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The benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccines for kids

Jul 5, 2021

For a generation of kids, the COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as the defining event of their young lives—a period marked by closures, cancellations, fear, and disruption. Just one vaccine is...

U.S. adds 850,000 jobs in June, better than expected

Jul 3, 2021

Job growth leaped higher in June as businesses looked to keep up with a rapidly recovering U.S. economy, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls increased 850,000 for the month,...

Anders Sejr Hansen awarded prestigious Pew-Stewart Grant for Cancer Research

Jul 3, 2021

Anders Sejr Hansen, assistant professor of biological engineering at MIT, has been named a Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research for 2021. The Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research is a...

‘It Felt Like A Really Hard Earthquake’: Neighbors Shocked After 16 Injured In Botched Illegal Firework Detonation By Police

Jul 3, 2021

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – At least 16 people, including 10 law enforcement officers, were injured and several cars and structures were damaged Wednesday evening when police attempted to safely detonate...

Artificial Intelligence pioneered at Oxford to detect floods launches into space

Jul 3, 2021

The work is a first step towards relaying real time information from space to disaster response teams. The Oxford team has developed a machine learning / artificial intelligence model called...

Scientists identify 160 new drugs that could be repurposed against COVID-19

Jul 2, 2021

The team used computer modelling to carry out a ‘virtual screen’ of almost 2,000 approved drugs and identified 200 approved drugs that could be effective against COVID-19. Forty of these...

Lessons learned from aviation: Making medicine safer

Jul 2, 2021

The great significance and attention awarded the topic of patient safety has grown enormously in Germany, especially during the Corona crisis. "We have succeeded for the first time in linking...

Faecal records show Maya population affected by climate change

Jul 2, 2021

A McGill-led study has shown that the size of the Maya population in the lowland city of Itzan (in present-day Guatemala) varied over time in response to climate change. By...

Idea for sustainable fish farms wins Venture Cup

Jul 2, 2021

Tuesday 29 Jun 21DTU students’ idea for alternative fish feed wins entrepreneurial competition for the best university startups in Denmark. The winning solution by the AQfeed team removes the excess...

Long COVID cases under-reported in NHS GP records

Jun 30, 2021

This finding raises important questions about how Long COVID is diagnosed, recorded, and managed in the NHS. Good data on Long COVID will be crucial for research into the prevalence...