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‘Probable’ cases of monkeypox discovered in Salt Lake County
SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah – Utah health officials announced Monday that two probable cases of monkeypox were found in Salt Lake County. The cases are based on preliminary testing of two adults in the same household. Confirmation of the test results is expected on Tuesday. According to a statement from the Salt Lake County Health […]
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Could marine corals be used to treat CANCER? Scientists Discover ‘Holy Grail’ Chemical in Soft Corals
Could marine corals be used to treat CANCER? Scientists find cancer-fighting chemical ‘holy grail’ in common soft corals off Florida coast The chemical, called eleutherobin, has been shown to have cytotoxic properties It was first found in rare coral off the coast of Australia in the 1990s. Since then, scientists have not been able to […]
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Could marine corals be used to treat CANCER? Scientists Discover ‘Holy Grail’ Chemical in Soft Corals
Could marine corals be used to treat CANCER? Scientists find cancer-fighting chemical ‘holy grail’ in common soft corals off Florida coast The chemical, called eleutherobin, has been shown to have cytotoxic properties It was first found in rare coral off the coast of Australia in the 1990s. Since then, scientists have not been able to […]
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Explanation: How concerned should we be about monkeypox?
A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, which had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification on day four of the rash developing skin in 1968. (Reuters) Estimated reading time: 3-4 minutes NEW YORK — Global health officials have sounded the alarm over rising […]
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Power outages possible this summer due to heat and extreme weather, officials warn
Extreme temperatures and persistent drought could cause the power grid to loop across large parts of the country this summer, potentially leading to power shortages and blackouts, a U.S. power grid regulator said Thursday. (Frederic J. Brown, AFP, Getty Images via CNN) Estimated reading time: 2-3 minutes ATLANTA — Extreme temperatures and persistent drought could […]
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US report details church-state collusion over Indigenous schools
In this July 8, 2021 photo, Assistant History Professor Larry Larrichio holds a copy of a late 19th century photograph of students at a Native boarding school in Santa Fe, NM A new report from the Department of Interior reports that the government provided support for religious boarding schools for Native children in the 19th […]
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Cold, hard, hygienic money? BYU study finds going without cash was ‘useless’ to prevent COVID-19
Liz Atkinson, Quicksilver store manager at Traverse Mountain Outlets in Lehi, cleans a terminal after a transaction on May 1, 2020. Many companies have started encouraging transactions with plastic debit and credit cards as a security measure for fight against the spread of COVID -19. Now, research from BYU indicates that plastic payment cards are […]
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National bird flu outbreak detected in Utah wild birds for the first time
A photo of a great horned owl in the Utah wilderness taken in 2018. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said a great horned owl found dead in Cache County died as a result of the bird flu epidemic across the country. (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) Estimated reading time: 2-3 minutes SALT LAKE CITY […]
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Utah scientists revive cells in human donor eyes, transforming brain and vision research
Estimated reading time: 3-4 minutes SALT LAKE CITY — A team of researchers from the University of Utah’s John A. Moran Eye Center have succeeded in reviving neurons and communication in the eyes of human donors, which they believe could transform research on brain and vision. This study, they said, will benefit research on other […]
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Watch the first image of the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope
This combination of images provided by NASA on Monday shows part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, seen by the retired Spitzer Space Telescope, left, and the new James Webb Space Telescope. (NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI via AP) Estimated reading time: less than a minute CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s […]