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By New Scientist and Press Association So far, most pregnant women with covid-19 have had good outcomesGuy Bell/Shutterstock More than half of pregnant women admitted to UK hospitals with coronavirus were from a black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background. This is according to a study that looked at data from pregnant women admitted to…

Men and women have strikingly different patterns of alcohol use and suffer varying consequences of excessive drinking. Women drink less than men but are more likely to suffer bodily harm and illness related to alcohol.In a new study in mice, researchers uncovered a key mechanism driving this puzzling gender imbalance: fluctuating estrogen. The sex hormone…

By Alice Klein We tend to gain weight as we ageEmilija Manevska / Getty Many of us are shorter and heavier than we think we are, according to a study that compared people’s self-reported height and weight with their actual measurements. James Hodge and his colleagues at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, Georgia, looked…

according to Florida Department of Health data released Friday evening. Both deaths are connected to long-term care facilities in Clay County, an area that now has a total of nine deaths and 124 COVID-19 cases in its facilities.A Clay County long-term care facility on Friday disclosed an outbreak of novel coronavirus impacting over 30 residents…