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Health statisticians keep careful tabs on how many people die every week. Based on what's happened in past years, they…
As ready as you are to be done with COVID-19, it's not going anywhere soon. A historian of disease describes how once…
A new study is the first to identify sex differences in inflammation and immune cell activation in response to SARS-CoV-2…
Fake videos generated with sophisticated AI tools are a looming threat. Researchers are racing to build tools that can detect…
Patients suffering from severe COVID-19 may be experiencing a rogue antibody response similar to that seen in autoimmune…
The tools to rewrite the genetic code to improve crops and livestock, or to treat genetic diseases, has revolutionized biology.…
Most scientific discoveries these days aren't easily ascribed to a single researcher. CRISPR is no different – and…
When a celebrity, politician or other influential person checks in, a health care team can feel pressured to give in to…
The 2020 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists – an Englishman, an American and a German – for breakthroughs…
Setting up an online scam can be as simple as registering a domain name, signing up for an online payment account and copying…
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine goes to the discoverers of the hepatitis C virus. There's an effective…
New research suggests individual bees are born with one of two learning styles – either curious or focused. Their genetic…
Artificial brains are far in the future, but computer chips that work like brains could keep computers advancing when today's…
Older coronavirus patients face grimmer outlooks. A virologist explains the aging-related changes in how immune systems…
The Trump administration wants to go it alone when it comes to vaccine development and distribution. What does this mean…
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Antibodies are great for neutralizing viruses. But they are big and bulky. Antibody engineers are now creating smaller synthetic…
Society has never faced more pressing challenges. Researchers are investigating how monetary prizes can help focus innovators'…