Scientist Looks Anew at Raccoon Dog Data, Stressing the Unknowns
A new study of genetic data from a market in Wuhan, China, said the data …
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Researchers Identify Possible New Risk for Breast Cancer
Why It Matters: A Potential Warning Sign. Shu Jiang, the study’s lead author and an associate …
Bilingualism May Stave Off Dementia
Speaking two languages provides the enviable ability to make friends in unusual places. A new …
Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story
Early in 2020, on the same day that a frightening new illness officially got the …
Biden Plans to Pick Monica Bertagnolli to Lead National Institutes of Health
President Biden plans to nominate Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli, an oncologist who has run the …
Your Hair Is Going Gray. This Glitch May Explain Why.
Many of the signs of aging are invisible, slow, and subtle — changes in cell …
More Girls Are Being Diagnosed With Autism
Morénike Giwa Onaiwu was shocked when day care providers flagged some concerning behaviors in her …
Covid Symptoms Can Rebound Even If You Don’t Take Paxlovid
When the antiviral treatment Paxlovid came into wider use for Covid-19 infections earlier this year, …
With Promise of Legalization, Psychedelic Companies Joust Over Future Profits
But like many longtime researchers, Robert Jesse, who helped start the psilocybin research division at …
Lab Manipulations of Covid Virus Fall Under Murky Government Rules
Scientists at Boston University came under fire this week for an experiment in which they …
Did the Pandemic Change Your Personality?
Whether it was attending school lectures, making memorable first impressions at that first office job …
These Doctors Admit They Don’t Want Patients With Disabilities
“Some will find every excuse not to see you. They will say, ‘Our machinery isn’t …
Hair Straighteners May Pose a Small Risk for Uterine Cancer
“We’ve seen this association between hair straighteners and breast, ovarian and now uterine cancer — …
Doctors Find Themselves on a First-Name Basis
And there is little research to address the issue head on. A previous study, published …
Nearly Half of Covid Patients Haven’t Fully Recovered Months Later
A study of tens of thousands of people in Scotland found that one in 20 …