The extraordinary pivot to a work-from-home (WFH) mode for a large segment of the world’s working population since March 2020 intensified an existing trend that began with the proliferation of digital technologies.…
Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have identified a promising drug candidate for the treatment of multi-inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), they report in Clinical Care Explorations. MIS-C…
Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company based in Weston, FL, and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced yesterday that Cantex has secured a global license from Harvard University’s Office…
When is a container not just a container? For the HIV-1 virus, a double layer of fatty molecules called lipids not only serves as its container, but also plays a key role…
A new study highlights neighborhood-level gun violence dynamics in Philadelphia during the COVID-19 pandemic, identifying statistical links between changes in shooting rates and levels of drug market and police activity. Nicole Johnson…
Not only are student athletes less likely to contract COVID-19 than the rest of the student population, non-athlete students are in turn less likely to become sick with the virus than young…
University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine’s Office of Francophone Affairs will be conducting research aimed at equipping healthcare professionals in French-language minority settings with resources to aid their patients make informed decisions…
The UK government’s decision to sell its Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) is baffling and should be reversed, argue experts in The BMJ today. Launched in 2018 to develop and make vaccines, as…
The proportion of people with current covid-19 infection missed by the Innova lateral flow test (LFT) is substantial enough to be of clinical importance, particularly when testing people without symptoms, warn experts…
Iesha White is so fed up with the U.S. response to covid-19 that she’s seriously considering moving to Europe. “I’m that disgusted. The lack of care for each other, to me, it’s…