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Dr. Jesse Clark is an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, Los Angeles. The COVID pandemic "has spurred people to try to end the HIV epidemic again," he says.

How COVID vaccines have boosted the development of an HIV vaccine

3:10pm May 12, 2022

by Michaeleen Doucleff

During the pandemic scientists launched a vaccine in record-breaking time. Their successful use of mRNA technology could lead to progress in the decades-long effort for an HIV inoculation.

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"It's the dawn of a new era of black hole physics," the Event Horizon Telescope team said as it released the first-ever image of supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

This is the first image of the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way

11:23am May 12, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"We finally have the first look at our Milky Way black hole, Sagittarius A*," an international team of astrophysicists and researchers from the Event Horizon Telescope team said.

Youthful spinal fluid could help treat Alzheimer's disease, study suggests

5:13pm May 11, 2022

by Jon Hamilton

The memory of aging mice improved when they received a substance found in the spinal fluid of young animals and young people. The finding suggests a new approach to treating Alzheimer's disease.

Bill Gates discusses his new book, How to Prevent the Next Pandemic, onstage in New York City. Gates announced Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19.

Bill Gates tests positive for COVID-19, says he's experiencing mild symptoms

8:02pm May 10, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The 66-year-old wrote in a tweet Tuesday that he is experiencing mild symptoms and is "following the experts' advice" by isolating himself until he's healthy.

Genetic testing is becoming more accessible — and it's raising difficult questions

4:45pm May 10, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with two bioethicists about the ethics of and access to genetic testing, and the power of knowing one's genetic makeup.

More than 19,000 homicides in 2020 involved a firearm — an increase of nearly 5,000 from 2019.

Firearm-related homicide rate skyrockets amid stresses of the pandemic, the CDC says

4:28pm May 10, 2022

The rate of U.S. gun homicides jumped nearly 35% in 2020 to the highest level in more than 25 years. And gaps widened for groups already at the highest risk, especially Black men and boys.

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Dmytriy Omelyanov is working with a fellow student on a project involving cockroaches. They will be competing in the science fair virtually from Ukraine.

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These Ukrainian students are competing virtually in an international science fair

12:12pm May 09, 2022

by Reena Advani

Students from Ukraine are among the finalists in this week's Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. They're researching topics from cancer treatments to cockroaches.

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Pews were marked off to encourage social distancing at a funeral home in Temple, Penn., in March of 2021, around the time the Delta variant began to take hold in the United States.

Few eligible families have sought federal payment of COVID funeral expenses

5:01am May 09, 2022

by Blake Farmer

FEMA has a pool of cash set aside to reimburse burial costs — even retroactively — to the families of COVID victims. But clerical challenges and slow outreach have stymied the application process.

In this photo made available by NASA, commercial crew astronauts, from left, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, pose for a photo in their Dragon spacesuits during a fit check a

SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home with midnight splashdown

1:08am May 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

The return of three Americans and one German marks the busiest period yet for Elon Musk's space taxi service.

Researchers estimate there are only about 10 vaquita porpoises still living in Mexico's Gulf of California.

Scientists say endangered porpoise isn't doomed — so long as humans stop killing them

2:19pm May 05, 2022

by Kendal Blust

Fishing in the Gulf of California has nearly wiped out the vaquita marina. But a new genetic analysis offers hope for the engandered porpoise: the species can make a comeback, if humans protect it.