Health

The Blazers will rest on Monday after a 124-121 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday that left Portland just half a game behind Memphis for the eighth seed in the Western Conference with two games left. Going into the eight seed would be enormous for the Blazers. Not only …

By Carl O’Donnell (Reuters) – Politicians, drugmakers and regulators around the world offer conflicting views on whether a COVID-19 vaccine will be ready. Much depends on what ‘ready’ means and for what group of people. Some important questions about the timeline are: WHEN DO WE WORK A VACCINE WORK? More …

Aging leaves no one behind, but humans all experience the process differently, based on genetics and lifestyle factors. Conversely, dolphins used by the U.S. Navy exist in a fairly uniform set of conditions – diet and habitat are roughly the same for all individuals. Because these aquatic mammals experience aging …

There are two essential elements to doing so: leaders need to step up to take action, and citizens need to embrace new measures, he said. The Director-General pointed to countries that had successfully contained the spread of the virus, such as New Zealand and Rwanda, which focused on testing, tracing …

Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) are testing a combo of two drugs with hopes of becoming the “golden ticket” against coronavirus, according to a recent report. Last week, one first patient at UCSF was treated with the concoction of antiviral drug remdesivir and interferon beta, a …