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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
A uniquely resilient organism all but unheard of in the Arabian Sea 20 years ago has been proliferating and spreading at an alarming pace, forming thick, malodorous green swirls and filaments that are visible even from space.
Despite concerns expressed by some experts, common high blood pressure medications did not increase the risk of contracting 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19)—or of developing severe disease—in a study of 12,594 patients.
Certain genetic changes, termed "pathogenic variants," substantially increase risk for cardiovascular disease and cancer—the leading causes of death—but testing to identify individual carriers is not part of current clinical practice.
Army researchers predict quantum computer circuits that will no longer need extremely cold temperatures to function could become a reality after about a decade.
Even under normal circumstances, nursing can be a stressful profession. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbates it.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder that we move through a world shaped by unseen life.
