KEY POINTSA team of researchers from Taiwan and Australia found evidence of new coronavirus mutationIt could potentially affect current vaccine developmentsOther experts, however, have yet to peer-review the findingsAs scientists are racing to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, a new study has confirmed a significant novel coronavirus mutation that may render current vaccine developments "futile." The research…

Harvard School of Public Health's Yonatan Grad explains how his team reached the conclusion that Americans will have the potential need for social distancing measures until 2022.#CNN#News

Share on PinterestNew research questions the role of closing schools in slowing down the pandemic.By April 13, 2020, a total of 192 countries had ordered their schools to close as part of the global effort to control the spread of COVID-19. This is the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2.According to figures from UNESCO, these school closures…

Share on PinterestNot all hope is lost for our oceans, researchers say, but they urge us to act now. In the past 4 decades, populations of marine creatures have suffered catastrophic declines. Data from a 2018 report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) show an overall decline of 60% on average for mammals, birds, fish,…

Share on PinterestRecent research could help pave the way for a new urine test for prostate cancer.The scientists — from Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center in Baltimore, MD — used RNA and other molecules in urine to differentiate between males with prostate cancer and those with nonmalignant prostate conditions or healthy prostates.Prostate cancer…