In the United States, COVID-19 now kills about 0.6% of people infected with the virus, compared with around 0.9% early in the pandemic, IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray told Reuters. Experts have struggled to accurately measure a crucial metric in the pandemic: the fatality rate, or percentage of people infected with the pathogen who are likely to die. IHME said it had been using an...
Microsoft is teaming up with other companies to form an alliance to advance the field of DNA data storage, which promises to revolutionize the way vital records are kept for the long haul. The founding members of the DNA Data Storage Alliance, unveiled today at the Flash Memory Summit, include Microsoft as well as Twist Bioscience, Illumina and Western Digital. Twist Bioscience has been partnering...
Two new human cell atlases have mapped the molecular machinery that builds tissue in the weeks after conception — and could eventually point the way to addressing developmental disorders. The researchers behind the atlases say their method for single-cell analysis, detailed in a pair of studies published by the journal Science, could dramatically accelerate efforts to trace how individual cells...
"It's a monumental opportunity to be able to help your fellow citizens," Jenny Hamilton, a security officer in Atlanta,...
Apple cider vinegar may help lower your blood sugar and clean your hair, but there’s little evidence that it promotes weight loss and other...
English COVID-19 infections rose sharply in October with double the number of cases reported by the end of the month compared to the beginning ahead of the reintroduction of a national lockdown, a large study said on Thursday. The study, led by Imperial College London and known as REACT, showed that over 1 in 80 people were infected after more than 160,000 people were tested between Oct 16 and...
As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, people around the world are turning to the black market for negative tests that enable them to...
Even if greenhouse-gas emissions stop now, global warming will continue for centuries, a study shows. The solution: removing carbon from the...
A meta-analysis including more than 18 million people found Black and Asian people were disproportionately affected by...
Conspiracy theories and misinformation fuel mistrust in vaccines and could push levels that potential COVID-19 vaccines are taken in the United States and Britain below the rates needed to protect communities against the disease, a study found on Thursday. The study of 8,000 people in the two countries found that fewer people would "definitely" take a COVID-19 vaccine than the 55% of the...
COVID-19 infections rose sharply in October with double the number of cases reported by the end of the month compared to the beginning, a large prevalence study led by Imperial College London said on Thursday. "Findings from the sixth REACT study show that between 16th(October) and 2nd November, prevalence of infection was 1.3%, meaning 130 people per 10,000 were infected, up from 60 people per...
The news comes days after early-stage data showed Medicago's plant-based vaccine candidate produced virus-neutralizing antibodies in all volunteers. A lower dose of the vaccine will be used for further trials, Medicago said. The mid-to-late-stage clinical studies will test the safety and immune response capabilities of a regimen involving two doses of the vaccine with GSK's pandemic adjuvant...
The green light is given to the near-billion-euro space observatory that will study far-off...
The news comes days after early-stage data showed Medicago's plant-based vaccine candidate produced virus-neutralizing antibodies in all volunteers. A lower dose of the vaccine will be used for further trials, Medicago said. The mid-to-late-stage clinical studies will test the safety and immune response capabilities of a regimen involving two doses of the vaccine with GSK's pandemic adjuvant...
Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. today unveiled two new options for its Sherpa orbital transfer vehicle — one that uses an environmentally friendly chemical thruster system to help get small satellites where they need to go, and another that’s powered by an electric propulsion system. Such options add propulsive capability to the standard Sherpa-FX model, which is due to make its first flight as...
At Cotugno Hospital in Naples, Italy, medics have been treating patients in the parking lot, giving them oxygen in their cars as they...
Conspiracy theories and misinformation fuel mistrust in vaccines and could push levels that potential COVID-19 vaccines are taken in the United States and Britain below the rates needed to protect communities against the disease, a study found on Thursday. The study of 8,000 people in the two countries found that fewer people would "definitely" take a COVID-19 vaccine than the 55% of the...
The "Monster Wolf" machines in Takikawa contain motion sensors and flashing lights and are designed to make howling sounds if bears...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered government agencies to hasten relief efforts after a powerful typhoon killed at least seven people and unleashed some of the worst flooding in years in the capital Manila. Duterte cut short his attendance of a virtual meeting of Southeast Asian leaders to inspect the damage from Typhoon Vamco, moments after a speech during which he urged...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered government agencies to hasten relief efforts after a powerful typhoon killed at least seven people and unleashed some of the worst flooding in years in the capital Manila. Duterte cut short his attendance of a virtual meeting of Southeast Asian leaders to inspect the damage from Typhoon Vamco, moments after a speech during which he urged...