(CNN)Genes inherited from Neanderthal ancestors may be involved in some cases of severe Covid-19 disease, researchers in Germany reported Wednesday.A team of experts on Neanderthal genetics examined a strand of DNA that has been associated with some of the more serious cases of Covid-19 and compared it to sequences known to have been passed down…
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A nurse prepares an injection as a study on Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate gets under way in New York in July. Photo: APNews deals blow to Trump’s hopes of having injection ready by November 3 to give campaign much-needed boost Meanwhile, FDA expands investigation into other leading candidate by AstraZeneca and Oxford after serious illness…
Coffee before breakfast could give you diabetes: Drinking caffeine first thing in the morning can raise blood sugar by 50%, experts warnRegularly drinking coffee before breakfast may raise the risk of type 2 diabetesUniversity of Bath researchers asked volunteers to drink coffee after waking upFound their blood sugar was 50% higher than when they went without…
Hy-Vee grocery stores may look a little different when it comes to checkout. Johnston is one of the multiple Hy-Vee stores that are switching to primarily self-checkout lanes. The company said this decision is not pandemic-related, but was a decision made prior to March. It’s been tested in 140 Hy-Vee stores across eight states with…
Despite slim chances that its vaccine will be ready by October, Pfizer has big incentives to hint that it might be.By repeating a date that flies in the face of most scientific predictions, Pfizer’s C.E.O., Dr. Albert Bourla, is making a high-stakes gamble.Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York TimesSept. 30, 2020Updated 9:53 a.m. ETIn media appearances and…
Doc Brown and Marty McFly in “Back to the Future.” Screenshot Time travel is possible based on the laws of physics, according to new calculations from researchers at the University of Queensland. But time-travelers wouldn’t be able to alter the past in a measurable way, they say — the future would stay the same. Visit…
Timothy Ray Brown, who made history as “the Berlin patient,” the first person known to be cured of HIV infection, has died. He was 54.Brown died Tuesday at his home in Palm Springs, California, according to a social media post by his partner, Tim Hoeffgen. The cause was a return of the cancer that originally…
Read Next Disney to lay off 28,000 workers, exec says California ‘exacerbated’ pandemic’s effects The massive job reduction was the most eye-opening among several severe cost-cutting measures made by Disney, which has lost billions of dollars in potential revenue because of suspended operations at its amusement parks, live-production units, and cruise lines since COVID-19-imposed closures…
