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12/05/2021

Archive: 12/05/2021

Is it too risky to lift lockdown early in the UK? It depends on the kind of risk

On Sunday May 2, only one person in the UK died from COVID-19. It's a remarkable achievement after a terrifying winter spike in the disease which saw the UK rack up one of the highest per-capita death tolls in the world. ...

May 12, 2021

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COVID-19: Is obesity really more of a risk factor for men than women?

A new US study has added to the evidence that obesity is a risk factor for severe COVID-19. And in this paper, a particular finding has caught the media's attention: the apparently greater risk posed by COVID-19 to men with ...

May 12, 2021

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Remapping and realignment in the hippocampal formation predict context-dependent spatial behavior

Past neuroscience research has consistently highlighted the role of the hippocampal formation in contextual memory, the ability to remember specific contexts or environments. In this brain area, context is typically represented ...

May 12, 2021 feature

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Early warning system to avert COVID-19 lockdowns

Scientists are developing a coronavirus early warning system that could prevent future lockdowns by combining data on vaccine uptake with wastewater testing.

May 12, 2021

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Doctors treating trans youth grapple with uncertainty, lack of training

Last month, the Arkansas Senate passed legislation prohibiting medical providers from offering gender-affirming hormones or surgeries to trans youth.

May 12, 2021

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Canadian researchers lead development and testing of promising treatment for COVID-19 variants

A new anti-viral drug could improve COVID-19 outcomes and survival rates—and is highly effective against multiple variants—according to a new study led by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Université ...

May 12, 2021

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Study shows impact of pandemic on families with seriously ill children

Many parents of children with chronic illnesses felt hospitals were unsafe during the COVID-19 pandemic and took to social media to find information relevant to them, a Southampton-led study suggests.

May 12, 2021

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New genome-wide association study almost triples discovery sample size

A team of researchers from the University of Oxford, Simon Fraser University and Genomics PLC, has conducted a genome-wide association study using the 2020 UK Biobank data release, using almost triple the discovery sample ...

May 12, 2021 report

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Pregnant women's brains show troubling signs of stress, but feeling strong social support can break those patterns

Even before the pandemic, there was plenty for expectant mothers to worry about. Pregnant women must withstand a barrage of arguably well-intentioned, but often hyperbolic, warnings about their health and what's to come, ...

May 12, 2021

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Immune response might be for signaling to others for help, not to protect your body

A major debate during the pandemic, and in infectious disease research more broadly, is why infected people die. No virus "wants" to kill anyone, as an epidemiologist once said to me. Like any other form of life, a virus's ...

May 12, 2021

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