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James Redford, Documentarian and Environmentalist, Dies at 58
After two liver transplants, he founded an institute to increase awareness. He and his father, Robert Redford, also championed environmental films. Source link Health
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No Grumpy Old Men in the Chimp World
Older male chimps follow a pattern that researchers also see in humans, preferring to have positive relationships with a few good friends. Source link Health
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No, Mouthwash Will Not Save You From the Coronavirus
Dr. Meyers said he hoped his team would undertake such studies soon, and noted that a handful of clinical trials had already begun investigating these questions. The study’s findings aren’t necessarily surprising, or even unprecedented. […]
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The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years of Potential Life in the U.S., Study Finds
Still, life-years is only one metric by which to measure loss, said Ayesha Mahmud, a health demographer and epidemiologist at the University of California, Berkeley, who was not involved in the analysis. Dr. Mahmud stressed […]
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J. Michael Lane, a General in the Rout of Smallpox, Dies at 84
“Obviously we were happy and elated,” Dr. Lane said in July in a phone interview for this obituary from his home, where he was in hospice care. “But it was expected. We had watched the […]