Research reveals how bacteria defeat drugs that fight cystic fibrosis
UM researcher Laura Jennings helped discover a strategy used by bacteria to defeat antibiotics and other drugs used to fight…
As hospital numbers fall, fatigued staff get relief at last
When COVID-19 patients inundated St. Louis hospitals, respiratory therapists arriving for yet another grueling shift with a dwindling supply of…
Trial finds no overall effect of statins on muscle pain
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A trial published by The BMJ today finds no overall effect of statins on the frequency…
Overall deaths did NOT increase for most of China during initial COVID-19 outbreak
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study involving researchers from the University of Oxford and the Chinese Center for Disease…
US tops 500,000 virus deaths, matching the toll of 3 wars
In this Feb. 15, 2021, file photo, Patty Trejo, 54, left, looks at her intubated husband, Joseph, in a COVID-19…
Fog delays delivery of Ebola vaccines for Guinea
A scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus budding from a cell (African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line). Credit: NIAID…
New Zealand says COVID vaccinations ‘small step in long journey’
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New Zealand launched its COVID-19 vaccination programme Saturday but warned the initial rollout was only a…
Toronto’s lockdown extended until at least March 8
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A lockdown and stay at home order is being extended in Canada’s largest city until at…