Experimental therapy gantenerumab fails to slow or improve Alzheimer's memory loss in clinical trials

Experimental therapy gantenerumab fails to slow or improve Alzheimer’s memory loss in clinical trials

CNN  —  An experimental treatment, gantenerumab, failed to help people at high risk of memory loss from Alzheimer’s or those who were in the early phases of the disease, the manufacturer said Monday. Gantenerumab is part of a class of injected drugs that are designed to remove sticky protein pieces called beta amyloid from the…

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Covid-19 boosters could keep thousands of kids out of hospitals, but uptake remains low

Covid-19 boosters could keep thousands of kids out of hospitals, but uptake remains low

CNN  —  Higher Covid-19 vaccination rates among US children could prevent thousands of pediatric hospitalizations and millions of missed school days, according to an analysis published Tuesday by the Commonwealth Fund and the Yale School of Public Health. If school-age children were vaccinated with the updated Covid-19 booster shot at the same rate that they…

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Oldest known bat fossils discovered in Wyoming are a previously unknown species

Oldest known bat fossils discovered in Wyoming are a previously unknown species

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN  —  Two 52 million-year-old bat skeletons discovered in an ancient lake bed in Wyoming are the oldest bat fossils ever found — and they reveal a new species. Tim Rietbergen, an evolutionary biologist at…

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