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matterNew studies show that people with Type A blood are not at greater risk of getting sick, as previous studies had suggested.Credit...Chamila Karunarathne/EPA, via ShutterstockJuly 15, 2020, 10:19 a.m. ETEarly in the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers found preliminary evidence suggesting that people’s blood type might be an important risk factor — both for being infected by…

SummaryThe number of children worldwide getting life-saving vaccinations has declined amid the pandemic, the UN and WHO sayThe drop in routine immunisations could cause more harm than Covid-19 itself, the World Health Organization head warnsUS pharmaceutical company Moderna says it is entering final testing phase for its coronavirus vaccinePhase one testing has proved safe and…

An Israeli doctor says he has figured out how to “reverse” aging in the brain and has tried it successfully on volunteers. The answer, he says, has been right in front of our noses this whole time  — oxygen. Shai Efrati claims he has found that when healthy adults aged 65-plus were given a special…

Maine CDC reports 12 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported no new coronavirus-related deaths and 12 new cases on Wednesday.The number of Mainers with COVID-19 who have died remains at 114.The 12 new cases brings the total in Maine to 3,578.A total of 3,079 Mainers have…

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