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Swine flu vaccination given to pregnant woman may not cause autism spectrum disorder in offspring, says study
Researchers have found that H1N1 "swine flu" vaccination given to pregnant women might be associate…
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'Dr. Death' season 2 is based on controversial surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. Here's what happened to him in real life.
Paolo Macchiarini, the subject of Netflix's "Bad Surgeon" and Peacock's "Dr. Death" season 2, was f…
Libby Torres
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A few minutes of daily tasks that make you out of breath — like carrying heavy bags — have been linked to a lower risk of cancer
It's a bit like applying the principles of HIIT training to your everyday life, study co-author Emm…
Serafina Kenny
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Scientists are studying twins to understand a type of eating disorder linked to anxiety. It could be genetic.
Researchers are studying twins to learn more about an eating disorder that largely affects people w…
Andrea Michelson
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Air pollution can heighten COVID-19 risk in young adults
Since pollutants in outdoor air can increase the risk of respiratory infections such as influenza a…
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David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian jointly win Nobel Medicine Prize for the discovery of receptors for temperature and touch
The Nobel laureates' discoveries have unlocked one of the secrets of nature by explaining the mo…
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Joint inflammation drug may be repurposed to treat COVID-19: Study
When a small pilot study of the drug in three men and one woman with COVID-19 was conducted in Ita…
PTI
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Omicron may challenge vaccine protection more than other variants, early lab data suggests, but the shots could still protect against severe disease
Two small studies that have yet to be published give the first look at how Omicron may impact immun…
Aria Bendix,Andrew Dunn
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New research explains severe virus attacks on lungs
A team of Swedish researchers has revealed how different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages,…
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Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M Rice jointly win the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus
The Nobel Prize week has kicked off amid the coronavirus pandemic with the first of the awards go…
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 goes to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for discovering ‘the darkest secrets of the universe’
The Nobel Prize in Physics this year will be split between three laureates. One half goes to Roger …
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Sweden's coronavirus death toll is now approaching zero, but experts are warning others not to hail it as a success
Sweden's coronavirus deaths have fallen to close to zero. It previously had one of the highest deat…
Sinéad Baker
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Turns out beauty sleep is a real thing, and skipping it may make you lose friends
They recruited 25 volunteers who had their photo taken twice - once after two consecutive ni…
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Here's the data we have so far on the Omicron variant versus our vaccines — what scientists have found, and what remains unanswered
The first lab findings are flying in from scientists around the world. Here's what we know so far o…
Andrew Dunn,Dr. Catherine Sch…
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Americans are having less sex than ever, and experts say the pandemic will only fuel this downward spiral
A new study in JAMA shows that the current decline in sexual activity is still a phenomenon, and ma…
Shira Feder
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Sweden's renegade COVID-19 policy looks like a disaster — but the country is quietly determined to see it through despite the cost in lives
Sweden avoided a full lockdown, but it now has a higher death rate than its neighbours and its econ…
Sinéad Baker
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People Actually Smell Different When They Are Sick
Forty volunteers were recruited to take a whiff of the sweaty T-shirts. There were 18 T-shirts to s…
Kelly Dickerson
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Skeptical experts in Sweden say its decision to have no lockdown is a terrible mistake that no other nation should copy
Many Swedish people are happy with their country's unconventional strategy — but the nation has a v…
Sinéad Baker
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The Difference Between Inequality Today And Inequality In 1973 In One Fascinating Chart
"The globalized world of the (late) nineteenth century produced a unimodal distribution. Processes …