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Cohort selection The TwinsUK study contains around 16,000 participants. From a preselection of 4,800 donors, we invited 1,796 to participate based on several criteria, receiving buccal swabs from 1,236 donors (Extended Data Fig. 2a). The use of these samples was approved initially by the North West Research Ethics Committee (REC 19/NW/0187 and REC 24/NW/0106), and informed consent was provided by …

After her husband died two years ago, Ena Kane, 83, moved to Sonoma County to be near her son. She’d been living in retirement in Florida for many years and the loss, after 54 years of marriage, left her struggling with grief, isolation and depression. “After my husband died, I did think of taking my life,” Kane said. “I told …

Amgen said Thursday that its cholesterol-lowering shot, Repatha, prevented a composite of heart disease death, heart attack, and the most common type of stroke in a 12,000-patient trial. Analysts have said that the results of the study could help the drug, which has been available since 2015 to reduce cholesterol, reach a broader market. That represents a comeback story for …

By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH About a month ago, the first-ever population cohort study reported increased cancer risks following COVID-19 vaccination. In Italy, nearly 300,000 residents were tracked for 30 months, showing that mRNA shots significantly increased the risk of overall cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, and colorectal cancer. Now, a second—and far larger—population-based cohort study by Kim et al from South Korea has …

(Credit: shutterstock) How can we distinguish between the population statistics of interstellar rocks and a fleet of spacecraft that target that inner Solar system? The answer is obvious: by the spatial distribution of their trajectories relative to the Sun. Whereas rocks arrive on random trajectories initiated near their parent stars, spacecraft aiming to probe the habitable zone around the Sun …

SEATTLE (AP) — For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacterium, which forms the foundation of the marine food web and helps regulate the planet’s climate, will decline sharply as seas heat up. A study published Monday in the journal Nature Microbiology …

Facebook Tweet Email Link A US Coast Guard cutter on Monday unloaded a record haul of illegal drugs that, if it had made it to the streets, would represent around 23 million deadly doses of cocaine, the service said. The cutter Hamilton offloaded about 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, around …

Unauthorized immigrant population hit record 14M in 2023: Pew analysis  Axios The US undocumented immigrant population reached a record in 2023  CNN Illegal immigration hit a record-high of 14 million in the US in 2023, Pew report finds  AP News U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023  Pew Research Center Report: Illegal immigration hit record-high in 2023  Arizona Daily Star Source …

Immigrant Population in U.S. Drops for the First Time in Decades  The New York Times Have 1.6 million undocumented immigrants left the U.S. this year? Researchers say it’s too soon to know.  CBS News U.S. immigrant population shrinking for first time since 1960s amid Trump administration policy changes  NBC News Secretary Noem Announces 1.6 Million Illegal Aliens Have Left the U.S.  Homeland Security (.gov) …

A sunflower sea star – credit, Ed Bierman CC 2.0. For years, a wasting disease has been turning sea stars to goo off the California coast. Scientists now finally know the cause, and are beginning to fight back. Whether it has over 20 arms like the sunflower sea star, or just 5, billions of Pacific sea stars were being wiped …