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A team of Chinese researchers claim their blood test can detect five types of cancer in 95 percent of asymptomatic patients who later were diagnosed.

New Blood Test Appears to Detect Cancer Years Before Symptoms

By Victor Tangermann

According to a preliminary lab test conducted by Pfizer, their COVID vaccine is effective against new highly transmissible variants of the virus.

Pharma Execs Say They Plan to Profit on COVID-19 Vaccine

By Dan Robitzski

A team of German scientists are throwing a tightly-controlled concert in order to understand how COVID-19 can spread in large crowds.

German Scientists Are Hosting a Concert to Study How COVID-19 Spreads

By Dan Robitzski

UK authorities issued a warning on Thursday, claiming that Russian hackers with ties to the Kremlin have been targeting coronavirus vaccine research.

State-Backed Russian Hackers Are Targeting Coronavirus Vaccine Research

By Victor Tangermann

A massive new study strongly links high blood iron levels with a longer lifespan, giving hope to new longevity treatments.

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Scientists: Blood Iron Levels Strongly Correlated With Long Lifespan

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists grew stermatogonial stem cells — the precursors to sperm — in a lab for the first time, potentially unlocking new fertility treatments.

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For the First Time, Scientists Grow Human Sperm Stem Cells in Lab

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists discovered the first bacteria that chemosynthesizes the metal manganese, and they did it almost by accident while cleaning up an experiment.

Newly-Discovered Bacteria Can Eat Metal as Food

By Dan Robitzski

Human Tests For This COVID Vaccine Look “Promising,” Researchers Say

Human Tests For This COVID Vaccine Look “Promising,” Researchers Say

By Victor Tangermann

The coronavirus seems to kill more men than women for unknown reasons, but a new data tracker may help scientists get to the bottom of it.

Scientists Still Don’t Know Why COVID-19 Hits Men and Women Differently

By Dan Robitzski

A new medical robot built by Korean engineers automates the process of jabbing patients' noses with a swab to test for COVID-19.

Bizarre Medical Robot Grabs Your Face, Jabs You With a Nose Swab

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk is once again posting misleading claims about the coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to downplay the danger it poses.

Elon Musk Is Still Sharing Coronavirus Misinformation

By Dan Robitzski

Gilead Sciences, the pharmaceutical company behind the COVID-19 drug remdesivir, just announced how much it plans to charge for the antiviral medication.

Even With Insurance, the COVID Drug Remdesivir Is Shockingly Expensive

By Dan Robitzski

When the pharmaceutical industry finally develops a coronavirus vaccine, medical-grade glass shortages may prevent companies from distributing it.

The US Might Not Have Enough Glass Vials To Distribute the Coronavirus Vaccines

By Dan Robitzski

With so few new COVID-19 cases in China, vaccine research in the country — like an upcoming phase three experiment — needs to be conducted overseas.

With No Patients At Home, China Outsources COVID Vaccine Trials

By Dan Robitzski

The European Union may not reopen its borders to the United States due to the largely uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus in the country.

Fearing COVID, Europe May Keep Borders Closed to US Travelers

By Victor Tangermann

Anthony Fauci, the United States' top infectious disease specialist, warned today of a "disturbing surge" in new coronavirus infections.

Fauci Warns of “Disturbing Surge” in Coronavirus Infections

By Jon Christian

Scientists are infecting mini-organs with COVID-19 to better understand how the virus infects and interacts with human organs.

Mini-Organ Research Reveals What COVID-19 Does to the Body

By Dan Robitzski

A new model shows every single atom in the spikes on the surface of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, potentially giving rise to more targeted treatment.

Scientists Mapped Out Every Atom in the Coronavirus’s Spikes

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that coronavirus antibodies and survivor's immunity could fade away after just two to three months.

Your Coronavirus Antibodies Might Fade After Just a Few Months

By Dan Robitzski

The state of Arkansas is suing televangelist Jim Bakker after he advertised and sold fraudulent, entirely made up cures for COVID-19.

Arkansas Sues Televangelist for Selling Fake COVID-19 Cure

By Dan Robitzski

A common mutation of the coronavirus is far more contagious than others, potentially explaining why some regions were so devastated.

Scientists: Mutated Version of Coronavirus May Have Hit NYC, Italy

By Dan Robitzski

By genetically modifying goats, scientists found a way to make them manufacture expensive cancer medications in their milk.

Scientists Gene-Hack Goats to Make Cancer Drug in Their Milk

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA just authorized an iOS game as a treatment for adolescent ADHD, making it the first ever prescription video game.

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FDA Approves First-Ever Prescription Video Game

By Dan Robitzski

According to experts, a drug used to reduce inflammation for a variety of conditions cut the risk of death of COVID-19 patients on ventilators by a third.

Cheap Drug Appears to Cut COVID Deaths By 30 Percent

By Victor Tangermann

Michael Flor, who survived a record-setting 62-day hospital stay for the coronavirus, just got hit by a $1.1 million hospital bill.

Man Survives Coronavirus, Gets $1.1 Million Hospital Bill

By Dan Robitzski

Leaked documents dated to earlier this week, obtained from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Yahoo News.

Leaked CDC Documents: Coronavirus Is Spiking in US Again

By Jon Christian

Scientists: Super High Potency Weed Doesn’t Really Get You Higher

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Scientists: Super High Potency Weed Doesn’t Really Get You Higher

By Dan Robitzski

Over the next three months, three potential COVID-19 vaccines will begin phase III clinical trials, the final test before regulatory approval.

Three COVID-19 Vaccines Are Ready For Final Stage of Testing

By Dan Robitzski

A team of Swiss researchers have created a transparent surgical face mask, intended for essential workers, that no longer hide people's faces.

These Transparent Medical Face Masks Won’t Fog Up

By Victor Tangermann

New research shows that, without lockdowns, the U.S. would have likely had nearly 5 million more cases of the coronavirus by early April.

Research: Coronavirus Lockdowns Prevented Millions of Infections

By Dan Robitzski

Several employees were instructed to stay at home after testing positive for the coronavirus after Tesla defied lockdown orders in California.

After Tesla Defied Lockdown, Workers Started Catching Coronavirus

By Victor Tangermann

Claims that rubber bullets are nonlethal or less lethal than other forms of ammunition don't hold up to scientific scrutiny.

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Researchers: Rubber Bullets Often Cause Death, Permanent Injuries

By Dan Robitzski

Health officials have raised concerns about whether the ongoing protests could trigger a second wave of coronavirus cases. Some are downplaying the risks.

Experts: Protests Unlikely to Cause Huge Wave of COVID Cases

By Victor Tangermann

In a new study, doctors managed to grow functional, miniature human livers out of stem cells and tested them in living rats.

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Scientists Grow Mini Human Livers, Transplant Them Into Rats

By Dan Robitzski

Artificial intelligence algorithms trained on satellite and mobile data could spot coronavirus victims and help better coordinate humanitarian aid.

Satellites Are Tracking Poor Nations’ Coronavirus Outbreaks

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is actually a genetic hybrid of a bat and pangolin virus that happened to swap genes.

Scientists: Coronavirus Likely a Hybrid of Two Other Viruses

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are working hard to develop cost-efficient UVC light lamps that could be used to sanitize anything from hospital rooms to subway car interiors.

Killing the Coronavirus With UV Light Shows Promise

By Victor Tangermann

Multiple scientists have found that greater humidity seems to block the coronavirus from spreading, but experts warn against complacency if cases drop.

Two Studies Find That Humidity Prevents Coronavirus Spread

By Dan Robitzski

The first human trials for a COVID-19 antibody treatment are beginning. If it works, it could be available by the end of the year.

Scientists Test First COVID-19 Antibody Treatment on Humans

By Dan Robitzski

In order to track local outbreaks of the coronavirus, scientists are analyzing samples from sewers and wastewater treatment facilities.

Scientists Are Testing Sewers For Coronavirus Outbreaks

By Dan Robitzski

Regularly hitting a vape can mess up your mouth's microbiome so much that harmful bacteria start producing a layer of slime.

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Vaping Creates a “Slime Cloak” in Your Mouth, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

A new study on people taking psilocybin revealed the biological mechanisms responsible for feelings of bliss associated with the drug.

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Neuroscientists: This Is How Shrooms Break Down Your Sense of Self

By Dan Robitzski

A new system allows the interior cabin of Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles to literally bake at sweltering temperatures to neutralize any infected surfaces

Ford Software Update Lets Cop Cars Bake Away Coronavirus

By Victor Tangermann

Whenever a coronavirus vaccine becomes available to the public, only 49 percent of Americans responding to a poll said they'd actually get it.

Only One in Two Americans Say They’d Take a COVID-19 Vaccine

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study involving 96,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine was linked to an increased risk of mortality.

Large Study: Hydroxychloroquine Linked to Increased Death Risk

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists are working on a swarm of tiny, cell-sized robots that can travel inside a patient's bloodstream and target cancer cells.

Scientists Disguise Cancer-Hunting Nanorobots as Blood Cells

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers built tiny, iron nanobots that they can implant and track inside a patient's body, which they say could be used to kill off cancer cells.

These Scientists Say Nanobots Could Kill Individual Cancer Cells

By Dan Robitzski

In order to limit the number of doctors who come into contact with COVID-19 patients, hospitals are using mixed reality goggles to communicate across rooms.

Doctors Are Using Mixed Reality to Treat COVID-19 Patients

By Dan Robitzski

A growing number of biostatistical models predicting the future U.S. coronavirus death toll agree: there will likely be 110,000 fatalities by June 6.

Multiple Models Predict 110,000 US Coronavirus Deaths by June

By Dan Robitzski

A new medical device that looks and spins like a fidget spinner can test for and diagnose a urinary tract infection in under an hour.

A Fidget Spinner-Inspired Test Can Diagnose UTIs in Under an Hour

By Dan Robitzski

This startup is selling a gigantic air-filtration helmet that it says will filter out the COVID-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus. Does it work?

Will This Gigantic Air-Filtration Helmet Protect Against COVID?

By Jon Christian

Police in China, Italy, Dubai, and multiple other countries are now wearing thermal cameras embedded in their helmets to scan for fevers.

Cops Around the World Are Scanning for Fevers With Helmet Cams

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists figured out how the coronavirus takes over cells, and they think they found potential treatments that stop it.

Scientists Have a Promising New Idea to Defeat the Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

"This virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away," WHO emergencies expert Mike Ryan said on Thursday.

WHO: The Coronavirus Might Be Here Forever

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft and the biotech company Adaptive are launching a study on coronavirus patients' T cells, and they're buying blood samples to get started.

Microsoft Is Buying COVID-19 Patients’ Blood for Biotech Research

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new report by The Wall Street Journal, Chinese and Iranian hackers are targeting US efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine.

US Officials: Chinese Hackers Are Targeting Vaccine Research

By Victor Tangermann

A resurgence of coronavirus cases is starting to hit China, South Korea and Germany — just as governments are starting to loosen restrictions.

There’s a Resurgence of Coronavirus Cases in China

By Victor Tangermann

Dark web marketplaces are full of listings for COVID-19 diagnostic tests and debunked or experimental treatments like hydroxychloroquine or remdesivir.

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Darknet Marketplaces Are Full of COVID-19 Tests and Medicine

By Dan Robitzski

In a new report, scientists discussed how to ensure that space travelers don't contaminate distant planets — and that they won't bring back pollutants.

Stanford Scientist Warns of Risk From Alien Pathogens

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors have an unusual new plan to develop a treatment for COVID-19: take antibodies from the patients who already recovered and mass-produce them.

Doctors Are Cloning COVID Patients’ Antibodies For New Treatment

By Dan Robitzski

Recent earning reports from companies like Lyft, Uber, and Airbnb show that the coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating effect on the sharing economy.

The Coronavirus Is Killing the Gig Economy

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study by an international team of researchers, antibodies found in the blood of llamas were able to stave off coronavirus infections.

Scientists Say Llama Antibodies Could Be Key to Defeating COVID

By Victor Tangermann

Health Department official Rick Bright filed a whistleblower complaint about officials in the Trump administration ignoring warnings about the pandemic.

Whistleblower: Trump Repeatedly Ignored Coronavirus Warnings

By Dan Robitzski

New genetic analysis suggests that COVID-19 spread to the U.S. and Europe weeks or even months earlier than official reports say.

Scientists: COVID-19 Spread Globally for Months Before We Noticed

By Dan Robitzski