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Canadian COVID-19 clinical trial scrapped after China wouldn't ship potential vaccine
A collaboration between a Chinese vaccine manufacturer and a Halifax research team to test a potential COVID-19 vaccine has been abandoned after China would not approve the vaccine candidate for...
Progress toward a treatment for Krabbe disease
The inherited disease, which typically kills children before their second birthday, has no cure, but a new study in a canine model offers hope for an effective gene therapy with...
Mass. General tests new therapy for pregnant coronavirus patients
Inhaled nitric oxide (NO) can be a valuable adjunct respiratory therapy for pregnant women with severe and critical COVID-19, a team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found. The delivery of...
Placenta can indicate how body responds to opioids during pregnancy
Scientists have discovered possible biological markers that they hope could one day help identify the presence of an opioid use disorder during human pregnancy.
'Tips' campaign helped more than 1M in U.S. quit smoking, CDC says
More than 1 million American adults quit smoking between 2012 and 2018 after seeing messages from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" campaign, according...
New insights into mechanism of therapy to reduce liver fat and prevent fibrosis
Researchers have taken an important step forward in the goal of developing a potential treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Transplanted brown-fat-like cells hold promise for obesity and diabetes
A potential therapy for obesity would transplant HUMBLE (human brown-like) fat cells, human white fat cells that have been genetically modified using CRISPR to become similar to heat-generating brown fat...
More climbers successfully summit Mount Everest, death rate stays the same
The success rate of climbers attempting to summit Mount Everest has doubled over the last 30 years, despite a dramatic increase in climbing traffic. But new research suggests the death...
Immune systems differences may explain why COVID-19 hits men harder
Researchers say they've uncovered significant differences in how male and female immune systems respond to the new coronavirus.
L.A. County daily COVID-19 case count dips below 1,000 for first time since early June
L.A. County's daily count of new COVID-19 cases dips below 1,000 while its 14-day average case rate falls below 200 per 100,000 people.
Synthetic lining offers better drug delivery to small intestine
A newly developed synthetic lining that coats the small intestine may have potential to treat a variety of conditions, ranging from lactose intolerance to diabetes and obesity, according to investigators from Harvard-affiliated Brigham...
Tethering together type 2 diabetes drugs increases efficacy of combination therapy
Biomedical engineers have shown that the effectiveness of a two-pronged type 2 diabetes treatment increases when the drugs are linked by a heat-sensitive tether rather than concurrently administered. The combination...
Researchers unravel two mysteries of COVID-19
In one study, researchers have identified six molecules that can be used as biomarkers to predict how severely ill a patient will become. In another study, they reveal a new...
17-year-old arrested in shooting deaths at Wisconsin protest
Authorities on Wednesday arrested a 17-year-old male they said shot three people, killing two, during overnight protests in Wisconsin over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Additional data on blood thinner efficacy for COVID-19 and insight on best possible regimens
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found that anticoagulation therapy was associated with improved survival among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. But many questions remained -- about the size of the potential...
Mount Everest summit success rates double, death rate stays the same over last 30 years
A new study finds that the success rate of summiting Mount Everest has doubled in the last three decades, even though the number of climbers has greatly increased, crowding the...
Lockheed Martin nets $18.8M to support Japan's Aegis Ashore system
Lockheed Martin won an $18.8 million modification contract for planning and risk reduction of the Aegis Ashore defense system in Japan.
Fighting mosquito-borne diseases... with mosquitoes
For decades, researchers have scratched their heads over how to combat deadly mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever.
Why flat-faced dogs remain popular despite health problems
Owners of bulldogs, French bulldogs and pugs are highly likely to want to own their breed again in the future, and to recommend their breed to other owners, according to...
Look: Lost wallet returned to owner after nearly 20 years
Police in Ireland said they reunited a resident with the wallet they lost nearly 20 years ago.
Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine shows immune response in elderly
Biotechnology company Moderna said Wednesday its COVID-19 vaccine candidate is showing a strong immune response in older adults.
Blocking pancreas-attacking nerve signals could prevent Type 1 diabetes, researchers say
Researchers said they might have found a way to prevent people from developing Type 1 diabetes by blocking nerve signals that cause the body's immune system to attack insulin-producing cells...
In a first, a person’s immune system fought HIV — and won
Some rare people may essentially be able to cure themselves of HIV infections. Twice, people infected with HIV have had levels of the virus in their bodies drop to undetectable levels after...
The COVID-19 pandemic is about to collide with flu season. Here’s what to expect.
Flu shots (nasal and otherwise) will be particularly important this year. (CDC/)Now is about the time that the annual flu shot reminder articles start popping up. It’s rarely on people’s minds in...
Survivors' plasma still a solid option for treating COVID-19, experts say
Despite the wave of criticism that has followed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's emergency approval of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients, infectious disease experts say the therapy remains...
Current poultry food safety guidelines do not stop salmonella outbreaks
Current poultry food safety guidelines for Salmonella, the leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks, are inadequate. Researchers describe additional factors that must be considered in order to identify poultry products...
Heart attack risk higher for men with anxiety, depression as teens
Middle-aged men who were anxious or depressed teens are at increased risk for heart attack, according to a large, long-term study.
Less aggressive treatment better for heart patients who go into shock
Less is sometimes more when treating heart patients who go into shock after a heart attack. A new study found that more than 30 percent of hospital patients who have...