E-cigarette users experience vascular damage similar to that of smokers of combustible cigarettes

DALLAS, April 29, 2020 — Using e-cigarettes damages the arteries and blood vessel function much like smoking traditional cigarettes, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association, and funded through the Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science of the American Heart…

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Latest results of myriapod research from the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology

Last year, the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology brought together 92 of the world’s top experts on the curious, yet still largely unknown multi-legged centipedes, millipedes, pauropods, symphylans (collectively referred to as myriapods) and velvet worms (onychophorans). Held between 25th and 31st August 2019 at the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest and co-organised by…

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Airborne Coronavirus Detected in Wuhan Hospitals

Adding to growing evidence that the novel coronavirus can spread through air, scientists have identified genetic markers of the virus in airborne droplets, many with diameters smaller than one-ten-thousandth of an inch. That had been previously demonstrated in laboratory experiments, but now Chinese scientists studying real-world conditions report that they captured tiny droplets containing the…

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Coronavirus Live News Updates

Here’s what you need to know: ImageThe playground at Community School 300 in the Bronx was empty this month.Credit…Victor J. Blue for The New York Times Trump would like schools to reopen before the summer. Few states seem to be considering it. After weeks without classes, a growing impatience to send children back to school…

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