The diabetes drug metformin and the antiviral Paxlovid may help prevent long COVID when given during an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, two new randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials suggest. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Can long COVID be prevented? Two drugs finally show promise
Rigorous trials suggest they reduce the risk of long-term disease after coronavirus infection.
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Some fertility clinics offer to furnish clients’ embryos with donated mitochondria to help treat infertility -- this hasn't been proven in rigorous clinical trials and may have safety risks. Scientists who spoke to @nature.com are alarmed. By @edwrdchen.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Fertility clinics are offering young mitochondria in controversial fertility technique
Researchers are alarmed that the procedure, which has not been rigorously studied, is advertised by clinics around the world.
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Adding testing capacity is one way to help contain the ongoing Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, @marilenharo.bsky.social reports for Nature's News section: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What it will take to stop the spiralling Ebola outbreak
Cases in central Africa are rising at an alarming pace, but lessons from past epidemics could help to contain the current spread of infection.
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The largest forest research organization in the world, the US Forest Service's R&D branch, may lose up to 74% of its sites under a planned reorganization. Researchers on the ground and former officials shared many thoughts with Nature's News team: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
World’s largest forest research agency faces severe cutback by Trump administration
The US Forest Service has proposed closing some three-quarters of its research sites in a move that has provoked widespread fear and uncertainty.
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BREAKING: In response to huge cuts in Trump's budget request, NSF is shuttering its SBE directorate. Staff will be transferred to other parts of the agency and "grants that align with Administration priorities" will be maintained. That & more w/ @maxkozlov.bsky.social & @edwrdchen.bsky.social
Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.
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