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[D]iminished cognitive functioning has generally been considered a consequence of either genetic inheritance or environmental pressure, but researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) have discovered something that everyone else had missed: a virus. While conducting a study on cognition, the scientists put volunteers through cognitive testsContinue Reading

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[C]hikungunya infections  continue to rise in Central America, with the Dominican Republic reporting half a million infections as of October 31. That’s 500,000 reservoirs for mosquitoes, which means the infection rate will probably continue to climb until everyone who is not protected with DEET or some other repellent is positiveContinue Reading