Common Antidepressant Slashes Risk of COVID Death

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November 02, 2021

Vaccines Common Antidepressant Slashes Risk of COVID Death Fluvoxamine is both inexpensive and highly effective at preventing mild COVID-19 from turning severe By Saima May Sidik,Nature magazine

Climate Change U.S. Announces New Rules to Curtail Methane at Climate Summit The proposed EPA rules will cover the full fossil fuel supply chain By Jean Chemnick,E&E News

Quantum Computing 2-D Room-Temperature Magnets Could Unlock Quantum Computing A new magnetic material, just one atom thick, can manipulate electrons' spin for next-generation data storage By Joanna Thompson

Automobiles Access to Electric Vehicles Is an Environmental Justice Issue We must build tomorrow's transportation infrastructure with equity at its core By Neha Palmer

Vaccines Should Booster Shots Be Required? This Covid question played out long ago, in the fight against smallpox in 1872 By Mark Fischetti

Behavior Other People Don't Think You're a Mess Individuals often overestimate how harshly others judge them. But self-compassion can help build a more balanced, healthy perspective By Anna Bruk

Animals Dog and Cat 'Moms' and 'Dads' Really Are Parenting Their Pets Evolutionary science suggests that humans nurture their pets like they do human children By Shelly Volsche,The Conversation US

Climate Change As Biden Heads to Climate Talks, Supreme Court Move Could Stymie EPA Regulation The court made a stunning decision to hear a challenge to the agency's authority to restrict greenhouse gas emissions By Lesley Clark,Niina H. Farah,Pamela King,E&E News

Psychology A Change to the Sound of the Voice Can Change Your Very Self-Identity A French physician explains what happened to some of his patients By Guillaume Jacquemont

Climate Change Three Things We Must Do to Tackle Climate Change It's time to act rapidly and decisively By Susan Joy Hassol,Jerry Melillo

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FROM THE ARCHIVE These Drugs Might Prevent Severe COVID Even with vaccines on the way, treatments are needed to prevent the disease from getting worse—and to be ready for COVID-25, COVID-37, and so on By Charles Schmidt | December 2020

QUOTE OF THE DAY "A major victory for drug repurposing!" Vikas Sukhatme, Emory University School of Medicine

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