When the human immunodeficiency virus infects cells, it can either exploit the cells to start making more copies of itself or remain dormant--a phenomenon called latency. Keeping these reservoirs latent is a challenge. A new paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has found a...
Yesterday, Braunwyn Windham-Burke made history as the first real housewife to come out as a lesbian. The Real Housewives of Orange County star took to Instagram to share the announcement and gave a candid interview with GLAAD. While Windham-Burke is a lesbian, she has been married to her husband...
Donna Hoagland, a teacher at Marsh Pointe Elementary School, gave a kidney to Troy Volk's mother on Dec. 19.
Donna Hoagland wasn’t even supposed to be Troy Volk’s fourth-grade teacher -- she was just filling in while his regular teacher was on maternity leave -- but the two are forever...
Public Health Ontario has reported 1,631 new cases of COVID-19 today (March 8).
Today's report includes 994 recoveries and 10 new deaths, none were long-term care residents.
The deaths reported today include five people between 60 and 79 years old, and five people aged 80 or older.
The province has reported 51...
Newly announced results of a Phase I dose-escalation study show CureVac’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV, generates noticeable immune responses in healthy volunteers.
CureVac formulated CVnCoV based on state-of-the-art lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology which was licensed from the company’s long-term partner Acuitas Therapeutics. The vaccine candidate’s mode of action mimics the...
Another Manitoban has died with COVID-19. The male, in his 60s, lived in the Winnipeg Health region.
Public health officials have confirmed 35 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 31,894. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.9...
Many exoplanets known today are 'super-Earths', with a radius 1.3 times that of Earth, and 'mini-Neptunes', with 2.4 Earth radii. Mini-Neptunes, which are less dense, were long thought to be gas planets, made up of hydrogen and helium.
Now, scientists at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université/Cnes)1 have examined...
American television host and Emmy award winner Larry King has died aged 87.
The statement said: "With profound sadness, Ora Media announced the death of our co-founder, host, and friend Larry King, who passed away this morning at age 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
"For 63 years and...
Thank goodness for the Earth's crust: It is, after all, that solid, outermost layer of our planet that supports everything above it.
But much of what happens below that layer remains a mystery, including the fate of sections of crust that vanish back into the Earth. Now, a team of...
