Mesa County saw its first case of the Delta variant in may and is now ranked number one in highest confirmed cases across the state of Colorado.”We’ve had the delta variant in mesa coun…
Results by Cambridge-based Intellia and Regeneron show how CRISPR could transform treatment - The Boston Globe
In a milestone for gene therapy, drugmakers Intellia Therapeutics and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals reported results from the first clinical trial using Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR technology to treat disease inside the human body.
Cases of type 2 diabetes among children more than doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, research finds
Cases of type 2 diabetes among children more than doubled during the coronavirus pandemic at one Louisiana hospital, according to research presented Friday. The researchers say the cases increased in severity, too.
Scientist Finds Early Virus Sequences That Had Been Mysteriously Deleted
By rooting through files stored on Google Cloud, a researcher says he recovered 13 early coronavirus sequences that had disappeared from a database last year.
External Validation of a Widely Implemented Proprietary Sepsis Prediction Model in Hospitalized Patients | Critical Care Medicine | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network
This cohort study externally validates the Epic Sepsis Model in the prediction of sepsis and evaluates its potential clinical impact compared with usual care.
What we know about the Delta Plus coronavirus variant
A new and slightly changed version of the Delta coronavirus variant is spreading in a number of countries including the United Kingdom, United States and India, health officials say.
Fear shakes Mexico border city after violence leaves 18 dead
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Fear has invaded the Mexican border city of Reynosa after gunmen in vehicles killed 14 people, including taxis drivers, workers and a nursing student, and security forces responded with operations that left four suspects dead.
Youngest adults are least likely to be vaccinated, and their interest in shots is declining, CDC finds
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed adult vaccination rates by age through May 22, finding 80 percent of adults older than 65 had been immunized compared with just 38.3 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds.
Older Adults Who Live Alone Benefited from Seeing People in Person during the COVID Pandemic but Not Necessarily by Talking on the Phone - Council on Contemporary Families
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