By now, it's settled science: social distancing helps prevent the spread of highly infectious viruses, such as COVID-19. That's why social distancing policies, along with mask-wearing, became foundational countermeasures ...
Sep 27, 2022
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David Fiant says his cystic fibrosis and the arduous therapy it required was so bad he "could no longer tell if I was living to heal myself or healing myself to live".
Sep 23, 2022
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Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified definitive biological links between African ancestry and disease processes that affect an aggressive cancer type called triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Their analysis ...
Sep 20, 2022
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A new device for diagnosing bone fragility invented by the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has been approved for marketing in the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Licensed ...
Sep 20, 2022
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The highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in central Africa in 1976.
Sep 20, 2022
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Science depends on the cleanest, most complete and most recent data possible when it comes to analyzing the effectiveness of political and social measures in the fight against the Corona pandemic. In a joint editorial article ...
Sep 19, 2022
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Certain genetic variants found in prostate tumors of men of African descent were associated with African ancestry, according to two studies presented at the 15th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities ...
Sep 19, 2022
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced a national debate on end-of-life options that will include exploring the possibility of legalizing assisted suicide.
Sep 13, 2022
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Mental illness is a growing public health problem. In 2019, an estimated 1 in 8 people around the world were affected by mental disorders like depression, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. While scientists have long known ...
Sep 13, 2022
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New research suggests at least 17 million people in the European Union may have experienced long COVID-19 symptoms during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic, with women more likely than men to suffer from the ...
Sep 13, 2022
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