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New ‘sponge on a string’ test can pick up the earliest signs of oesophageal cancer in at-risk patients One-minute procedure involves swallowing pill containing sponge-like material Cytosponge is attached to piece of string and expands
Accomplishing a feat that had been a pipe dream for decades, scientists have recreated in a test tube the first steps of infection by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency
Regis Philbin speaks out about heart health For years, millions of viewers tuned in to Regis Philbin to hear about the day’s hot topics or his latest life happenings. Now, the 86-year-old and his wife,
France’s new phone app for tracking coronavirus cases and alerting people at risk of contagion was downloaded some 600,000 times in less than 24 hours since its launch, the country’s digital affairs minister said Wednesday.
(HealthDay)—The presence of a mental disorder is associated with an increased risk for many subsequent medical conditions, according to a study on a Danish population cohort published online April 30 in the New England Journal
(HealthDay)—While children seem to have been largely spared from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, a new study suggests it’s possible that up to 50,000 U.S. children might end up hospitalized with COVID-19 by the
While Instacart has been busier than ever as pandemic-driven demand for home grocery delivery surges, they’ve still been receiving some criticism for how they’ve been handling the crisis-fueled workload. Instacart shoppers nationwide staged a strike
Government relief checks began arriving in Americans’ bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the coronavirus piled up Wednesday and sluggish sales at reopened stores in Europe and China made it clear
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Italy’s daily COVID-19 death toll shot back up Tuesday, but more evidence emerged that the coronavirus infection rate is slowing thanks to a painful national lockdown. Health officials across the ravaged
As the U.S. takes early “social distancing” steps, a Harvard epidemiologist is urging the nation to walk away faster, saying there’s danger in ambling down a path similar to Italy, where three coronavirus cases four