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By Ben Lambert Updated 12:19 pm EDT, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 The Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Conn. on Wednesday, January 10, 2018. The Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Conn. on Wednesday, January 10, 2018. Photo: Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media Photo: Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut…

(Reuters) - New diagnoses of one of the deadliest cancers fell by one-third in March and April as U.S. physicians and patients halted appointments and screenings during the COVID-19 outbreak. An empty hallway is pictured in a hospital in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S. May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo AllegriResearch by the health data firm Komodo Health…

People with a genetic mutation that increases the risk of dementia also have a greater chance of having severe Covid-19, researchers have revealed. The study is the latest to suggest genetics may play a role in why some people are more vulnerable to the coronavirus than others, and could help explain why people with dementia…

By Jessica Hamzelou A pregnant woman walking in Rome during Italy’s lockdowncovidAngelo Carconi/Epa-Efe/Shutterstock A GROWING number of case studies suggest that, while pregnant people don’t seem to be at greater risk of the coronavirus, covid-19 is linked to a higher rate of caesareans and preterm births, and the virus may be able to cross the…

By Becca Muir UK Biobank samples are kept in deep freezeWellcome Images Half a million people who have volunteered their genetic information for scientific research will not be informed if researchers discover that they are genetically vulnerable to the coronavirus. The UK Biobank has been collecting this information, along with other health data, for over…