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Police departments’ use of tear gas could exacerbate coronavirus outbreaks, experts say

Tear gas is a chemical agent that causes burning in the eyes, noses, throat, lungs, and on skin. It makes people cough — which...

Researchers find new way to detect blood clots

Texas A&M biomedical engineering researchers designed a medical device that mimics blood vessels to design and monitor drugs for patients with clotting disorders Researchers...

Hairy, lab-grown human skin cell model could advance hair loss research

Oregon Health & Science University Ph.D. candidate grew organoids at Stanford University labCredit: Karl R. Koehler and Jiyoon Lee, Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical...

Phase III results show rituximab excels against pediatric Burkitt lymphoma

Results of the phase III Inter-B-NHL-ritux 2010 clinical trial reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine show 95 percent three-year survival...

For more equitable startup funding, the “money behind the money” needs to be accountable, too

As protests continue across the U.S. and beyond, there has been chatter this week in Silicon Valley and the venture industry more broadly...

Obesity, atypical immune response in some kids with COVID-19

A retrospective single-center case series of 50 hospitalized pediatric COVID-19 patients in New York City found that respiratory symptoms were common but not...

With emergency visits down 42%, US hospitals reeling from COVID-19

In April, 42% less people visited emergency departments (EDs) across the United States than in April last year, according to data published today...

Hospitals need ventilators to keep severe COVID-19 patients alive. They might not be able to fix them without paying the manufacturer $7,000 per technician.

Facing a ventilator shortage at the peak of the first pandemic wave, hospitals needed to keep their devices running. Ventilators are crucial for helping...

White House physician says Trump ‘remains healthy’ following his latest physical and confirms the president took hydroxychloroquine

President Donald Trump "remains healthy" with "no findings of significance or changes to report" from his annual physical, according to a memo from...

Clinical trials in the era of digital engagement: A SWOG call to action

Social media is an integral part of medicine, and an increasingly important conduit for sharing information about clinical trials. In an article in...

Controversy over data in hydroxychloroquine COVID-19 study grows

The editors of The Lancet yesterday issued a statement acknowledging the criticism of a recent study that concluded that the antimalaria drugs hydroxychloroquine...

Gene therapy with a new base editing technique restores hearing in mice

Key Findings: This is the first example of repairing a recessive gene mutation Repairing a single mutation in the Tmc1 gene restored partial hearing in...

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