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More than a THIRD of children with COVID-19 have NO symptoms
More than ONE-THIRD of children with coronavirus have NO symptoms of the infection, Canadian study finds Researchers tested nearly 2,500…
Greece extends coronavirus lockdown by a week
Greece’s government spokesman on Thursday announced a weeklong extension to the country’s current lockdown, due to the continued spread of…
What Dr. Fauci Really Thinks About A National Mask Mandate
The coronavirus has been hanging around for close to a year now, and while two promising vaccines are so close…
Ricky Martin: I Have a 'Couple Embryos Waiting for Me' to Expand My Family
Room for a few more? Ricky Martin‘s family of six could get even bigger in the future — but his…
Viruses shown to evolve as a result of different immune responses in different ethnic populations
New research into the HIV-1 virus has shed light on an important factor in the evolution of viruses, which is…
New SARS-CoV-2 test is a simple, cost-effective, and efficient alternative for SARS-CoV-2 testing
Scientists from Northwell Health Laboratories have developed a new diagnostic multiplex assay that can be used for epidemiological surveillance and…
A novel monoclonal antibody therapy cuts LDL cholesterol by half in a high-risk patient population
The investigational drug evinacumab reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol—the so-called “bad” cholesterol—by 50 percent in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia whose…
A new test for chronic fatigue syndrome
Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), better known as chronic fatigue syndrome, is a complex chronic disease affecting some 600,000 Canadians and up…
Expert alert: Five things to know about being a living liver donor
About 1 in 5 patients who are on the national waiting list for a liver transplant die or become too…