Is it safe to ride public transit during the coronavirus pandemic? It depends on a variety of factors, but there
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Could your mask make you MORE vulnerable to coronavirus infection?
Could your mask help SPREAD coronavirus? Scientists discover fleece neck gaiters MULTIPLY infectious droplets while N95s and cotton masks work
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Is it ethical to infect volunteers with Covid-19 to test a vaccine?
The terrible dilemma our scientists face… do you risk the lives of a few by injecting them with Covid-19 to
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Preston becomes latest UK city to face virus lockdown
Preston, in the northwest of England, on Friday became the latest UK town to face a local lockdown due to
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Study shows variation in hospital visitor and ICU communication policies due to COVID-19
Four months ago, Michigan glowed red on COVID-19 maps. Hundreds of patients packed hospital intensive care units in the southern
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Forgot to eat lunch? Here’s how you just sabotaged your whole work day
Does your work day tend to follow a predictable pattern, one where you start off full of energy (fueled by
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UCLA launches major mental health study to discover insights about depression
While the capability to diagnose cancer and heart problems has advanced by giant steps in recent years, methods to detect
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CDC predicts outbreak this month of rare childhood paralysis linked to virus
Starting this month, the United States should expect an outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a form of childhood paralysis
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Four-stranded DNA structures found to play role in breast cancer
Four stranded DNA structures—known as G-quadruplexes—have been shown to play a role in certain types of breast cancer for the
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Brain scans of 9- to 11-year-olds offer clues about aggressive, antisocial behavior
The behavioral problems of a nine-year-old tend to look very different from those of a teenager. What if, before any
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