Vaginal microbes play a huge role in overall health, but researchers know relatively little about them. Citizen science could help change that.
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These scientists have a plan to demystify the vaginal microbiome
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How the hidden epidemic of violence against nurses affects health care
“Violence is just part of the job. Every nurse and health care worker experiences it at some point.”
Sentiments like this echo across American hospitals and health care facilities, capturing a disturbing and growing reality. Though Americans think of nursing as the most trusted…
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Many more Denver teens have experienced homelessness than official counts show
Denver saw an increase in youth homelessness from 10% to 25% between 2017 and 2021, according to our study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal “Pediatrics.”
We are two physicians whose clinical work and research focuses on the social causes of health and disease. In…
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New Approach Uses Immune Biomarkers to Diagnose Disease
Whenever the immune system fights a pathogen, it has a memory of that experience, whether it’s with an invader or a vaccine that mimics an infection, for example. Scientists have now developed a way to mine all of the rich history carried in a person’s immune…
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Scientists ‘bring back’ the woolly mammoth… as this mouse |BBC Science Focus Magazine
In a first for science, researchers have created mice that share the traits of the extinct woolly mammoth.
American biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences, which is behind the breakthrough, used a genome editing technique known as CRISPR to create what they’ve called the ‘Colossal Woolly…
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Simple ways to make better pancakes
For many people around the world, Shrove Tuesday – the traditional feast day marking the day before the Christian period of Lent – is now associated almost exclusively with one thing: pancakes.
Pancakes come in all shapes and sizes and are eaten by cultures all over the world. From French…
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In Lake Placid, a pair of athletes are sliding for Ukraine. They hope better days are ahead
The final race of the headfirst-sliding sport known as skeleton awaits Ukrainian skeleton athletes Vladyslav Heraskevych and Yaroslav Lavreniuk. After that, they’re going home.
They don’t know what awaits when they get there.
Heraskevych and…
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Ukraine revokes Tbilisi Mayor Kaladze’s title of ‘Master of Sport’
The Trump/Musk cuts could shut us down — permanently
You can help us survive this hostile media environment with a monthly or a single donation for as little as $5. In a world drowning in disinformation, your support means we…
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10 Best Countries To Visit In 2025, Per European Best Destinations
Aerial view of Diocletian’s Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Split, Croatia’s second-largest city.
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European Best Destinations asked more than 1.2 million travelers from 139 countries to vote for their favorite destinations, selecting…
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Ukraine: A deafening silence: Ukrainians held incommunicado, forcibly disappeared and tortured in Russian captivity
Russia’s treatment of Ukrainian military personnel and civilian in captivity amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Thousands of members of the Ukrainian forces are currently held captive in Russia and occupied Ukraine as prisoners…
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