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Antarctica sea ice as of February 21, 2023. Annotated with the 1981-2010 median sea ice extent.The long-term trend for sea ice in the south is still flat, while the global…
Public Health & Policy > Medicaid — In 2 weeks, states will begin unwinding pandemic's continuous enrollment provisions by Shannon Firth, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today March 17, 2023 Due to…
Democrats in Michigan are proposing to repeal the state's right-to-work law, which allows employees to opt out of union membership and payment of union dues. Supporters of the law…
Former President Donald Trump suggested that his Vice President, Mike Pence, was responsible for the violence on January 6th during the Capitol insurrection. Trump made the remarks in response…
A study to be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session “Together With the World Congress of Cardiology” has found that long COVID, which is characterized by…
Pop Medicine > Pop Medicine — There is power through the scrutiny of online information by Sabrina Gonzalez, Alexandra Nader, and Rudmila Rashid March 1, 2023 As medical students and…
Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar fast-track…
Tissint meteorite. Credit: Kurt Kracher, Natural History Museum ViennaTissint, a Martian meteorite that plummeted to Earth and crash-landed in Morocco over 11 years ago, is one of only five such…
Special Reports > Features — CH.1.1 now accounts for about a quarter of cases in the U.K. by Jennifer Henderson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today February 7, 2023 The…
Project Veritas, a conservative activist group known for spreading misinformation, recently published a concealed-camera videoopens in a new tab or window allegedly showing a Pfizer employee describing the company's COVID-19 vaccine research…
The discovery of such a vast number of galaxies in the early universe suggests a potential revision of prior knowledge on galaxy formation.Exploring the universe’s earliest galaxies with NASA’s new…
Infectious Disease > COVID-19 Vaccine — And Pfizer lab data show better neutralization against latest variants with bivalent shot by Ingrid Hein, Staff Writer, MedPage Today January 25, 2023 Currently…
Public Health & Policy > Clinical Trials — Many with NIH grants don't follow reporting rules, get funded again anyway, says Rep. Pallone by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, MedPage Today…
Infectious Disease > COVID-19 Vaccine — One surveillance system detects potential link in seniors, yet multiple others show none by Ian Ingram, Managing Editor, MedPage Today January 13, 2023 An…
OB/Gyn > Abortion — Decision allows patients to pick up mifepristone at brick-and-mortar locations by Amanda D'Ambrosio, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today January 4, 2023 The FDA is now…
Pediatrics > General Pediatrics — Could prompt future compulsive social media checking, researcher suggests by Michael DePeau-Wilson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today January 3, 2023 Habitually checking social media…
Researchers discovered that neither individual antibodies nor antibody cocktails were able to neutralize the Omicron subvariant BQ.1.1.The findings indicate that new antibody therapies must be developed.Are the currently approved antibody…
The new finding could pave the way for new effective treatments for the coronavirus.They discovered that the organic compound can bind to many SARS-CoV-2 proteins.Researchers have discovered that salen can…
For the first time on Earth, a controlled fusion reaction has generated more power than it requires to run, researchers have confirmed. The experiment is a major milestone towards commercial…
Structure of a coronavirus. Credit: WikimediaA new study describes how the functioning of RNA changes in cells infected by SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus. The findings provide clues as to how…