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Neuroscientist Erik Hoel’s idea doesn’t rely on artificial intelligence to figure out why dreams happen. Instead, it borrows lessons from how the machines learn.

While scores of colleges and a handful of travel companies have made the shots compulsory, others hold back, fearing a backlash and lawsuits.

Colorado’s new law makes it illegal to post personal information about health workers, officials and their families that threatens their safety.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has defended the agency’s decision to tell fully vaccinated people they can forgo masks in many places.

Early research shows that 15 to 80 percent of people with certain medical conditions, such as specific blood cancers or organ transplants, are generating few antibodies after coronavirus vaccines.

“It’s significant . . . because it’s for the first time that we’re beginning to get a feel of the cognitive and also the emotional abilities at this point in time,” scientist says.

Donation of at least 20 million doses is ‘step in the right direction’ but a fraction of what’s necessary, they say.

Some worry the departure of Anne Schuchat, a longtime stabilizing force, would undermine still-flagging morale.

The mineral has been popular during the pandemic, but scientific evidence is scant. Keep these five points in mind before you decide to use it.

The FDA approved a stronger version of the drug that reverses opioid overdoses. Some critics fear it could cause harm.