For many years, neuroscientists worldwide have been trying to understand the neural and cognitive processes underpinning artistic expression. While past findings have identified a number of brain areas that could be associated with the creation of different forms of art, scientists have yet to attain a full and comprehensive picture of the neural processes behind […]
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New report offers blueprint for advancing health equity in nation’s COVID-19 response
Actions aimed at addressing racial inequities must be a central part of the nation’s response and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report concludes. The report outlines a set of equity-focused programmatic and policy changes that can ensure that in both the response and the recovery efforts the nation addresses the disparities in health […]
Australia unlikely to open border in 2021: health official
Australia’s international borders are unlikely to open to travellers this year despite the rollout of coronavirus vaccines, a top health official said Monday. Health department secretary Brendan Murphy, a key adviser in Australia’s virus response, said free-flowing travel to and from the country was not expected to resume in 2021. “I think that we’ll go […]
'Joan Bakewell is misguided to demand over-80s get 2nd jab in 3 weeks'
VIVIENNE PARRY: I love Joan Bakewell but she’s badly misguided to demand that all over-80s get a second Covid jab within three weeks I have a lot of respect for Joan Bakewell. A trailblazer, at 87 she is still making waves. But last week my heart sank when she appeared on Good Morning Britain saying […]
DWTS’ Witney Carson Is ‘Still in a Diaper’ After Giving Birth to Son Leo
Getting real! Witney Carson opened up about her post-baby body nearly two weeks after welcoming son Leo. See DWTS’ Witney Carson’s Baby Bump Style Ahead of Son’s Arrival “Finally wearing real clothes but still in a diaper 😂,” Carson, 27, wrote via Instagram on Friday, January 15. “Healing from a birth is no joke!” The […]
China builds hospital in 5 days after surge in virus cases
China on Saturday finished building a 1,500-room hospital for COVID-19 patients to fight a surge in infections the government said are harder to contain and that it blamed on infected people or goods from abroad. The hospital is one of six with a total of 6,500 rooms being built in Nangong, south of Beijing in […]
Study measures brain volume differences in people with HIV
Nearly 38 million people around the world are living with HIV, which, with access to treatment, has become a lifelong chronic condition. Understanding how infection changes the brain, especially in the context of aging, is increasingly important for improving both treatment and quality of life. In January, researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging […]
Research offers roadmap to address sex differences in opioid epidemic
The opioid epidemic continues in this country in the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. To help halt the ongoing addiction and overdose deaths, Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHRY) is now proposing a data-driven way forward to uncover and more effectively negotiate differences among women and men in opioid use. […]
Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID vaccine promising in early trial
A single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson has shown very strong results in early clinical trials, potentially providing a significant boost to U.S. vaccination efforts. The vaccine produced an immune response of all 805 clinical trial participants within two months of inoculation, according to results published Jan. 13 in the New England Journal of […]
Nanotechnology prevents premature birth in mouse studies
In a study in mice and human cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say that they have developed a tiny, yet effective method for preventing premature birth. The vaginally-delivered treatment contains nanosized (billionth of a meter) particles of drugs that easily penetrate the vaginal wall to reach the uterine muscles and prevent them from contracting. If […]