Vaccination
BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are now the dominant COVID variants. What does that mean?
The virus that causes COVID-19 is bringing more variants our way, requiring a few changes to the fight against it.
Nov 21, 2022
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News tagged with lab studies
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
From Centaurus to XBB—a handy guide to the latest COVID subvariants
The omicron variant of concern has splintered into multiple subvariants. So we've had to get our heads around these mutated forms of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, including BA.1 and the more recent BA.5.
Nov 3, 2022
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Medications
Childhood pneumonia antibiotics can be given for just three days
There is no internationally agreed standard treatment for children discharged from hospital with pneumonia. St George's researchers recently found that shorter courses of lower-dose antibiotics are just as effective as higher ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Exploring the link between bacterial infection and colorectal cancer
Intestinal micro-biodiversity is important for maintaining colorectal and general health. Imbalance in this microenvironment can result in chronic infections, even cancer. Development of colorectal cancer (CRC) has been alluded ...
May 10, 2022
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Genetics
The sex of your cells matters when it comes to heart disease
Most mammals, including humans, have two sex chromosomes, X and Y. One sex chromosome is usually inherited from each parent, and they pair up as either XX or XY in every cell of the body. People with XX chromosomes typically ...
Mar 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID booster cuts death rate by 90%, Israeli study finds
(HealthDay)—Booster doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine set recipients up to effectively withstand the ravages of both the Delta and Omicron variants, a group of new studies suggest.
Dec 9, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Geneticists reveal how mutation causes childhood cancer, then use drug to reverse its effects
Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how a specific genetic mutation called H3K27M causes a devastating, incurable childhood cancer known as diffuse midline glioma (DMG), and—in lab studies working with ...
Jul 22, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The neuroscience behind why your brain may need time to adjust to 'un-social distancing'
With COVID-19 vaccines working and restrictions lifting across the country, it's finally time for those now vaccinated who've been hunkered down at home to ditch the sweatpants and reemerge from their Netflix caves. But your ...
Jun 29, 2021
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Medications
US to buy 1.7 million courses of Merck's COVID pill
The United States on Wednesday announced an agreement with Merck to buy 1.7 million courses of an experimental antiviral pill against COVID-19.
Jun 9, 2021
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Health
Five surprising ways plants can keep you healthy
Plants can hurt us (we see you, poison oak), but they can also heal. Many of modern medicine's powerful drugs, like aspirin, trace their roots back to leaves, bark and flowers.
May 13, 2021
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