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CD8+ T cells—known as "killer" T cells—are the assassins of the immune system.

New research from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found a correlation between air quality in office environments and workers’ cognitive function.

The reusable cloth masks people have been using for the past year or more may look a little worse for the wear. But new research from the University of Colorado Boulder finds that washing and drying them doesn't reduce their ability to filter out viral particles.

"Engineering CAR T-cells for solid tumors is an area of active research where there just hasn't been a breakthrough yet," Dunn said. "There are signs of promise that CAR T-cells might be able to combat solid tumors and we wanted to tackle this problem in a new way."

SARS-CoV-2 causes a spectrum of symptoms collectively known as COVID-19 and can range from asymptomatic infection to severe disease. Both symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients can have long lasting symptoms after the infection has cleared [1].

There is ambiguity about the airborne transmission of the SARS-CoV-2. While a distance of 6 feet is considered a safe physical distance, new findings show that the virus can be transmitted more than that distance and cause infection.

Vaccine effectiveness 89% and up

Pharmacists and physicians at University of Michigan Health knew they had a slam-dunk collaboration on their hands. Now, the CDC shares their best practices in helping patients control hypertension for other providers to emulate.

More than 3 million women of birthing age in the U.S. and 60 million in the world have diabetes—a disease that occurs when blood sugar is too high.

Iceland's capital Reykjavík is located in the southwest corner of Iceland (Additional file 1) and is the world's most northerly capital. Though air quality is overall good, Iceland has one of the highest per capita car ownership rates and the capital area occasionally experiences high levels of traffic pollutants.