The researchers found that the estimated number of hydroxychloroquine prescriptions increased 86.2% from February to March, from 367,346 to 683,999, and chloroquine prescriptions increased 158.6%, from 2,346 to 6,066 prescriptions. The combination of hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin was also promoted as a possible treatment for coronavirus infection. The analysis …
Read More »High temperatures threaten hundreds of fish species the world depends on, study finds
Among the species that the authors say are at risk are some of the most commercially important species on Earth. – Including grocery staples like Atlantic cod, Alaskan pollock and sockeye, and sportfishing favorites like swordfish, barracuda and brown trout. In fact, 60% of the fish species examined may have …
Read More »Americans who stayed at home before they were told to save lives, study finds
You saved lives. That’s the finding of a study published Monday in the journal “The Lancet: Infectious Diseases,” which used mobile phone data to track how people behaved between January 1 and April 20, some time before Widespread calls from state and local officials to stay home. . The study …
Read More »Yes, an asteroid really wiped out dinosaurs, study finds
The city-sized asteroid that crashed into Earth would have plunged the planet into a drastic winter that would have lasted for years, thus creating a world largely unsuitable for dinosaurs to live. The new study has poured more cold water on the theory that massive volcanic eruptions in the Deccan …
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