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Several new strains of the coronavirus have been identified -- and they're more contagious. Here's what's known about how they spread, how well the vaccines work against them, and the symptoms these variants cause.

Low vitamin D intake is still a public health concern. Despite adding it to certain foods in the U.S. and Canada, getting enough of the sunshine vitamin is still a challenge for many people. Some experts say more must be...

Cryolipolysis is an up-and-coming method for removing pesky flab, no scalpel necessary.

(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Study conducted at Children's Hospital Los Angeles shows that diet and exercise led to reduced risk of remaining cancer cells after one month of chemotherapy.

(University of Wisconsin-Madison) In new research, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found for the first time that disruptions to a particular protein called Akt can lead to the brain changes charact...

(Queen Mary University of London) A study led by Queen Mary University of London researchers has compared the performance and acceptability of a urine test and four different vaginal self-sampling collection devices to d...

(University of California - Davis) Genome sequencing of thousands of SARS-CoV-2 samples shows that surges of COVID-19 cases are driven by the appearance of new coronavirus variants, according to new research from UC Davi...

(University of Gothenburg) Infants born by cesarean section have a relatively meager array of bacteria in the gut. But by the age of three to five years they are broadly in line with their peers. This is shown by a study...

(Hong Kong Baptist University) A series of studies led by researchers from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have revealed that hyocholic acid and its derivatives (collectively known as HCAs), a component of bile acids...

(University of California - San Diego) UC San Diego students will participate in nationwide clinical trial to assess if COVID-19 vaccination prevents infection and reduces risk of transmission.

(Rutgers University) Exposure to antibiotics in utero and infancy can lead to an irreversible loss of regulatory T-cells in the colon -a valuable component of the immune system's response toward allergens in later life -...

(Estonian Research Council) Researchers from the University of Tartu (Estonia) and the Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK) carried out the largest and most exhaustive genetic study to date looking at Y-chromosome-linked infer...

(US Geological Survey) The risk is low that scientists could pass coronavirus to North American bats during winter research, according to a new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey.

(Ecological Society of America) Thousands of ecologists, educators, and practitioners will gather this August 2-6 for ESA's 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting. Members of the media are invited to attend at no charge.

(Elsevier) A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports that middle schoolers from a predominantly Latinx community, with elevated levels of mental health problems, s...

(Johns Hopkins University) When we watch a mime seemingly pull rope, climb steps or try to escape that infernal box, we don't struggle to recognize the implied objects -- our minds automatically "see" them, a new study c...

(Case Western Reserve University) The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation--continuing Mt. Sinai Medical Center's century-old tradition of caring for Northeast Ohio--has expanded its commitment to the region through a $1 mil...

(University of Tokyo) Multilingual people have trained their brains to learn languages, making it easier to acquire more new languages after mastering a second or third. In addition to demystifying the seemingly herculea...

(University of Illinois School of Information Sciences) A project to increase the health data literacy of youth has received funding through the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Extension Collaboration Grant Pro...

(Brigham Young University) A new study in journal Alzheimer's & Dementia finds novel cellular-level support for an alternate theory that is growing in strength: Alzheimer's could actually be a result of metabolic dysfunc...

(University of Maryland School of Medicine) While it has already been established that those with Type II diabetes and a high body mass index (BMI) are at greater risk of experiencing hospitalizations and other severe co...

(University of California - San Diego) $1.1 million gift from philanthropist Ann Bedell Hunt establishes Bedell Family Endowed Medical Scholarship at UC San Diego School of Medicine in memory of her father, Omar Jasperin...