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Research helping to improve detection of disease in newborn babies
New research will help health-care practitioners to more accurately diagnose disease and illness in newborn babies from urine samples, according to a new study.
Widening cancer gene testing is cost effective and could prevent millions of cancer cases
Screening entire populations for breast and ovarian cancer gene mutations could prevent millions more breast and ovarian cancer cases across the world compared to current clinical practice, according to an...
Opium linked with more deaths after bypass surgery
The largest study on opium use and outcomes after bypass surgery has found that - in contrast to widely held beliefs - it is linked with more deaths and heart...
FDA authorizes pool testing for COVID-19
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reissued an emergency use authorization to Quest Diagnostics to use its COVID-19 tests with up to four pooled samples Saturday.
L.A. County surpasses 4,000 COVID-19 deaths to close a record-breaking week
Los Angeles County has seen a record-breaking week when it comes to the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
Thousands protest arrest of Russian governor charged with murder
An estimated 50,000 people in Russia protested Saturday the arrest of a regional governor accused of murder.
COVID-19: Texas sees case spike in babies, federal prisons
Texas has experienced a spike in coronavirus cases among babies in one coastal county and at a federal prison farther north, local officials said.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee stays execution citing coronavirus pandemic
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has delayed the execution of a death row inmate next month over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
Oregon to sue federal agencies over response to Portland protests
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said Saturday that the state will sue federal law enforcement agencies over their response to Black Lives Matter protests in Portland.
Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Saturday
Globally, confirmed cases surpassed 14 million, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University, and COVID-19 deaths topped 600,000. WHO reported a single-day record of new infections: over 237,000. Experts...
Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Saturday
Globally, confirmed cases surpassed 14 million, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University, and COVID-19 deaths topped 600,000. WHO reported a single-day record of new infections: over 237,000. Experts...
Urgent warnings to wear masks but so far only modest enforcement
There are loud and persistent calls for Californians to wear masks when out in public, but so far enforcement of the mandate is modest at best.
The key metric that will tell us if Canada is headed for a U.S.-style COVID-19 crisis
As Canada reopens, is it headed for a U.S.-style crisis? One official says she lost sleep over reopening bars. We weigh the evidence so far, including a key statistic that,...
CPR is less effective than most people think, study suggests
Not only does the general public consider CPR more effective than it really is, they tend to discount the negative effect it can have, the researchers said.
Isoflavones in soybean help protect pigs against viral infections
URBANA, Ill. - Pigs that eat soybean as a regular part of their diet may be better protected against viral pathogens, a new study from University of Illinois shows. The...
Lupus drug prevents low heartbeat in high-risk newborns, study shows
A drug used to treat lupus and malaria -- hydroxychloroquine -- reduced by half the risk of a potentially fatal heart condition in newborns who were at high risk for...
Potential treatment for rare degenerative disease
A pharmacology professor and her team have uncovered a mechanism driving a rare, lethal disease called Wolfram Syndrome and also a potential treatment.
Rare mutation of TP53 gene leaves people at higher risk for multiple cancers
Researchers detail the potential implications of a specific TP53 mutation, including an association with a specific type of Li-Fraumeni syndrome, an inherited predisposition to a wide range of cancers.
Widely used blood test could advance heart failure treatment
Researchers have developed a new use for a common blood test, which could provide a potentially life-saving treatment for heart failure.
Heat stress in gestating dairy cows impairs performance of future generations
Scientists investigated the performance and profitability of two future generations of cows born to mothers exposed to heat stress during pregnancy.
Nova Scotia can't make daily self-isolation calls as it grapples with volume
A visitor to Nova Scotia from Montreal went 10 days without a checkup call from the provincial government. At that point, Mélissa Cleal made an inquiry.
GO Transit makes masks mandatory as much of Ontario moves into Stage 3 of COVID-19 recovery
Today's cases are concentrated primarily in Toronto, Durham and Windsor-Essex, with 38, 11 and 21, respectively. None of the three public health units have been given a green light to...
Quebec revises COVID-19 data reporting after 'significant underestimation' of recovered patients
Quebec health officials say they are changing the way COVID-19 data is reported so as to clarify how many people have recovered from the disease and provide a clearer picture of how...
US cars 'must be left out of post-Brexit trade deal'
UK safety campaigners raise concerns about an increase in the number of US deaths caused by SUVs.
Infant tests positive for COVID-19 at St Paul's as B.C. health officials announce 28 new cases
An infant in St. Paul's Hospital neonatal intensive care unit has tested positive for COVID-19 but is showing no signs of illness, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonny Henry confirmed Friday.
Lessons from a pandemic
The initial surge of COVID-19 patients in Boston-area hospitals has passed, but the memories of caring for them will forever remain with physicians involved in that care. We asked seven physician-scientists from the...
Pre-brain surgery test protects language in some tumors
A preoperative procedure might enable surgeons to protect the language centers during brain tumor removal without needing to keep patients awake during surgery.
Blood iron levels could be key to slowing aging, gene study shows
Genes linked to aging that could help explain why some people age at different rates to others have been identified by scientists.