Premier Tim Houston told reporters Thursday the proposal 'won't get to the next step.'

Connection of near-ubiquitous EBV to autoimmune disease affecting about 1 in 1,000 people may spur hunt for vaccine A common childhood virus appears to be the trigger for the autoimmune disease lupus, according to groundbreaking research. The study suggests that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which for most people is harmless, can cause immune cells to “go rogue” and mistakenly attack the body’s own tissues. The team behind the work said that uncovering the cause of lupus could revolutionise treatments. Continue reading...

A Collection of Medical Research (60 Studies)

Shahbaz et al. find that female long COVID patients with ME/CFS exhibit heightened inflammation, altered hematopoiesis, disrupted hormone levels, and neuroinflammatory gene signatures. In parallel, ou...

Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook

Technology has long been pushed as a way of revolutionizing and personalizing education. But there are no panaceas.

New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure

We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.

A new study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases shows that COVID-19 reinfection in children significantly increases the risk of long COVID and other serious health complications.

Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when

Two-thirds of Americans with long COVID are women. Women approaching menopause who have long COVID seem to experience worsened symptoms of both conditions. Women's sex hormones appear to contribute...