Black men more likely to die after surgery than their peers, new study suggests

CNN  —  Among older patients, Black men may have a higher chance of dying within 30 days following surgery than their peers, according to a new study. Read moreExperts Warn…

Deer Could Be a Reservoir of Old Coronavirus Variants, Study Suggests

The Alpha and Gamma variants of the coronavirus continued to circulate and evolve in white-tailed deer, even after they stopped spreading widely among people, a new study suggests. Whether the…

Children lost about 35% of a normal school year’s worth of learning during the pandemic, study suggests

CNN  —  A new paper adds to the mounting evidence that school-age children across the globe experienced significant setbacks in their learning progress during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read moreParents Find…

When young children test positive for Covid-19 and another respiratory virus, their illness is much more severe, a new study suggests

CNN  —  When Covid-19 patients younger than 5 also test positive for another respiratory virus, they tend to become sicker and develop more severe disease, a new study suggests. Read…

Study suggests that HDL or ‘good’ cholesterol is less beneficial than previously thought, especially for Black adults

CNN  —  High-density lipoprotein, or HDL, cholesterol – often referred to as the “good” cholesterol – may not be as useful in predicting the risk of heart disease and protecting…

Covid-19 rebound may be more common in people who take Paxlovid, early study suggests

CNN  —  Cases of Covid-19 rebound following treatment with the antiviral medication Paxlovid – where infections rev back up again after people complete their five-day course of the medication –…

Monkeypox may spread before symptoms start, study suggests

CNN  —  More than half of monkeypox cases in the current outbreak may have been passed to others before symptoms appeared, according to a new modeling study from the United…

Frozen embryos tied to higher risk of high blood pressure-related pregnancy complications, study suggests

CNN  —  Pregnancies from in vitro fertilization using frozen embryos appear to be linked to an increased risk of complications related to high blood pressure, or hypertensive disorders, compared with…

Covid-19 rebound is probably more common than data suggests, but Paxlovid is still effective

However, some people who take Paxlovid — and some who don’t — experience a rebound case of Covid-19, with a resurgence of symptoms or positive tests just days after completing…

You have a doppelganger and probably share DNA with them, new study suggests

The long-time friends who live in Atlanta are not related. Their ancestors don’t even come from the same part of the world. Malone’s family came from the Bahamas and the…