life sciences
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Doctors Used Bacteria-Killing Viruses to Take Down an Incurable Superbug
The enemy of our bacterial enemy can indeed be our friend. In a new case report, doctors say they were able to treat their patient’s long-festering, drug-resistant infection with the help of specially grown bacteriophages — viruses that infect bacteria. Large-scale clinical trials will likely be needed for these treatments to become widely used, though.
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Rapid Tests May Be Less Accurate for Omicron, FDA Warns
Health officials are warning that rapid covid-19 tests may be less accurate than before for people infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. At least some antigen-based tests may have reduced specificity when testing for Omicron infections, the Food and Drug Administration reported this week, which could lead to a higher rate of false…
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Newsmax Reporter Pulled Off-Air Following Apocalyptic Tweet About Vaccines
Right-wing rag Newsmax has sidelined its White House correspondent Emerald Robinson over tweets claiming the Covid-19 vaccines contained a bioluminescent marker called “luciferase” that somehow or another acted as a tracker. This isn’t true.
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50 Countries With the Best Covid-19 Vaccination Rates in the World
Countries around the world are racing to get their populations vaccinated, with 30% of the globe now protected against serious disease and death from covid-19. But some countries are doing better than others since Gizmodo last checked back in July.