January to now almost 100,000 infected, the United States has earned the unwanted distinction of leading the world in confirmed coronavirus cases.
Mar 27, 2020
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A groundbreaking new study shows that laws legalizing medical marijuana have resulted in a nearly nine percent drop in traffic deaths and a five percent reduction in beer sales.
Nov 29, 2011
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Monash University research examined the effect of recreational cannabis sales (RCS) on traffic fatalities in three US states where it was legalised—Colorado (legalised 2014), Washington (2014), and Oregon (2015), and nine ...
Feb 5, 2019
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Early reports from January painted a grim picture about just how deadly the coronavirus was. On March 3, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that "Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases ...
Jul 16, 2020
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Scientists for the first time have used CRISPR gene editing to halt the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in a large mammal, according to a study by UT Southwestern that provides a strong indication that a ...
Aug 30, 2018
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Is COVID-19 more deadly than the flu?
May 18, 2020
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The Harvard historian Jill Lepore recounted recently in The New Yorker magazine that when democracies sink into crisis, the question "where are we going?" leaps to everyone's mind, as if we were waiting for a weather forecast ...
Mar 9, 2020
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Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have identified a compound that helps protect the cells destroyed by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the most frequent fatal genetic disease in children under 2 years of age.
Apr 17, 2017
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Not just important for building strong bones, an international team of scientists has found that vitamin D also plays an essential role in the body's fight against infections such as tuberculosis.
Oct 12, 2011
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