Category: healthcare

These Colombian Scientists Revealed Alzheimer’s Secrets By Turning Umbilical Cord Tissue Into Brain Cells

A husband and wife team of Colombian scientists have observed Alzheimer’s precursor molecules in cells taken from newborns – a boon for research into the earliest stages of a disease that doesn’t start to show symptoms until people are in their forties…

Pooled Covid-19 Testing May Help Us Get Back To Work And School

If, on the other hand, you swab five people and place their swabs into one test and the test comes back as negative, you know that all are testing negative, and individual tests need not be performed.

Blue Cross Domination Of Obamacare Markets May Not Last In Pandemic

Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans dominate the enrollment of individual Americans in health plans purchased on exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, but that could change given the pandemic and historic unemployment.

Eating Sharks Poses Significant Risks To Human Health Due To High Levels Of Mercury

The shark fin trade — and the consumption of shark fin soup — is dangerous to human health. Researchers conducted a study measuring levels of toxic mercury in shark fins sold in markets in Hong Kong and China and all had staggeringly high amounts.

Black Children More Likely To Suffer Kawasaki-Like Coronavirus Inflammatory Condition

A new study from Paris found that black children appear disproportionately more likely to develop the rare inflammatory symptoms linked to COVID-19 than other children.

Seven Intrinsic Questions With CEO Of FloraWorks: Alan Ridgeway

I originally trained as a research scientist and spent 10 years pursuing that career choice.

Fauci: Moderna’s Phase 3 Covid-19 Vaccine Trial Of 30,000 Individuals Will Begin In July

Dr. Anthony Fauci Tuesday said the Phase 3 trial of Moderna’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine will begin in July and include study of 30,000 patients.

Tiffany Stock Plunges 9% After Report That LVMH Deal Could Fall Through

Trading was briefly halted as the jeweler’s stock fell.

Mass Protests Across The U.S. Have No Impact On Stocks—What Gives?

Investors don’t see protests as a threat to either company earnings or an economic recovery, at least not yet.

A Lung Cancer Gamechanger And A Surprise Public Offering: Five Big Moments From ASCO’s First Virtual Conference

The biggest conference in oncology had some technical difficulties, but that didn’t stop companies and researchers from presenting groundbreaking new cancer treatments.