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News Articles: Research News

To help keep weak swimmers safe, stay "touch-close" and don't rely on a busy lifeguard to be the only eyes on a crowded pool or beach. It's best, say experts working to prevent drownings, to designate a nondrinking adult to scan the water at any pool party or beach outing, and to rotate that "watching" shift every 30 minutes to keep fresh eyes on the kids.

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  • Health

You Could Save A Child From Drowning This Summer. Here's How

A swimmer of any skill level might need your help, and preventing a drowning takes closer supervision of the kids than you might think. The distress signs can be subtle and quick.

July 03, 2021
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  • Kristen Kendrick
An artistic image of what happens when a monstrous black hole collides with — and gulps down — a neutron star the size of a large city.

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  • Science

When A City-Size Star Becomes A Black Hole's Lunch, The Universe Roils

It's a smackdown of one space monster by another: Scientists have made unprecedented observations of two black holes gobbling two neutron stars — among the weirdest space collisions ever detected.

June 29, 2021
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
A computer-enhanced image of the HIV virus.

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  • Health

Protecting The Immuno-Compromised Against COVID Could Be Key To Ending The Pandemic

Vaccines may not be as effective for those who are immuno-compromised. Protecting them needs to be made a top priority, says researchers — to keep them safe and to slow the emergence of variants.

June 28, 2021
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman
An illustration shows a pair of adult tyrannosaurs and their young living in the Arctic during the Cretaceous Period.

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  • Science

A New Study Suggests Dinosaurs Might Not Have Been As Cold-Blooded As We Thought

Researchers have found hundreds of baby dinosaur bones in the Alaskan Arctic, suggesting that dinosaurs may have lived at cold northern latitudes year-round.

June 25, 2021
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By:
  • Karen Zamora and
  • Christopher Intagliata
This photomicrograph depicts <em>Leishmania donovani</em> parasites contained within a canine bone marrow cell. O<em>ne of the more dangerous of 20 d</em>ifferent species of <em>Leishmania</em>,<em> L. <em>donovani </em>is endemic to parts of India, Africa, and South-West Asia.</em>

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  • Health

Flesh-Eating Parasites May Be Expanding Their Range As Climate Heats Up

Scientists caution that as the planet warms, more Americans could be exposed to disfiguring varieties of the Leishmania parasite. Overtreatment can be a problem, too, experts warn.

June 25, 2021
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  • Agostino Petroni
Alien Planet

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  • Science

Alien Planet-Hunters In Hundreds Of Nearby Star Systems Could Spot Earth

Potentially, observers in plenty of star systems could have detected Earth sometime in the last 5,000 years. More stars will soon move into positions that would let them see our planet.

June 24, 2021
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned on Tuesday of the danger from the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Among those not yet vaccinated, Delta may trigger serious illness in more people than other variants do.

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  • Health

Fauci Warns Dangerous Delta Variant Is The Greatest Threat To U.S. COVID Efforts

More contagious than other variants, and maybe more likely to cause severe disease, Delta is spreading so fast in the U.S. it could cause another surge this summer or fall, according to new research.

June 23, 2021
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  • Rob Stein

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  • Technology

A New Way To Understand Automation

We speak with one of the leading scholars of automation about its evolving impacts on society.

June 22, 2021
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  • Greg Rosalsky
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  • Mental Health

Unpaid Caregivers Were Already Struggling. It's Only Gotten Worse During The Pandemic

A new CDC study finds that people who provide unpaid care for their children or adult loved ones are twice as likely as noncaregivers to have experienced depression or anxiety, or thoughts of suicide.

June 17, 2021
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
A teen gets a dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine last month at Holtz Children's Hospital in Miami. Nearly 7 million U.S. teens and preteens (ages 12 through 17) have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine so far, the CDC says.

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  • Health

Pfizer's COVID Vaccine In Teens And Myocarditis: What You Need To Know

Health officials are investigating reports of mostly mild, temporary and treatable heart inflammation that may or may not be causally linked to vaccination with an mRNA vaccine against COVID-19.

June 17, 2021
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  • Joanne Silberner

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  • Health

5 Ways To Stop Summer Colds From Making The Rounds In Your Family

Run-of-the-mill runny noses and coughs are back, after a break during the pandemic's height, when so many of us were circulating less and wearing masks. Here's how to keep household viruses at bay.

June 16, 2021
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
A wall-mounted thermostat in a California home. New research finds households that can least afford it are spending more than they have to on electricity.

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  • National

Tackling 'Energy Justice' Requires Better Data. These Researchers Are On It

President Biden's climate plans call for spending big on energy efficiency. New research could help make sure it actually targets the poor and minority households that most need it.

June 14, 2021
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  • Jeff Brady
Medical Minute

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  • Research News

Medical Minute: Spotting Camouflaged Changes On Mammograms

This week’s Medical Minute, discusses training now available to radiologists that allow them to spot subtle changes in mammograms well before an actual breast lesion is visible. 

June 12, 2021
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  • GPB News Staff
Black-legged ticks carrying the bacterium that causes Lyme have been found in the coastal chaparrals surrounding California beaches.

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  • Animals

Lyme Disease-Carrying Ticks Are Turning Up On California's Beaches

The blood-sucking critters are capable of thriving along the West Coast, according to new research, though experts don't exactly know how they're picking up the bacterium that causes the illness.

June 11, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
Therapist Kiki Radermacher was one of the first members of a mobile crisis response unit in Missoula, Mont., which started responding to emergency mental health calls last year. That pilot project becomes permanent in July and is one of six such teams in the state — up from one in 2019.

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  • Health

In Montana, Crisis Support Teams Offer Alternatives To Policing Mental Health

Montana now has six mobile crisis response teams — up from one in 2019 — with more in the works. Each team has a different makeup, but all use mental health support to diffuse tricky situations.

June 10, 2021
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  • Katheryn Houghton
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