When It Comes to Your Microbiome, More Germs Are Better
One of the hottest topics in scientific research today is the microbiome and its effects on human health. Microbes appear
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Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet for National Prescription Drug Takeback Day
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By Sebastian Tello-Trillo, University of Virginia The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea
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Not sure what to do with all the medicine cluttering up your medicine cabinet? Old painkillers. Expired Antibiotics. Piles of
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By Dominique A. Phillips, University of Miami and Jill Ehrenreich-May, University of Miami Pilar’s parents took all the recommended precautions
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By Brian Lovett, West Virginia University As winter phases into spring across the U.S., gardeners are laying in supplies and
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By William Petri, University of Virginia If you’ve been vaccinated for COVID-19, is it safe to gather with friends and
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By MVS Chandrashekhar, University of South Carolina Editor’s note: MVS Chandrashekhar is a professor of electrical engineering at the University
Read moreAs CDC Warns Against Thanksgiving Travel, Here Are a Dozen More Things You Can Do to Help Stop Covid-19
By Pamela M. Aaltonen, Purdue University As Americans prepare for the first Thanksgiving in the time of the coronavirus, the
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Before COVID-19 cases started to rise over the summer, Leslie and her husband, David* were planning to visit his family
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By Walter Thomas Casey II, Texas A&M University-Texarkana; Marcia G. Ory, Texas A&M University, and Rebecca S.B. Fischer, Texas A&M
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