HANOVER, N.H. – Aug. 31, 2020 – On March 28, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) exercised its Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) authority to allow the use of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19. On June 15, after a number of studies failed to find positive effects, the agency revoked this authorization. This chain of…
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NEW YORK, NY–A new study of the antibodies produced by people with gluten sensitivity may lead to a better way to detect the condition and treat it. Until recently, many doctors often dismissed the complaints of people who claimed to be sensitive to foods containing gluten but did not have celiac disease, a well-documented autoimmune…
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AURORA, Colo. (Aug. 31, 2020) – A little understood region of the cerebellum plays a critical role in making split-second `go-no go’ decisions, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. “We wanted to know how this kind of decision making takes place,” said the study’s senior author…
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Jeff Kravitz/MTV VMAs 2020Getty Images Of course Keke Palmer went big. To prepare for hosting the MTV Video Music Awards this year, Palmer took more than 10 precautionary COVID-19 tests to ensure she’d be in top form for the big night. Given her devotion to making sure she’s healthy onstage, we knew she had something…
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Rich Fury/MTV VMAs 2020Getty Images The first-ever major award show red carpet during the coronavirus pandemic is happening tonight in New York City. This year’s MTV VMAs are happening outdoors throughout the city, so photos are coming from all different locations instead of one central spot (and some were shot ahead of time, as celebs…
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Only at the VMAs is a pants-free Taylor Swift considered to be tame. Over the years we’ve seen furkinis, pasties as tops, surprise pregnant Beyoncé, and more. Here, we round up the craziest, cringiest, and most memorable red carpet moments from MTV’s infamous award show.
A worldwide virus-hunting program allowed to expire last year by the Trump administration, just before the coronavirus pandemic broke out, will have a second life — whatever the outcome of the presidential election. Joseph R. Biden Jr. has promised that, if elected, he will restore the program, called Predict, which searched for dangerous new animal…
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In the spring, teenagers started showing up at doctors’ offices in droves with angry red and purple blisters on their fingers and toes. The latest unexpected feature of the coronavirus infection fascinated the public, and suddenly photographs of so-called Covid toes were everywhere on social media. But almost all of the images depicted glossy pink…
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Here’s what you need to know: ImageA Los Angeles barber cutting a client’s hair in front of his barbershop last week while observing California’s safety restrictions.Credit…Mario Tama/Getty Images California, as its infection rate declines, becomes the first state to top 700,000 known cases. California on Saturday became the first state to pass 700,000 known coronavirus…
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ImageIn 2007, Rudy Gonsior joined the Army Special Forces, where he served as a sniper on a team trained to deploy abroad on short notice. The fast tempo of missions left him feeling that he had joined a “cult of death,” he said. GIGANTE, Costa Rica — There was a ghostlike quality to Rudy Gonsior,…
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