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Yellow fever virus responsible for current epidemic in Brazil originated in Amazon in 1980
Researchers have retraced the pathogen's route as it spread from the state of Pará by analyzing tissue samples from dead...
Study shows some generics can cost medicare recipients more than brand-name drugs
Medicare Part D enrollees may pay more out of pocket for high-priced specialty generic drugs than their brand-name counterparts, according...
New imaging molecule captures brain changes tied to progressive multiple sclerosis
Novel PET tracer detected abnormal inflammation in the cerebral grey matter of patients with MS, reflecting patients' clinical severity Secondary...
Geisel study finds downside risk contracts still less common for ACOs
Findings from a new study conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and published in...
Docs should consider a patient’s weight before prescribing new chemotherapy drugs
A new class of cancer drugs just now entering the marketplace seems promising so far, but researchers at the University...
New data resource reveals highly variable staffing at nursing homes
Researchers who analyzed payroll-based staffing data for U.S. nursing homes discovered large daily staffing fluctuations, low weekend staffing and daily...
Will Fox wins 2019 Stix Award for early career contributions to plasma physics
Credit: Sarah Jane White Leadership of laboratory experiments that bring astrophysical processes down to Earth has won physicist Will Fox...
How you and your friends can play a video game together using only your minds
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Telepathic communication might be one step closer to reality thanks to new research from the...
Gender bias alive and well in health care roles, study shows
New Orleans, LA -- Results of a multi-center study of patients' assumptions about health care professionals' roles based on gender...
When kinetics and thermodynamics should play together
How the salinity of water affects calcium carbonate nucleationCredit: Washington University in St. Louis The formation of calcium carbonate (CaCO3)...
Biomedical sciences researcher gets $3.26 million grant to develop universal flu vaccine
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Influenza remains a major public health risk, and Dr. Baozhong Wang, associate professor in Georgia State...
Inflatable decelerator will hitch a ride on the JPSS-2 satellite
Credit: NASA's Langley Research Center An inflatable decelerator technology that could one day help humans land on Mars will fly...
NETRF-funded research may help predict pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET) recurrence
Alpha-like islet cells associated with metastasisCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Center A group of researchers funded by Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF)...
Location-based data can provide insights for business decisions
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Data from social commerce websites can provide essential information to business owners before they make decisions that...
WVU researcher studies how nursing homes can accommodate obese residents
Credit: WVU About 30 percent of nursing home residents are obese. That can complicate their care. The facility may need...
Analysis finds US ecosystems shifting hundreds of miles north
Credit: Craig Chandler/University Communication/University of Nebraska-Lincoln Whole ecosystems are shifting dramatically north in the Great Plains, a phenomenon likely linked...
Scientists track the source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the brain
Scientists have identified mechanisms in the human brain that could help explain the phenomenon of the 'Uncanny Valley' - the...
Wake Forest Baptist awarded $1.6 million to test iPad colon cancer screening app
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 1, 2019 - Doctors know that screening for colorectal cancer reduces mortality. However, more than one-third...
‘Gentle recovery’ of Brazil’s leatherback turtles
Credit: Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR Brazil's leatherback turtles are making a "gentle recovery" after 30 years of conservation efforts,...
Glowing brain cells illuminate stroke recovery research
'Optochemogenetics' removes the fiber optic cableCredit: Shan Ping Yu A promising strategy for helping stroke patients recover, transplanting neural progenitor...
