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Supercomputers Mimic Brain Activity, Hunt for COVID Treatments
Oct. 15, 2021 -- Machine learning has come a long way in the quarter-century since a computer nicknamed Deep Blue shocked the world by beating chess champion Garry Kasparov. Today, when our smartphones have far more computing power than…
Does This Food Cause Cancer?
The internet is chock full of recommendations of what to add or remove from your diet to stave off cancer. Eat broccoli. Drink green tea. Cut sugar. Don’t overcook your food. But how often do these claims hold water? Are there really…
Pandemic Vaccine Uproar Is Nothing New
Oct. 14, 2021 -- Even as the fourth wave of COVID-19 cases trends downward, one aspect of the pandemic remains strong: differing opinions on the value of COVID-19 immunization and vaccine mandates across the U.S.Strong feelings around…
COVID Efforts Working, More Action Needed
Oct. 14, 2021 -- Almost 100 million Americans were unvaccinated in July 2021, a number that is now is down 34% to about 66 million, President Joe Biden said Thursday. These numbers and others are evidence that federal efforts announced this…
FDA Advisors Vote to Recommend Moderna Boosters
Oct. 14, 2021 -- A panel of experts that advises the FDA on vaccine decisions voted unanimously Thursday to approve booster doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.The 19 members of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory…
CDC Reports Record High 12-Month Drug Overdose Death Toll
By Robert Preidt and Robin FosterHealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Oct. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Drug overdose deaths in the United States hit a new record for the 12-month period ending March 2021, new government data shows.A record high…
WHO Honors Henrietta Lacks as Family Pursues Justice
Oct. 14, 2021 -- Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cells were infamously taken without her knowledge for scientific research, was honored this week by the World Heath Organization as her family continues the fight to protect her…
Learning to Live With CSU
Living with chronic spontaneous urticaria means finding out what works for you and avoiding triggers that seem to set off a flare.
Baby Cereal Sold at Walmart Recalled for Arsenic Levels
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Maple Island Inc. announced Friday that it has recalled three lots of Parent's Choice Rice Baby Cereal because of elevated levels of arsenic in the products.
A sample from the three…
‘Extreme Heat’ Days Triple Since 1980s, and More Are Coming
By Amy NortonHealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Oct. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Urban dwellers around the globe are sweating through three times as many "extreme heat" days as their counterparts did in the 1980s, a new study suggests.The study…