The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States crossed 100,000 new confirmed daily infections Saturday, a milestone last exceeded during the
Month: August 2021
India approves J&J’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
India gave emergency approval to Johnson and Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine Saturday to ramp up its flailing immunisation campaign as
Mexico’s capital on highest COVID alert amid surge in cases
Mexico City and a half-dozen of the country’s 32 states are now on “red” alert as COVID-19 infections rose to
Potential COVID-19 medication found among tapeworm drugs
A group of medications long prescribed to treat tapeworm has inspired a compound that shows two-pronged effectiveness against COVID-19 in
More evidence emerges of improving COVID backdrop in UK
Further evidence emerged on Friday to show that the latest outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.K. has eased,
Unvaccinated people twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID: study
Unvaccinated people are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID-19 as the fully vaccinated, a study by
A microRNA network is the putative mediator of reductive stress in the heart
Last year, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers reported that reductive stress—an imbalance in the normal oxidation/reduction homeostasis—caused pathological changes
Trials reveal efficacy and safety of oral drug for treating anemia associated with kidney disease
Pooled results from recent clinical trials indicate that an oral drug called roxadustat is an effective treatment for anemia in
Recycling a cell’s energy centers to ward off Parkinson’s disease
Scientists have long known that living cells are master recyclers, constantly breaking down old parts and building them back up
Face masks protect against aerosolized toxins from algal blooms, study finds
Intense blooms of toxic algae are becoming common occurrences along the coast of Florida and elsewhere. Results from a new