Repairing nerves requires prods of protein
When there’s damage in the body, our cells call for help. UConn brain researchers just found a new way cells do this—like in the old AT&T...
Category: Health
COVID is unlikely to be eliminated: How we’ll treat it in the future
As people in the UK go back to pubs, socializing and outdoor activities, it feels like the long, hard third wave of COVID-19 in the country...
Mental wellbeing is not just beneficial for you – it can also lead to lower healthcare costs
There are many reasons why mental wellbeing is important. Not only is it protective against physical illnesses and linked to greater productivity, but the mental wellbeing...
New MRI technique can detect early dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier with small vessel disease
Collaborative research between the University of Kentucky (UK) and University of Southern California (USC) suggests that a noninvasive neuroimaging technique may index early-stage blood-brain barrier (BBB)...
Thailand fights to contain COVID-19 surge in Bangkok
Health officials rushed to vaccinate thousands of people in Bangkok’s biggest slum on Wednesday as new COVID-19 cases spread through densely populated low-income areas in the...
Gambia’s trachoma-free status ‘sets example for Africa’
Gambia has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, offering hope to other African countries trying to eradicate the painful eye disease.
Serbia to offer cash to those who get COVID vaccine
Serbia’s president said on Wednesday his country would pay each citizen who gets a COVID jab before the end of May, in what could be the...
Do people become more religious in times of crisis?
Organized religion has been on the decline for decades in the United States. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found that online searches for the word...
Can scientists predict all of the ways the coronavirus will evolve?
Late last year, three distinct and fast-spreading coronavirus variants were observed in the UK, South Africa and Brazil. More recently, variants in India, the US and...
Clinicians work together to improve diagnostic tools for epilepsy
An international team of scientists have created a language to improve epilepsy research and diagnosis.
