Tag: Research
Why Didn’t the U.S. Detect Omicron Cases Sooner?
Last Friday, just a day after South African scientists first announced the discovery of the Omicron variant, Europe reported its…
New ‘Omicron’ Variant Stokes Concern but Vaccines May Still Work
Scientific experts at the World Health Organization warned on Friday that a new coronavirus variant discovered in southern Africa was…
A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes? For One Man, It Seems to Have Worked.
Brian Shelton’s life was ruled by Type 1 diabetes.When his blood sugar plummeted, he would lose consciousness without warning. He…
Concerns Grow Over Safety of Aduhelm After Death of Patient Who Got the Drug
Safety data from those trials was published Monday in the journal JAMA Neurology in a study whose authors included eight…
How to Save Your Knees Without Giving Up Your Workout
In the annals of unsolicited advice, few nuggets have been dispensed as widely and with less supporting evidence than this:…
Can a Machine Learn Morality?
Researchers at an artificial intelligence lab in Seattle called the Allen Institute for AI unveiled new technology last month that…