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Omicron linked to rise in croup in babies; TB vaccine improves immune response to coronavirus
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Mar 16, 2022
Colombia’s Duque opens gene bank for long-term crop conservation
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's President Ivan Duque on Tuesday inaugurated the world's largest genetic library for beans, cassava and tropical forages for feeding livestock, which will provide long-ter...
Mar 15, 2022
Ancient sarcophagus found under Notre Dame cathedral in Paris
By Lucien Libert PARIS (Reuters) - Archaeologists have found an ancient lead sarcophagus under Notre-Dame cathedral along with fragments of a rood screen, offering a new insight into the history of th...
Mar 15, 2022
Illumina launches multiple-gene test to spot rare treatable cancers
By Ludwig Burger (Reuters) - Genome sequencing group Illumina on Tuesday launched a cancer test in Europe that checks for a wide range of tumour genes in one tissue sample, potentially helping patient...
Mar 15, 2022
Ride-share return from space station on Russian Soyuz still on track – NASA
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A U.S. astronaut is still slated to share a ride back from the International Space Station with two cosmonauts aboard their Soyuz capsule later this month, despite U.S.-Rus...
Mar 14, 2022
A quarter of symptomatic kids hit by long COVID; mRNA shots provide best protection in breast milk
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Mar 14, 2022
Blue Origin to fly SNL star Pete Davidson to space next week
(Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' astro-tourism company Blue Origin will fly "Saturday Night Live" star Pete Davidson to suborbital space next week. The 28 year-old comedian will be part of the fourth human fli...
Mar 14, 2022
GeoVax vaccine targeting virus in two places shows promise; virus may become resistant to antibody drugs
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Mar 11, 2022
Galapagos tortoises belong to new species -nat’l park
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered that a type of giant tortoise present on one of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands is not from the species it was previously thought to be, ...
Mar 11, 2022
California startup Astrolab unveils space rover, more than a mere ‘moon buggy’
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles-area startup founded by a veteran spaceflight robotics engineer unveiled on Thursday its full-scale, working prototype for a next-generation lunar...
Mar 11, 2022
