New research indicates that patients with kidney failure who receive care at for-profit dialysis facilities are less likely to be
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Study confirms longer-term lung damage after COVID-19
A study by Sheffield and Oxford researchers using a cutting-edge method of imaging has identified persistent damage to the lungs
The first blood biomarker to distinguish between myocarditis and acute myocardial infarction
Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have identified the first blood biomarker for myocarditis, a cardiac disease
Taiwan struggles with testing backlog amid largest outbreak
Facing Taiwan’s largest outbreak of the pandemic and looking for rapid virus test kits, the mayor of the island’s capital
Online survey successful in gathering COVID-19 data at scale
A pilot project using an online survey to gather data on COVID-19 symptoms received more than 87,000 responses from around
Spain races to vaccinate farm workers against virus ‘time bomb’
Outside an old blue and white school in northeastern Spain dozens of farm workers wait their turn to be vaccinated
Seeking a pill to cure Covid: drugmakers eye alternative to vaccines
Prevention is better than cure—but when it comes to Covid, what happens when people can’t get the vaccine, don’t want
This brain circuit signals when to stop eating; could regulating it help with obesity
Like a good story, feeding has a beginning, a middle and an end. It begins with appetite prompting the search
Opiate overdoses linked to poor mental health
The opioid epidemic is taking a deadly toll on people in disproportionate clusters from Cape Cod to San Diego, according
Head and neck cancer cells hijack nearby healthy tissue, promoting further invasion of cancer cells
Up to half of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma will experience tumor recurrence or new tumors—tumors that