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Mosquitoes. Bane of backyard picnics — and deadly in Zika- and dengue-prone regions. Most of the world’s mosquitos are opportunistic, willing to drink blood from any nearby source. But in some regions, the mosquitoes that carry Zika, dengue and yellow fever — Aedes aegypti — have evolved to bite humans almost exclusively. But to succeed…
The United States Supreme Court is set to overturn a landmark ruling allowing abortion for women across the country, according to a leaked draft opinion published by Politico magazine. The news outlet said it had obtained an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that showed the court had voted to strike down…
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. A United States-initiated resolution that expressed “grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine” on Thursday received 93 votes in favour and 24 against, with 58 member states abstaining from the process. After the vote,…
The Well House is a residential living facility for female survivors of sex trafficking. They offer therapeutic programs, life skill classes and a medical clinic. (Photo by Miranda Fulmore, WBHM) The 2022 World Games will feature 3,600 athletes from more than 100 countries over an 11-day period in Birmingham. There could be as many as…
The 2022 World Games will feature 3,600 athletes from more than 100 countries over an 11 day period in Birmingham. There could be as many as 500,000 visitors to the games, according to Nick Sellers, CEO of the games. Whether it’s hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands of people, there’s definitely going to be…
That’s just one of the findings from research that deliberately infected healthy volunteers with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The findings were published Thursday in the journal Nature Medicine. Challenge studies can be controversial because they involve intentionally giving someone a virus or other pathogen in order to study its effects on the human body. Even with…