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SARS-CoV-2 behaves like a “seasonal” virus that spreads more rapidly in cooler temperatures and drier, less humid climates, according to an analysis published Thursday by JAMA Network Open....Read More

University of Florida researchers on Wednesday announced plans to repurpose a gene therapy approach used to treat rare neuromuscular diseases for a potential vaccine against COVID-19....Read More

Racial disparities in the care received by babies born prematurely and their mothers might be narrowing and generating improvements in overall survival, a study published by JAMA Network Open says....Read More

Slight increases in systolic blood pressure, even in the normal range, increase a person’s risk for heart attack or stroke, according to a study published Wednesday by JAMA Cardiology....Read More

Women 45 years old and older who suffer migraines with aura might be at increased risk for heart disease, an analysis published Tuesday by JAMA says....Read More

The COVID-19 outbreak might have started in Wuhan, China, in August 2019 — at least three months earlier than previously thought — according to an analysis conducted by researchers at Harvard University....Read More

Cats can catch the new coronavirus from humans, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Whether or not pets can pass the virus on to humans remains unknown....Read More

At least seven strains of the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, have been circulating in California since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, an analysis published by the journal Science says....Read More

A new multi-drug combination therapy for pancreatic cancer is inching toward clinical trials in humans. The drug compound, called SapC-DOPS, combines chemotherapy with targeted therapy and can kill cancer cells....Read More

Hydroxychloroquine offers “no beneficial effect” in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, researchers at the University of Oxford In England announced Friday....Read More