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People over 6 feet tall are more likely to get coronavirus

People over six feet tall are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with the coronavirus, the results of a new survey reveal. The global team of researchers, including experts from the University of Manchester and the Open University, surveyed 2,000 people in the country, as well as in …

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Scientists discover a smelly source of body odor

BO’s hateful origins have been revealed. In a discovery that will undoubtedly benefit diehard people around the world, scientists in the UK have followed the scent of body odor to a “BO enzyme” that predates modern man. The smelly study, conducted by York University in collaboration with hygiene giant Unilever, …

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Blood test can detect signs of cancer years before symptoms: study

A blood test can detect signs of cancer four years before symptoms appear, a new “exciting” study led by Chinese researchers found. The noninvasive blood test, called PanSeer, detects cancer in 95 percent of people who have no symptoms but then receive a diagnosis, the researchers found. “We demonstrated that …

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New COVID-19 mutation helps outbreaks spread faster: expert

A new coronavirus mutation has become the most dominant strain of the virus and is causing outbreaks to spread more quickly worldwide, an expert said. Professor Nick Loman of the University of Birmingham, part of the COVID-19 Genomics Consortium, told BBC Radio 4’s “Today” program that the mutation, known as …

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