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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Bilingualism May Stave Off Dementia
Speaking two languages provides the enviable ability to make friends in unusual places. A new …
What Can You Do With a Menagerie of Mammal Genomes?
To learn more about humans, a large international team of scientists spent years tracking down …
Century-Old TB Vaccine Fails to Protect Against Covid
An old tuberculosis vaccine known to bolster the immune system did not prevent Covid infections …
Untangling Rosalind Franklin’s Role in DNA Discovery, 70 Years On
On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published a landmark paper in Nature, …
The Drug in Tranq Dope Is Great for Horses but Horrific for Humans
Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and …
Your Hair Is Going Gray. This Glitch May Explain Why.
Many of the signs of aging are invisible, slow, and subtle — changes in cell …
Bird Flu Sample from Chilean Man Showed Some Signs of Adaptation to Mammals
A sample of avian influenza isolated from a Chilean man who fell ill last month …
White House Designates Animal Sedative as an Emerging Drug Threat
The White House on Wednesday designated a common animal tranquilizer that is increasingly mixed into …
Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals
Last summer, the highly contagious strain of avian influenza that had been spreading through North …
What a Bird Flu Outbreak Among Mink Could Mean for Humans
Early last October, the mink on a fur farm in Spain suddenly began to fall …
Deaths Among Pregnant Women and New Mothers Rose Sharply During Pandemic
Pregnant women and new mothers died in sharply increasing numbers during the pandemic, and not …
OB-GYN Residency Programs Face Tough Choice on Abortion Training
Many medical residency programs that are educating the next generation of obstetricians and gynecologists are …
Flu and Other Infections Return as Covid Cases Rise
For more than two years, shuttered schools and offices, social distancing and masks granted Americans …
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 …