PNAS Nexus

PNAS Nexus is an open access scientific journal focused on the publication of high-quality original research from across the biological, medical, physical, social, and political sciences, and engineering and mathematics. Of particular interest are those articles with broad, interdisciplinary appeal.

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study finds higher SARS-CoV-2 risk in obese individuals

A study finds an increased risk of developing a productive SARS-CoV-2 infection in obese people. Obesity is known to predict worse outcomes and higher mortality for those with COVID-19. Masanori Aikawa and colleagues sought ...

Pediatrics

The emergence of moral foundations in children's speech

A study of children's conversations with their caretakers sheds light on the timeline of the emergence of moral foundation words in the first six years of life in English-speaking children. Moral Foundations theory posits ...

Health

Continuous, noninvasive blood pressure monitoring using sound

A wearable blood pressure monitor uses sound to capture a continuous record of the vital sign data. Continuous, noninvasive blood pressure monitoring has been a longtime goal of medicine, given blood pressure's utility as ...