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    E-Bikes Are All the Rage. Should They Be?

    Their heart rates also differed. In general, people’s heart rates were about 8 percent lower when they pedaled e-bikes, but still consistently hovered within...

    This Trawler’s Haul: Evidence That Antibodies Block the Coronavirus

    A fishing vessel that left Seattle in May returned with an unexpected catch: the first direct evidence in humans that antibodies to the coronavirus...

    Contact Lenses May Slow Nearsightedness in Children

    Wearing bifocal contact lenses may slow the progression of nearsightedness in children, a new study in JAMA suggests.Researchers randomly assigned 294 myopic children, average...

    Obesity May Be Bad for Your Brain

    Obesity is associated with reduced blood flow to the brain, a new study has found, and this may help explain why obesity is associated...

    Trump Ethics Panel Urges Rejection of Fetal Tissue Research

    WASHINGTON — A new federal ethics advisory board created to evaluate scientific research involving fetal tissue has advised the Trump administration to reject funding...

    Why Pooled Testing for the Coronavirus Isn’t Working

    Pooling accounts for about one-third of the samples that are processed at Poplar, Mr. Sweeney said, adding “that percentage is going to get much...

    Save the Gaiters! – The New York Times

    “The fabrics are not acting as a sharp sieve,” said Linsey Marr, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech who is...

    Why Pooled Testing for the Coronavirus Isn’t Working in the U.S.

    Pooling accounts for about one-third of the samples that are processed at Poplar, Mr. Sweeney said, adding “that percentage is going to get much...

    Are Mammograms Worthwhile for Older Women?

    Then there are data from an analysis of 763,256 mammography screenings done between 2007 and 2017 that found cancer in 3,944 women, 10 percent...

    Covid-19 Cases and Deaths: Live News Updates

    Key data of the dayDeaths in American correctional facilities surpass 1,000, as cases rise to 160,000. The number of known deaths in prisons, jails...

    How Children’s Sleep Habits Have Changed in the Pandemic

    Dr. Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, a developmental behavioral pediatrician at Texas Children’s Hospital and an associate professor at Baylor, called those devices “the No. 1 sleep...

    Covid-19 News: Live Updates – The New York Times

    Key data of the dayDeaths in American correctional facilities surpass 1,000, as cases rise to 160,000. The number of known deaths in prisons, jails...

    Coronavirus Doctors Battle Another Scourge: Misinformation

    An emergency room doctor in Illinois was accused in April of profiting from naming coronavirus as the cause of a patient’s death, a rumor...

    Remdesivir Tests for Covid Treatments Enter New Phase

    A large federal study that found an antiviral drug, remdesivir, can hasten the recovery in hospitalized Covid-19 patients, has begun a new phase of...

    Judge Blocks Trump Officials’ Attempt to End Transgender Health Protections

    WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday blocked an effort by the Trump administration to erase protections for transgender patients against discrimination by doctors,...

    Beaten Back, the Coronavirus Regains Strength in France

    PARIS — As the two women sat in deck chairs enjoying the last rays of sunshine near the Canal de l’Ourcq in Paris on...