Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. WHO urges US to share COVID origins intel The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged Washington to share any intelligence it may be withholding on the COVID-19 pandemic's origins, despite the United States quitting the WHO. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-urges-covid-intel.html Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:20:08 EST news690041543 Variety is the spice of learning, memory study suggests When Ilber Manavbasi attempts a tricky piano riff, he rehearses more than the notes on the page. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-09-variety-spice-memory.html Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:16:51 EDT news645203805 WHO urges countries to come clean on Covid origins intel The WHO on Friday urged all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of COVID-19, following US claims of a Chinese lab leak and furious denials from Beijing. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-urges-countries-covid-intel.html Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:15:56 EST news597071749 Biden orders more intel investigation of COVID-19 origin President Joe Biden ordered U.S. intelligence officials to "redouble" their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any possibility the trail might lead to a Chinese laboratory. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-05-biden-intel-covid-.html Thu, 27 May 2021 03:24:10 EDT news541304631 US intel: Coronavirus not manmade, still studying lab theory U.S. intelligence agencies are debunking a conspiracy theory, saying they have concluded that the new coronavirus was "not manmade or genetically modified" but say they are still examining a notion put forward by the president and aides that the pandemic may have resulted from an accident at a Chinese lab. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-intel-coronavirus-manmade-lab-theory.html Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:21:29 EDT news507460883 Study combines DNA testing with wireless sensor to improve Parkinson's diagnosis Diagnosing Parkinson's disease, especially in its early stages, has long been a challenge for physicians. A newly launched study by the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) aims to improve screening accuracy by combining the power of genetic sequencing and wireless sensors. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-04-combines-dna-wireless-sensor-parkinson.html Thu, 07 Apr 2016 12:58:48 EDT news379252720