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Study Points to Sugar, Not Just Meat, as Fuel for Human Brain Evolution

A team of researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Glasgow argues that dietary sugars, not animal foods, may have played the.

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Health news • Aug 06

Severe COVID may awaken dormant viruses, leading to autoimmune disease, long COVID

Most people carry eight to 12 generally harmless viruses at any given time. But now, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin conclude that severe...

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Health news • Aug 06

5 dead, 4 hospitalized from Vibrio, a flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal Louisiana waters

Five Louisiana residents have died from Vibrio vulnificus, a dangerous and rare flesh-eating bacteria infection found naturally in warm coastal waters.

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Health news • Aug 06

Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI

Researchers say breakthrough offers hope for new medicines but also raises urgent biosecurity questions.

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Health news • Aug 06

Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials say

Cases have passed 4000 and health watchdog plans to go door to door to find patients in major response escalation.

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Health news • Aug 06

Scientists Trained An AI Model In DNA—And It Invented 16 New Viruses

An OpenAI artificial intelligence model has invented more than a dozen new bacteria-infecting viruses after scientists at Stanford University trained the...

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Health news • Aug 06

Large genome models used to design new viruses

A lot of the AI work in biology has been focused on designing proteins. That's partly because proteins do most of the business of life, catalyzing the...

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Health news • Aug 06

AI designs a novel E. coli killer

Using an AI model of their own creation that writes whole genomes, a team of Stanford scientists has engineered a novel bacteria-fighting phage.

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Health news • Aug 06

My Husband Found an Unwelcome Visitor in Our Bed. It’s a Threat That’s Coming for All of Us.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It was an unremarkable night...

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Health news • Aug 06

First mRNA flu shot approved by FDA bodes well for improving drugs of the future – though a few hurdles remain before mRNA can move beyond vaccines

From COVID-19 vaccines to Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine, using mRNA as medicine has shown promise. But before mRNA drugs can go beyond vaccines,...

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Health news • Aug 06

Mosquitoes are spreading dangerous dengue in US states. Here’s where to watch out

Both domestic cases and cases in travelers have been rising since the pandemic.

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Health news • Aug 06

Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses

Scientists made 16 successful viruses that had their genetic code designed by artificial intelligence.

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Health news • Aug 06

4th case of 'rabbit fever' reported in New York. Here's what to know

A fourth case of a rare bacterial illness has been detected on Long Island in New York. local health officials said on Thursday.

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Health news • Aug 06

This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature

Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable,...

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Health news • Aug 06

Africa CDC and WHO call for urgent, community-led action to contain Ebola in the DRC

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for an urgent scale-up of the...

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Health news • Aug 06

Common midlife vascular risk factors may cut dementia-free life by up to 13 years

A new study, published in Neurology Open Access, shows an association between three common vascular risk factors and the amount of dementia-free time people...

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Health news • Aug 06

Scientists discover ‘skinny gene’ variant that helps some lucky people stay lean

Born thin? Slim chance. While some people agonize over tracking every calorie to maintain their figures, others seem to have won the genetic lottery with a...

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Health news • Aug 06

A new flu vaccine geared to older people is coming soon

The first mRNA-based flu shot to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration will be ready for the upcoming flu season. Moderna, the vaccine's maker.

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Health news • Aug 06

New kind of flu shot is on the way as the FDA approves Moderna's mRNA-based vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new kind of flu vaccine for older people, the first made with the same mRNA technology...

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