Archive: 07/09/2020

Spain, India crash through coronavirus milestones

Spain passed the landmark figure of 500,000 coronavirus infections on Monday as India reopened some metro lines despite becoming the world's second most affected country.

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International registries show PCI rates increased in Japan, US

Japan and the U.S. have seen an increase in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures, which is driven primarily by a rise in elective PCIs in Japan compared to non-elective in the U.S., according to a study in ...

Sep 7, 2020

Children use both brain hemispheres to understand language, unlike adults

Infants and young children have brains with a superpower, of sorts, say Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists. Whereas adults process most discrete neural tasks in specific areas in one or the other of their ...

Sep 7, 2020

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Markers may predict patient response to immune therapy of cancer

For many individuals with different types of cancer, immune checkpoint inhibitors can effectively boost their immune system to fight their disease, but not all patients benefit from these medications. Now a team led by investigators ...

Sep 7, 2020

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Spain surpasses 500,000 virus cases: health ministry

Spain's total coronavirus cases have crossed half a million, health ministry data showed Monday, as the government struggled to contain a surge of infections in one of Europe's hardest-hit countries.

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Rubbing skin activates itch-relief neural pathway

Stop scratching: rubbing skin activates an anti-itch pathway in the spinal cord, according to research in mice recently published in JNeurosci.

Sep 7, 2020

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'Encoding the same biases': Artificial intelligence's limitations in coronavirus response

As the coronavirus pandemic endures, the socio-economic implications of race and gender in contracting COVID-19 and dying from it have been laid bare. Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a key role in the response, but ...

Sep 7, 2020

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Excessive heat in Southwest poses added threat amid pandemic

As people around them sat and napped, some sipping water in an air-conditioned shelter on another sweltering day in a summer of record-breaking heat, Gary Goodman and Lena Stewart spoke of the fatal dangers of living on the ...

Sep 7, 2020

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Virus-hit Morocco locks down Casablanca, shuts schools

Morocco imposed a lockdown on Casablanca and shut its schools Monday, the day pupils were due to return to classes, in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Sep 7, 2020

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Watch out for coronavirus scams on social media

(HealthDay)—Social media has been rife with fake health products and financial scams during the coronavirus pandemic, a new study finds.

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