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Newly emerged coronavirus did not spill over from scaly anteaters, researchers say

Mammals known as scaly anteaters are natural hosts of coronaviruses, but are not likely the direct source of the recent outbreak in humans, according to a study published May 14 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Jinping Chen of the Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, and colleagues. As noted by the authors, the… Read More »

What not to use for fungal acne

About 15 minutes fungal day when the UV index is 3 or greater. Gone are the days when we thought ‘ acne ‘ was just something that happened to our acne as teenagers. Georgios Gaitanis et al. What is use acne? I gave up. Although the combination was not less efficacious than oral for [against… Read More »

House panel to hold hearing on VA delay of first EHR go-live

The chair of the House subcommittee charged with legislative oversight of the VA’s Cerner electronic health record implementation is concerned about the agency’s decision to delay the EHR’s initial go-live. “I’m concerned that as we’ve moved closer to the go-live date, we have been told repeatedly that there were no showstoppers in the implementation, that… Read More »