A lack of access to a household toilet and clean water are putting many people in parts of Indonesia at
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Birth and pregnancy experts fail to deliver on contraception advice
Health care professionals who provide contraceptive services outside of general practice are unlikely to discuss long-acting reversible contraception such as
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Discovery of an essential protein controlling brain blood vessel development and functions
Brain blood vessels are critical networks for maintaining brain functions. These blood vessels control the exchange of nutrients, gases and
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Gloves and masks prevent infection, but how do we protect nurses’ mental health?
Accounts of the mental toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses and other health care workers are highlighted in news
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New approach to curing HIV using novel gene and cell method
Hamburg-based researchers are seeking to improve future treatment of HIV patients using a new gene and cell method. Under the
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In search of COVID-19 treatments: The opportunities and challenges of using existing drugs
Life in lockdown may not last forever but Bill Gates is probably right in saying we will not return to
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Why aren’t there enough ventilators and hospital beds? Anti-trust laws have a lot to do with it.
Around the world, ventilators—a life-saving medical device that keeps air flowing into the lungs of a patient who is unable
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Researchers look to ‘trap and zap’ coronavirus
Rice University researchers plan to reconfigure their “trap and zap” wastewater-treatment technology to capture and deactivate the virus that causes
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Experimental cancer drug may prevent coronavirus infection and spread
Experimental cancer drug may stop coronavirus in its tracks by blocking the virus from copying itself and spreading in the
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Researchers identify link between obesity and sleep loss in worms
Can staying up late make you fat? A growing body of research has suggested that poor sleep quality is linked
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