Emily Cooke
@emilyfcooke.bsky.social
Health news reporter @LiveScience🧬 🦠 | NCTJ @newsassociates MSc @UniofOxford BSc @durham_uni 🎓 | @MHPGroup_ 30 To Watch: Journalist Award winner ‘18
Far fewer cervical cancer screening tests are coming back positive for precancer in the United States thanks to the widespread adoption of the human papillomavirus vaccine www.livescience.com/health/cance...
CDC data reveal plummeting rate of cervical precancers in young US women — down by 80%
New CDC data on falling rates of precancerous cervical lesions in the U.S. underscore the benefits of HPV vaccination.
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Lovely article by @emilyfcooke.bsky.social describing role of human-specific NOVA1 amino acid variant as impacting vocalization when “knocked in” to mouse genome, suggests key role in human language development www.livescience.com/health/genet...
'Speech gene' seen only in modern humans may have helped us evolve to talk
A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans, scientists say. And it changes how mice squeak.
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ICYMI: A couple highlights from the @livescience.com health desk this week 🧪🧠 1) An improvement to an existing AI-based brain decoder can translate a person's thoughts into text without requiring hours of training. www.livescience.com/health/mind/... By @skylerdware.bsky.social /1
AI 'brain decoder' can read a person's thoughts with just a quick brain scan and almost no training
An improvement to an existing AI-based brain decoder can translate a person's thoughts into text without hours of training.
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At Live Science, we now have a regular series that spotlights a rare disease every Thursday. This week, I delve into an extremely rare genetic condition that impairs DNA damage repair 🧬👇 @livescience.com www.livescience.com/health/genet...
People with this rare genetic condition can't repair damage to their DNA
LIG4 syndrome is an exceptionally rare disorder caused by a genetic mutation that prevents the body from repairing damaged DNA.
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A new strain of bird flu is circulating in the U.S., raising concerns that it may cause another pandemic. Great to see my explainer for @livescience.com covered in @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/firs...
A Second Type of Bird Flu is Circulating in U.S. Ducks—What to Know
Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry
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ICYMI: This unusual case report that @livescience.com's @emilyfcooke.bsky.social covered on Monday has been making the rounds this week... TLDR, be very careful around bat poop. 🦇💩🧪 www.livescience.com/health/virus...
Bat poop used to grow cannabis kills 2 in New York in unusual cases
Two men from Rochester, New York, who grew their own cannabis died from pneumonia after being exposed to a harmful fungus in bat poop they'd used as fertilizer.
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"Flu" and "cold" are two words that are used quite a lot this time of year (thank you, winter!❄️) People may confuse the two, but they're actually separate types of infection. Here's how they differ: www.livescience.com/health/virus...
What's the difference between a cold and the flu?
Common colds and the flu differ in many ways, including their causes, some of their symptoms and their treatments.
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Scientists have developed a new technology that can measure brain waves using electronic, temporary tattoos. www.livescience.com/health/neuro...
'Electronic' scalp tattoos could be next big thing in brain monitoring
Electrodes can now be printed directly onto the scalp to measure brain activity.
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