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Phys.org / Impact of COVID-19 'will affect exam results well into the 2030s,' says study
Educational damage from the COVID-19 pandemic will have an impact on school pupils well into the 2030s, according to a study involving the University of Strathclyde.
Medical Xpress / Study reveals racial disparities in COVID-19 testing delays among health care workers
At the height of the pandemic, timely access to COVID-19 testing was crucial for curbing the spread of the disease and informing treatment decisions. Studies have unveiled racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infection ...
Medical Xpress / Study reports new compound that halts replication of COVID by targeting 'Mac-1' protein in cell models
Research appearing in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry shows for the first time SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can be inhibited from replicating in living cell cultures using a compound that targets "Mac-1," ...
Medical Xpress / Japanese study finds increase in home death ratio during the COVID-19 pandemic
A new study has revealed the increased home death ratio in Japan during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. High population density, large numbers of patients infected with COVID-19, and areas with numerous ...
Medical Xpress / What is health equity? How the idea grew—and why it matters
It's an idea as old as modern medicine and as new as the latest medical research. No matter how you look at health equity, the conversation involves contradictions.
Medical Xpress / Q&A: Scientist who helped design R21 anti-malaria vaccine reflects on 30 years of research, and what it promises
Until three years ago nobody had developed a vaccine against any parasitic disease. Now there are two against malaria: the RTS,S and the R21 vaccines.
Medical Xpress / He thinks his wife died in an understaffed hospital: Now he's trying to change the industry
For the past year, police Detective Tim Lillard has spent most of his waking hours unofficially investigating his wife's death.
Tech Xplore / US to give Micron $6.1 bn for American chip factories
Micron is set to receive up to $6.1 billion in grants from the US government to help build its semiconductor plants in New York and Idaho, the White House said Thursday.
Medical Xpress / Experts call for global genetic warning system to combat the next pandemic and antimicrobial resistance
The COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. In fighting it, one of our most important weapons was genomic surveillance, based on whole genome sequencing, which collects all the genetic data of a given microorganism. ...
Medical Xpress / Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may help
As the coffin bearing the body of Rosebella Awuor was lowered into the grave, heart-wrenching sobs from mourners filled the air. Her sister Winnie Akinyi, the guardian to Awuor's orphaned son, fell to the ground, wailing.
Medical Xpress / Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left
When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. But across the African continent ...
Medical Xpress / US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say
U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide.