Day: August 21, 2022

August 21, 2022 No Responses

Giant Sharks Once Roamed the Seas, Feasting on Huge Meals

Today's sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites, new research suggests.For their study published Wednesday, re...
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August 21, 2022 No Responses

Polio in UK, US, Elsewhere Reveals Rare Risk of Oral Vaccine

For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds — typically, poor, politically unstable corners of the world.Now, in a surp...
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August 21, 2022 No Responses

On Ukraine’s Frontline, a Fight to Save Premature Babies

POKROVSK, UKRAINE — Echoing down the corridors of eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk Perinatal Hospital are the loud cries of tiny Veronika.Born nearly two months prematurely weighing 1.5 kilograms (3 pounds, 4 ounces), the infant receives oxygen through a nas...
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