It’s not uncommon for U.S. pharmaceutical companies to pay medical doctors to promote their medications. Questions over possible conflicts of
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Study: Nearly 16% of Illinois COVID-19 cases linked to spread from Chicago jail
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, coronavirus has spread quickly through jails and prisons in cities across the country—including in Chicago, where
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Are your symptoms from COVID-19 or seasonal allergies?
(HealthDay)—In the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, it might be hard to tell if you’ve come down with COVID-19, spring
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Do Kenya’s camel handlers face a threat from MERS? What we found
In Kenya, camels are a very popular animal to keep as livestock. There’s value in their meat and milkproducts and
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How do we disconnect from the environment during sleep and under anesthesia?
During sleep and under anesthesia, we rarely respond to such external stimuli as sounds even though our brains remain highly
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The world needs pharmaceuticals from China and India to beat coronavirus
The biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, known as “big pharma”, are American and European. The top five are Pfizer
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Placentas from COVID-19-positive pregnant women show injury
The placentas from 16 women who tested positive for COVID-19 while pregnant showed evidence of injury, according to pathological exams
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Tackling alcohol harms must be an integral part of the nation’s recovery from COVID-19
As the UK and most other countries went into lockdown, the need to save lives from the coronavirus rightly took
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Treating skin irritations from wearing face masks
Since many people are wearing face masks because of COVID-19 pandemic requirements, skin irritations on the face might be more
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Individualized mosaics of microbial strains transfer from the maternal to the infant gut
Microbial communities in the intestine—also known as the gut microbiome—are vital for human digestion, metabolism and resistance to colonization by
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