Nitrate in drinking water tied to spontaneous preterm birth risk
(HealthDay)—Nitrate in drinking water is associated with increased odds of spontaneous preterm birth, according to a study published online May 5 in Environmental Health Perspectives.
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EU’s COVID health pass to be operational in June
The EU is “fully on track” to ensure all its citizens and residents are able to have a free COVID health pass next month to ease...
India doctors warn of deadly fungal infection in COVID-19 patients
A growing number of current and recovered COVID-19 patients in India are contracting a deadly and rare fungal infection, doctors told AFP Monday as the vast...
Novavax developing combination flu, COVID vaccine
US biotech firm Novavax on Monday said it had positive results from preclinical studies of a shot combining its influenza and COVID vaccine candidates.
WHO labels COVID mutation in India ‘variant of concern’
A COVID-19 variant spreading in India, the B.1.617, appears to be more contagious and has been classified as being “of concern”, the World Health Organization said...
Tweet and re-tweet: Songbird stuttering allows researchers to pinpoint causes in the brain
Speech problems such as stammering or stuttering plague millions of people worldwide, including 3 million Americans. President Biden himself struggled with stuttering as a child and...
Long-lasting medications may improve treatment satisfaction for opioid use disorder
A commentary from leaders at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the NIH, discusses a new study showing that an extended-release injection of buprenorphine,...
Scientists find mechanism that eliminates senescent cells
Scientists at UC San Francisco are learning how immune cells naturally clear the body of defunct—or senescent—cells that contribute to aging and many chronic diseases. Understanding...
Study reveals new mechanism of lung tissue regeneration
New research performed in mice models at Penn Medicine shows, mechanistically, how the infant lung regenerates cells after injury differently than the adult lung, with alveolar...
New tools enable rapid analysis of coronavirus sequences and tracking of variants
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred genomic surveillance of viruses on an unprecedented scale, as scientists around the world use genome sequencing to track the spread of...
