In a paper published today in BMJ, researchers are suggesting that the 2008 global economic crisis could be to blame for the increase in suicide rates in European and American countries, particularly among males and in countries ...
Sep 17, 2013
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Viruses are little more than parasitic fragments of RNA or DNA. Despite this, they are astonishingly abundant in number and genetic diversity. We don't know how many virus species there are, but there could be trillions.
Apr 6, 2020
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Thousands of passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the novel coronavirus waited anxiously Tuesday for their chance to leave the vessel, even if it meant being shipped to military bases for weeks of quarantine.
Mar 10, 2020
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In the past decade, products bearing "gluten-free" labels have taken grocery store shelves by storm. But for generations of people who learned about food groups from visuals of pyramids with "breads and cereals" as their ...
Sep 14, 2023
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The failure of the NHS to provide adequate protective equipment for its employees—including basic items such as gloves and masks—has been among the many unpleasant shocks of the covid-19 crisis for healthcare professionals.
Apr 30, 2020
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Shortages of materials needed in tests for the novel coronavirus remain "critical", according to the head of a UN lab, which is supplying countries with COVID-19 detection kits.
May 8, 2020
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The World Health Organization took aim Tuesday at e-cigarettes, the increasingly popular, ostensibly safer tobacco substitute which WHO nevertheless says poses a serious threat to young people.
Aug 26, 2014
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With the race on to find a coronavirus vaccine, the biotech sector—from an investor's point of view—appears to be the new gold rush, promising often giddy returns, but analysts warn that the exuberance could be exaggerated.
Aug 18, 2020
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Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca repeated its promise not to profit from a COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic as it reported it was on track with late-stage trials for the treatment.
Jul 30, 2020
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The golden road to pharmaceutical riches can quickly become a rocky wilderness trail. Chemical compounds that hit a target in the lab often fall short in human studies.
Dec 13, 2023
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