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- Covid live: Iran records its highest daily death toll this year; India administers 100m doses of coronavirus vaccineby Jedidajah Otte (now), Ben Quinn (earlier) on April 11, 2021 at 1:09 pm
Iran reports 258 further Covid-19 deaths; India hits vaccination milestone as infections rise; England prepares to open non-essential retail and outdoor areas of pubsCovid hotspots could lead to […]
- When I was young, I left Sudan in search of ‘success’. Now I yearn for family and home | Nesrine Malikby Nesrine Malik on April 11, 2021 at 1:00 pm
In the stillness of lockdown, I now see that the costs of globalisation have come to outweigh its benefitsFor as long as I have been able to remember, I have known that I would not always live where […]
- People are returning to the high street, but the retail crash has changed it beyond recognition | John Harrisby John Harris on April 11, 2021 at 11:54 am
The easing of Covid restrictions in England will reveal the effects of the loss of brick and mortar shops in our towns and citiesAs what we now call non-essential retail reopens in England, the […]
Science Daily
- Brain disease transmitted by tick bites may be treatableon April 9, 2021 at 6:58 pm
The virus that causes tick-borne encephalitis appears to trick the immune system, misdirecting it into producing inferior antibodies. But new research shows some people produce more potent antibodies, providing hope for treatment.
- Stress from work and social interactions put women at higher coronary heart disease riskon April 9, 2021 at 4:47 pm
Psychosocial stress – typically resulting from difficulty coping with challenging environments – may work synergistically to put women at significantly higher risk of developing coronary heart disease, according to a new study.
- Masculine traits linked to better parenting for some dadson April 9, 2021 at 2:45 pm
In some men, having traditional masculine characteristics such as competitiveness and adventurousness was linked to being better fathers to infants, a new study found. But the men in this study – highly educated and from dual-earner couples – combined those stereotypically masculine traits with the belief that they should be nurturing, highly involved fathers.
STAT News
- Opinion: What a century-old painting taught me about being present as a physician todayby Bryan Vartabedian on April 11, 2021 at 11:00 am
As machines develop the ability to do things humans once did, as @EricTopol has described, medical professionals will be left to master the things only humans can do, like being…
- STAT+: Revolution Medicines seeks to bolster case for its lead cancer drugby Adam Feuerstein on April 10, 2021 at 6:00 pm
Revolution Medicine presented updated data to bolster the case for its lead cancer drug — designed to stop tumor growth by throttling back mutations in a common cell-signaling pathway.
- STAT+: Researchers see a ‘tractable approach’ to taming cancer metastasisby Damian Garde on April 10, 2021 at 1:30 pm
The latest hope for stopping untreatable cancers traces its roots to a turn-of-the-century German zoologist, gazing into a microscope at the eggs of sea urchins.
- STAT+: Early trial shows promise aiming a modified cold-sore virus against brain tumors in childrenby Elizabeth Cooney on April 10, 2021 at 12:30 pm
Scientists hope their approach to high-grade gliomas will pave the way toward a combination treatment with immunotherapy that could spare children the harsh toxicities of current therapies.