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Scientists discover new method to retrieve lost single-cell RNA-sequencing information

October 14, 2020

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 14 2020

Sequencing RNA from individual cells can reveal a great deal of information about what those cells are doing in the body. MIT researchers have now greatly boosted the amount of information gleaned from each of those cells, by modifying the commonly used Seq-Well technique.

With their new approach, the MIT team could extract 10 times as much information from each cell in a sample.

This increase should enable scientists to learn much more about the genes that are expressed in each cell, and help them to discover subtle but critical differences between healthy and dysfunctional cells.

It’s become clear that these technologies have transformative potential for understanding complex biological systems. If we look across a range of different datasets, we can really understand the landscape of health and disease, and that can give us information as to what therapeutic strategies we

Lives Lost: London rabbi worked to end community’s isolation

October 13, 2020

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LONDON — Rabbi Avrohom Pinter gave his life to save his neighbors.

When the British government ordered a lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, Pinter went door-to-door in northeast London to deliver the public health warning to the ultra-Orthodox Jews in his community. Within days, the 71-year-old rabbi had caught COVID-19 and died.

His sacrifice was just the last chapter of a life spent forging links between the often-isolated community in Stamford Hill and wider British society, whether by working with an Anglican priest to build a community center or visiting the local mosque to grieve when a gunman killed 51 Muslims in New Zealand.

“He served as a bridge in a broader sense,″ said Chaya Spitz, a protege of Pinter’s and CEO of an umbrella organization for Orthodox Jewish charities. “What he did around COVID was typical of his approach more generally.”

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Even as the Economy Grew, More Children Lost Health Insurance

October 10, 2020

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The share of children with health coverage in the United States fell for the third consecutive year in 2019, according to census data, after decades of increases.

The decline occurred during a period of economic growth — before the coronavirus pandemic caused broad job losses that might have cost many more Americans their health insurance.

A report Friday by the Georgetown Center for Children and Families found that the ranks of uninsured children grew the most in Texas and Florida, and that Latino children were disproportionately affected. Nationally, the number of children without health insurance rose by 320,000 last year alone, to a total of nearly 4.4 million children, the report found.

“What’s so troubling about this data is we were making so much progress as a country,” said Joan Alker, the center’s executive director and an author of the report. “And now that progress is clearly reversing.”

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The Daily 202: Trump tries frantically to make up lost ground with seniors, promising free medicine and checks

October 9, 2020

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Other polls released over the last week show Biden leading among voters 65 and older, including in the battlegrounds of Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Pew’s survey was in the field from Wednesday, the day after the first presidential debate, through Monday, the day Trump checked himself out of Walter Reed after his three-night stay in the hospital. Pew’s unusually large sample size of 10,543 registered voters means smaller margins of error for subgroups, which allows for deeper analysis.

Trump and many of his top advisers see his weakness among seniors as an existential threat to his hopes for a second term, and the president is demanding that his aides use all the levers of the federal government to woo older voters who have drifted away during the final 25 days of the campaign.

The president tweeted a two-and-a-half minute video Thursday afternoon of himself speaking directly to seniors, whom

Lost your job and health insurance? Here is what you need to know

October 9, 2020

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As the global pandemic enters its seventh month, millions of Americans lack health insurance.

According to research by the Economic Policy Institute published in late August and taking into account jobs gained back after the worst of the shutdowns during the spring, the coronavirus pandemic has left more than six million Americans without job-sponsored health insurance. When you take into account dependents, that number rises to more than 12 million.

“Though we don’t yet know precisely how damaging the Covid-19 shock has been to health insurance access, the shock has laid bare the huge uncertainty that employer-linked health insurance introduces into U.S. families’ lives. Even in normal times millions of U.S. households must manage coverage transitions in a given month. During economic crises, these coverage changes increasingly include transitioning into uninsured status, which puts families’ health and financial security at risk,” wrote Josh Bivens, author of the report and director

‘I Lost Over 100 Lbs. In 1.5 Years By Making These 4 Simple Tweaks To My Diet’

October 7, 2020

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My name is Ashley Kincade (@ashleyloveebugg), and I am 25 years old. I live in Chandler, Arizona, and I am an operations manager. I was tired of having knee pain and no energy, so I worked with my doctor to create a calorie deficit to lose weight and did at-home YouTube workouts and High Fitness classes to lose over 100 pounds.

a woman standing in front of a mirror posing for the camera: Ashley K. lost over 100 lbs. after her doc helped her calculate a daily calorie intake and cut processed foods. She also did High Fitness and Youtube workouts.

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Ashley K. lost over 100 lbs. after her doc helped her calculate a daily calorie intake and cut processed foods. She also did High Fitness and Youtube workouts.

Before my weight loss journey, I struggled with overeating, food addiction, emotional eating, and yo-yo dieting. I was always too fatigued to workout, and I would end up giving up on working out because I thought it was too hard.

My feet and legs hurt all the time, and I was in my early 20s. I

Boris Johnson: Claims I have lost ‘mojo’ since COVID is ‘propaganda’

October 6, 2020

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Boris Johnson says reports that he has lingering health problems after his bout of coronavirus are “self-evidence drivel” spread by people who want him to fail.
The prime minister on Tuesday morning denied suggestions that he has not fully recovered since being taken to intensive care with the virus earlier this year.
He said it is “the kind of seditious propaganda you’d expect from people who don’t want this government to succeed, who wanted to stop us delivering Brexit and all of our other manifesto pledges…”.
Johnson denied the rumours in a speech to the Conservative party’s annual conference.
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Boris Johnson has accused people who claim that he continues to have lingering health problems from the coronavirus of spreading “seditious propaganda” and wanting to stop Brexit.

Speaking at the Conservative party’s virtual conference on Tuesday, the UK prime minister said widespread reports, that

‘I Got Healthy, Didn’t Starve Myself I Lost 5.5 Stone in a Year

October 6, 2020

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Video: I went vegan for 10 weeks and this is what it did to my mind and body (The Independent)

I went vegan for 10 weeks and this is what it did to my mind and body

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My name is Jenny Chatelain (@jenniie_fit), and I’m 29 years old. I’m from Haiti and was raised in Canada, and I currently work as a respiratory therapist. I lost 78 pounds by staying in a calorie deficit and slowly increasing my weight lifting workouts over the course of a year.

a couple of people posing for the camera: With a calorie deficit and slowly increasing her weight lifting and HIIT workouts from 2 to 5 days a week, Jenny Chatelain lost almost 6 stone in one year.

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With a calorie deficit and slowly increasing her weight lifting and HIIT workouts from 2 to 5 days a week, Jenny Chatelain lost almost 6 stone in one year.

When it comes to losing weight, my biggest struggle has always been my love of food. It’s so convenient to go out

England lost 16,000 new coronavirus cases, blames computer glitch

October 5, 2020

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The glitch was no mere rounding error in the government’s accounting, but another serious stumble at a crucial moment, when the British government is daily trying to decide where to tighten regional lockdowns to slow a second wave of the virus.

After the error was spotted and the lost cases accounted for, the government’s report of new daily infections nearly doubled — from 12,872 on Saturday to 22,961 on Sunday — sparking renewed angst among officials in London and England’s north, where most of the new cases were centered.

Michael Brodie, the interim head of Public Health England, said the issue was identified late Friday in the computer process that communicates positive results from labs to the country’s reporting dashboards. Some data files containing positive results had exceeded the maximum file size, he said, according to the BBC.

“We fully understand the concern this may cause,” Brodie added, “and further

Health food store aims to make up for lost time

October 5, 2020

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Published Sep 30, 2020 at 8:00 am
(Updated Sep 29, 2020 at 7:09 pm)

Family affair: pictured from left, Kaz Godfrey, Flavio Mundy and Kaurie Daniels at Natural Mystic Hub (Photograph by Jessie Moniz Hardy)

Kaurie Daniels and aunt Earlena Ingham at Natural Mystic Hub (Photograph by Jessie Moniz Hardy)

When Earlena Ingham and niece Kaurie Daniels took over space in Hamilton in February they thought their new health food store would be open within the month.

They did not anticipate all the renovation needed, plumbing, electricity, flooring, and they certainly did not expect the Covid-19 pandemic to shut Bermuda down.

But nearly eight months later, Natural Mystic Hub at 56 Reid Street is open for business.

We only put out one flyer, Ms Daniels said. But when we opened two weeks ago, there was a line