Childhood environments shape people’s navigational skills, researchers reported. The findings one day may lead to better tests for early dementia.
Author: BENJAMIN MUELLER
High Death Rate in Hong Kong Shows Importance of Vaccinating the Elderly
Covid has surged in a number of Asian countries that had once held the virus at bay. Vaccination levels have largely determined how deadly those waves would be.
Another Covid Surge May Be Coming. Are We Ready for It?
“We’ve been wearing rose-colored glasses instead of correcting our vision,” one scientist said.
N.Y.C. Anime Convention Was Not a Superspreader Event, C.D.C. Finds
The rate of positive results among attendees who took coronavirus tests was about the same as that of New York City at large, researchers found.
Will Shortened Isolation Periods Without Testing Spread the Virus?
Without rapid testing, some experts fear new U.S. guidelines may mean infected people leave isolation while still contagious. The C.D.C. director said masking was a better option.
Merck’s Covid Pill Might Pose Risks for Pregnant Women
Some laboratory studies suggest that molnupiravir can insert errors in DNA, which could in theory harm a developing fetus, sperm cells or children.