Coronavirus death toll in Asia tops 100,000 Asia has registered more than 100,000 deaths linked to the new coronavirus since it first emerged in December, according to an AFP tally based on official sources at 0800 GMT on Thursday. Sep 3, 2020 0 5
Analyzing skepticism of HIV self-tests among Kenyan truck drivers Truck drivers in sub-Saharan Africa are especially vulnerable to infection with HIV due to contact with multiple sexual partners—often including sex workers—along their trucking routes. Accessing HIV testing can be a ... Sep 3, 2020 0 4
Hard-to-treat pancreatic cancer hijacks immune system and could be targeted with immunotherapies Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to reveal an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer that is more likely to respond to immunotherapy, in the most extensive analysis of the immune landscape of these tumours ... Sep 3, 2020 0 8
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing Canadians out of cities and into the countryside It's starting to sound trite, but COVID-19 has radically changed the way many people live and work. Six months into this pandemic, these changes are producing interesting conversations about the potential of an urban exodus ... Sep 3, 2020 0 6
Only one in 10 medical treatments are backed by high-quality evidence When you visit your doctor, you might assume that the treatment they prescribe has solid evidence to back it up. But you'd be wrong. Only one in ten medical treatments are supported by high-quality evidence, our latest research ... Sep 3, 2020 0 5
Mapping the good and the bad of pandemic-related restrictions Pandemics bring pain. But so do the prescriptions for containing them: From school closures to total lockdowns, every government-mandated approach to blunting the impact of COVID-19 involves a trade-off between lives saved ... Sep 3, 2020 0 3
Investigational drug stops toxic proteins tied to neurodegenerative diseases An investigational drug that targets an instigator of the TDP-43 protein, a well-known hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), may reduce the protein's buildup and neurological decline ... Sep 3, 2020 0 193
Amount of attention from parents found to impact baby voles later in life A team of researchers from Emory University and Cornell University has found that young voles are adversely impacted when they receive less than the normal amount of attention from their parents as they grow. In their paper ... Sep 3, 2020 report 0 122
Stockholm sees lowest COVID-19 cases since March While many European countries are seeing a surge in COVID-19 infection rates, Stockholm, the epicentre of Sweden's outbreak, has seen a steady decline and registered the fewest cases since early March last week, officials ... Sep 3, 2020 0 5
Sanofi, GSK to start clinical tests of virus vaccine French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi on Thursday said it would start human trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine it is developing with British peer GSK, following promising preliminary tests. Sep 3, 2020 0 4
