Researchers found that taking hydroxychloroquine once or twice weekly did not prevent the development of COVID-19 in health care workers…
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No, Mouthwash Will Not Save You From the Coronavirus
Even if people coated the inside of their mouths with a coronavirus-killing chemical, a substantial amount of the virus would…
No, Mouthwash Will Not Save You From the Coronavirus
Even if people coated the inside of their mouths with a coronavirus-killing chemical, a substantial amount of the virus would…
Efficacy of Tocilizumab in Patients Hospitalized with Covid-19
Infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), now number more…
Covid-19 Vaccine Trials and Incarcerated People — The Ethics of Inclusion
The most severe Covid-19 outbreaks in the United States are no longer occurring in nursing homes or meat-packing plants, but…
Learning about End-of-Life Care from Grandpa
Grandpa married my biologic grandmother when I was 4 years old, after the deaths of their first spouses. A quarter-century…
Turbulent era sparked leap in human behavior, adaptability 320,000 years ago
The first analysis of a sedimentary drill core representing 1 million years of environmental history in the East African Rift…
Observed COVID-19 variability may have underlying molecular sources
People have different susceptibilities to SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, and develop varying degrees of fever, fatigue, and…
DNA: At our cores, we’re all strengthened by ‘dumbbells’
Scientists detail the structure of dumbbell-like sequences in DNA during interphase that suggest several unseen aspects of chromosome configuration and…
Genome archeologists discover path to activate immune response against cancer
Ancient embedded elements in our DNA from generations past can activate a powerful immune response to kill cancer cells like…