La variante JN.1 ya domina en EE. UU.
Hasta donde saben los expertos, la JN.1 no parece causar enfermedad grave en la mayoría de las personas, aunque hasta un caso leve puede hacerte sentir “bastante mal durante tres…
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Ohio Governor Blocks Bill Banning Transition Care for Minors
BackgroundLawmakers passed the measure earlier in December. Those in favor of the bill argued that parents are pressured by doctors to sign off on transition care treatments for their children.…
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Dec
Covid Variant JN.1 Now Accounts for Nearly Half of U.S. Cases
As the holiday season winds down and Covid-19 cases start to pick up, a variant called JN.1 has now become the most common strain of the virus spreading across the…
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Dec
Idaho Judge Temporarily Blocks Ban on Gender Transition Care for Minors
BackgroundThe law, House Bill 71, specifically bans gender transition surgeries, puberty blockers and hormone therapy for those under 18 with gender dysphoria. It also makes it a felony for medical…
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Dec
Monica Bertagnolli, NIH’s New Leader, Wants to Broaden Participation in Medical Research
When Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli moved into the director’s suite at the National Institutes of Health, she brought with her a single piece of art, a lithograph created by the…
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Dec
Bristol Myers to Acquire the Drugmaker Karuna for $14 Billion
Bristol Myers Squibb, the global pharmaceutical giant, said on Friday that it would acquire Karuna Therapeutics, which makes drugs to treat schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s, in an all-cash deal valued at…
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Dec
Americans Are Signing Up for Obamacare in Record Numbers
Why It Matters: The Affordable Care Act is expanding its reach.Despite a recent warning from former President Donald J. Trump, the front-runner in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential…
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Dec
This Gorilla’s Caregivers Face Familiar Questions About Aging
This month, as the patient lay anesthetized on a table, a cardiologist made a half-inch incision through the skin of his chest. She removed a small implanted heart monitor with…
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Astrophysicist explains one concept in 5 Levels of difficulty
With their feet dangling, and amusing themselves–until I stopped them–by throwing stones at the giant mass. After I had spoken to them about it, they began playing at “touch” in…
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Jan
Best Drones for photography and the thrill of flying
Fun, as you might imagine, was not how I would describe this adventure. Awesome? Yes. Fun? No. N.O. No way. But would I do it again? If I could rewind…