Sue Huang, director of the World Health Organization’s National Influenza Centre at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research, New Zealand, said the country’s strict restrictions not only stopped Covid-19 but also wiped out R.S.V. and influenza as well, a finding Dr. Huang and colleagues published in the journal Nature in February. Updated July 22,…
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“We’re going to be providing good opportunities and jobs for people who, in fact, are going to be reinvesting that money back in all the things we’re talking about,” Mr. Biden said. “Driving down prices, not raising prices.” Updated July 21, 2021, 10:02 p.m. ET The president did not give a direct answer to the…
IMAGE: A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that a type of “good cholesterol ” called HDL3, when produced in the intestine, protects the liver from… view more Credit: Brad W. Warner The body’s so-called good cholesterol may be even better than we realize. New research from Washington University School…
IMAGE: Tulane alumnus Nicholas Pashos, left, is teaming up with Tulane scientist Kristin Miller to improve treatment for women suffering from pelvic organ prolapse. Pashos is the founder and CEO of… view more Credit: Courtesy of Nicholas Pashos and Kristin Miller The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development has awarded a…
IMAGE: Beaded AIDS Awareness pin. view more Credit: NIAID WHAT: The National Institutes of Health has renewed grants to seven regional centers that compose the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA), awarding $20.8 million in first-year funding. The 15-year-old IeDEA program efficiently advances knowledge about HIV by pooling and analyzing de-identified health data from more…
IMAGE: Device helmet with 3 oncoscillators securely attached. The oncoscillators are connected to a controller box powered by a rechargeable battery. view more Credit: Houston Methodist Houston Methodist Neurological Institute researchers from the department of neurosurgery shrunk a deadly glioblastoma tumor by more than a third using a helmet generating a noninvasive oscillating magnetic field that…