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COVID-19 rebound not caused by impaired immune response, findings suggest
Findings from a small study of eight patients published in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggest that COVID-19 rebound is likely not…
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Interactions between climate and COVID-19
Summary In this Personal View, we explain the ways that climatic risks affect the transmission, perception, response, and lived experience…
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Are we missing COVID-19’s new symptoms? – Poynter
Covering COVID-19 is a daily Poynter briefing of story ideas about the coronavirus and other timely topics for journalists, written…
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Discovery broadens scope of use of CRISPR gene editing
A team of researchers at Northwestern University has devised a new platform for gene editing that could inform the future…
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Zooming in on the signals of cancer
This year, about 240,000 people in the U.S. will discover they have lung cancer. Some 200,000 of them will be…
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Tofacitinib shows promise in scleroderma patients, researchers optimistic for next phase of study: Phase I/II study of a rheumatoid arthritis drug used in systemic sclerosis shows signs of efficacy and RNA technology is instrumental in the discovery
Systemic sclerosis — or scleroderma that affects the skin and internal organs -, is one of the rarest autoimmune diseases,…
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An ethane cracker in western Pa. will soon start up. We answered your questions about it | StateImpact Pennsylvania
A: Air quality was the most common topic readers wanted to know about. Southwestern Pennsylvania has long failed to meet…
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‘Toxic Act’ Would Target Banned Pesticides In Illegal Cannabis Farms On Public Lands
Congressmen Scott Peters (D-CA) and Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation on Monday that would combat the use of banned…
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World’s first stem cell treatment for spina bifida delivered during fetal surgery: Groundbreaking trial aims to reverse the paralysis and other abnormal functions of spina bifida before birth
Three babies have been born after receiving the world’s first spina bifida treatment combining surgery with stem cells. This was…
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Men and their cars: Cities aim to break up the love affair
This article is part of POLITICO’s Global Policy Lab: Living Cities, a collaborative journalism project exploring the future of cities. Sign up here. Cutting…
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Constance Wu Shared How a Friend Saved Her Life During a Mental Health Crisis
Constance Wu has talked about how she found the care she needed after a suicide attempt in two interviews this…
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Indonesian program pays fishers to collect plastic trash at sea
The Indonesian fisheries ministry has launched a four-week program to pay fishers to collect plastic trash from the sea. The…
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Researchers find link between immune cells’ closest neighbors and survival time in patients with pancreatic cancer
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have discovered that the organization of different types of immune cells within pancreatic tumors is…
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After Hurricane Ian, a low-lying Florida city starts to rebuild. Should it?
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A home on the water’s edge. That was the dream. Two and a half years ago, Ignacio…
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Locals in the dark about oil auctions in DRC: report
Greenpeace Africa and a group of environmental organizations have released a report in one of the first field investigations into…
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Eye-opening discovery about adult brain’s ability to recover vision: The adult brain has the potential to partially recover from inherited blindness
A discovery about how some visually impaired adults could start to see offers a new vision of the brain’s possibilities.…
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35 Amazon Prime Day Skin Care Deals You Can Score Right Now
In case you missed the news: Amazon Prime Day round two is back this October, AKA its Early Access Sale.…
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Generative design offers solution to patient-specific knee implants
An advanced design technique, used to develop components for aerospace and automotive industries, has been harnessed in the production of…
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Public briefed on fracking health studies, despite no-show from Pitt, DOH | StateImpact Pennsylvania
Studies will focus on childhood cancer, asthma and birth outcomes Reid Frazier …
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Very low incidence of severe COVID-19 following vaccination and booster, large study reports: Hospitalizations occurred almost exclusively among high-risk patients
A large study of COVID-19 disease following vaccination and booster, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA),…
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16 Things Worth Trying in October, According to Our Editors
Here at SELF, we love to try new things—whether that’s items we purchase with our own money, new products that…
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Push for EPA Superfund status intensifies as groundwater contamination plume spreads
SCIO TOWNSHIP, Mich (WXYZ) — “At this point, we’re concerned it will affect the value of the property but more concerned…
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Climate Migration: Floods displace villagers in Indonesia
By DITA ALANGKARA and VICTORIA MILKO October 6, 2022 GMT https://apnews.com/article/floods-indonesia-jakarta-java-climate-and-environment-f969ed935e8c2ca18992682ed5a36674 MONDOLIKO, Indonesia (AP) — All the crops had died…
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Wear and tear from lifelong stress can increase cancer mortality
The wear and tear on the body from chronic and lifelong stress can also lead to an increased risk of…
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How to Prepare for the Emotional, Physical, and Social Realities of Life Postpartum
“You might experience some crying, but it is mild and will start to go away around the two-week mark, if…
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Phantom Forests: Failed Planting Projects Hinder Climate Goals
It was perhaps the most spectacular failed tree planting project ever. Certainly the fastest. On March 8, 2012, teams of…
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U.S. shift on child labor may scramble EV sector
The Biden administration declared Tuesday that batteries from China may be tainted by child labor, a move that could upend…
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Can Low Testosterone Cause Anxiety and Depression?
If you’re experiencing low sex drive, diminishing energy and overall fatigue, you may feel like it’s just another part of…
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Recipe: Mediterranean Chicken Thighs
Looking for a new spin on the same old chicken dinner? Try this Mediterranean variation, which is low in saturated…
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What Happens at a Well-Woman Exam?
For women and people assigned female at birth (AFAB), taking care of your health requires more than an annual physical.…
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Analysis | EPA is ‘falling behind’ on power plant rules, report says
Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202! Today Maxine is wondering why Apple doesn’t offer a discount on cloud…
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Listen: Medical Bills Upended Her Life and Her Credit Score
This story is part of an ongoing investigation from KHN and NPR into medical debt. Penelope Wingard is tough. She…
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Prolonged drought brings famine, death and fear to Somalia
By CARA ANNA October 6, 2022 GMT https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-world-news-droughts-animals-africa-1c16ab8f57268ee2043861326a65d09d DOLLOW, Somalia (AP) — A man in a donkey cart comes wheeling…
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Ian deals blow to Florida’s teetering insurance sector
Daniel Kelly and his wife bought a 1977 doublewide mobile home in May for about $83,000 at Tropicana Sands, a…
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Researchers find elevated lead levels at child care facilities across N.C.
By Will Atwater It is all too common to find lead in tap water at North Carolina child care facilities,…
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Toxic air pollution particles found in lungs and brains of unborn babies
Toxic air pollution particles have been found in the lungs, livers and brains of unborn babies, long before they have…
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Investigating rare genetic mutations led scientists to surprising blood pressure discovery
The kidneys are often the unsung heroes in maintaining healthy blood pressure, filtering 180 liters of fluid and a pound…
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A New Eye on the Deep Sea | Hakai Magazine
Article body copy Deep-sea exploration has long been largely a privilege of billionaires, fossil fuel companies, and a…
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Smoking increases the risk of illness and viral infection, including type of coronavirus
A new study led by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shows that current smokers have a 12% increased risk…
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Q&A: Environmentalist Bill McKibben on New Hampshire and the climate crisis – New Hampshire Bulletin
The Bulletin spoke with author and environmentalist Bill McKibben about the climate crisis in New Hampshire, the state’s role in…
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A new route to evolution: How DNA from our mitochondria works its way into our genomes
Scientists have shown that in one in every 4,000 births, some of the genetic code from our mitochondria — the…
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‘Tired of talking’: Advocates call on Legislature to address environmental justice issues – Pennsylvania Capital-Star
From transportation infrastructure to historic redlining and illegal dumping, experts and advocates told state lawmakers that they were “tired of…
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How the smell of food can enable ‘time travel’
Older people exposed to food flavours from their youth were able to “time travel” back to the past with an…
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The determinants of persistent and severe COVID-19 revealed
As COVID-19 wreaks havoc across the globe, one characteristic of the infection has not gone unnoticed. The disease is heterogeneous…
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Survival is a mixed matter for deadliest of pancreatic cancers
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common and most lethal form of pancreatic cancer. The overall 5-year survival for…
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The Climate Economy Is About to Explode
Sign up for The Weekly Planet, Robinson Meyer’s newsletter about living through climate change, here. Late last month, analysts at…
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The complicated truth about pipelines crossing Wet’suwet’en territory | The Narwhal
Three years after starting construction on a gas pipeline in northern B.C., Calgary-based energy giant TC Energy has begun to…
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Empathizing with the opposition may make you more politically persuasive
Trying to understand people we disagree with can feel like an effort hardly worth making, particularly in contentious political environments…
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Being absent while awake: How mind blanking helps us understand ongoing thinking
Researchers from the GIGA CRC In vivo Imaging at the University of Liège (Belgium), the EPF Lausanne and the University…
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Genes that modulate aging, lifespan
Scientists led by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in…
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