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A laboratory technician prepares COVID-19 patient samples for semi-automatic testing at Northwell Health Labs, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in Lake Success, N.Y. | Photo Credit: AP Five years since Covid-19 started upending the world, the virus is still infecting and killing people across the globe — though at far lower levels than at the height…
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Many tiny organisms including bacteria, fungi and viruses normally live on our bodies, and even inside us. These are called the microbiome. The large number of these organisms living in the gastrointestinal tract are collectively known as the gut microbiome. Increasingly the gut microbiome is recognised as playing a large part in health and disease, particularly relating…
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Image used for representative purpose only. File | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director on Tuesday signed off on the use of the updated COVID-19 shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna in people aged 6 months and older, the agency said. The final recommendation from director Mandy Cohen paves the…
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to most…
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