How does COVID-19 affect kids? Science has answers and gaps
What role children play in the coronavirus pandemic is the hot-button question of the summer as kids relish their free
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‘Iso,’ a deadly new synthetic opioid, has hit American streets
(HealthDay)—A new synthetic opioid as powerful as fentanyl is causing overdose deaths at an ever-increasing rate, experts warn. What’s worse,
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Drug researcher develops ‘fat burning’ molecule that has implications for treatment of obesity
Obesity affects more than 40 percent of adults in the United States and 13 percent of the global population. With
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Switzerland’s lockdown has sharply reduced the cases of COVID-19: study
EPFL researchers have modeled the effects of measures taken in the country to slow the spread of coronavirus. According to
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The ‘hospital in the home’ revolution has been stalled by COVID-19, but it’s still a good idea
Growing numbers of Australians are choosing to receive their hospital care at home, according to figures published today in the
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Can we do more to protect people at home when a family member has coronavirus?
A paper published in the BMJ today argues that since most people with COVID-19 are cared for at home it
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The apocalypse has begun … in aisle 8 at the supermarket
I’ve never really thought about the apocalypse. Too end-of-the-world for my liking. But I have now. Every day, it rolls
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Influence of politics has not waned in opinions about ACA
(HealthDay)—Public opinion about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains divided 10 years after its passage, according to a study published
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China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed
Carrying permits demanding “fast passage,” truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down
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Dettol CAN'T kill the deadly Wuhan coronavirus that has reached UK
Dettol CAN’T kill the deadly Wuhan coronavirus that has finally reached the UK – but scientists admit the disinfectant spray
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