COVID’s US toll projected to drop sharply by the end of July
Teams of experts are projecting COVID-19’s toll on the U.S. will fall sharply by the end of July, according to research released by the government Wednesday.
Category: Health
Canada authorizes Pfizer vaccine for age 12 and older
Canadian health officials said Wednesday they have become the first to approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for ages as young as 12.
A primary care physician for every American, science panel urges
The federal government must aggressively bolster primary care and connect more Americans with a dedicated source of care, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine...
Prediabetes may not be as benign as once thought
People with prediabetes were significantly more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or other major cardiovascular event when compared with those who had normal blood...
Secondhand smoke linked to higher odds of heart failure
Breathing in secondhand cigarette smoke may leave you more vulnerable to heart failure, a condition where the heart isn’t pumping as well as it should and...
New imaging technique captures how brain moves in stunning detail, holds diagnostic potential
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images are usually meant to be static. But now, researchers from Mātai Medical Research Institute (Mātai), Stevens Institute of Technology, Stanford University,...
Black and Latinx surgeons continue to hit glass ceiling in America
Among the upper echelons of academic surgery, Black and Latinx representation has remained flat over the past six years, according to a study published today in...
Stem cells create early human embryo structure in advance for fertility research
Exeter scientists have discovered a simple, efficient way to recreate the early structure of the human embryo from stem cells in the laboratory. The new approach...
Artificial intelligence system may improve diagnosis of complicated metastatic cancers
To improve diagnosis for patients with complex metastatic cancers, especially those in low-resource settings, researchers from the Mahmood Lab at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital developed...
New research suggests how genomic surveillance can be an early warning system
Genomic surveillance programs have let scientists track the coronavirus over the course of the pandemic. By testing patient samples, researchers are able to diagnose COVID-19. But...
