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• Stress in Utero: COVID Chaos and Babies' Future Health The impact of unusually high in-utero stress might persist for decades in some U.S. babies born during the pandemic.
  Undark, December 2021
• COVID Resurgence in Europe Brings New Records — and Restrictions COVID-19 cases continued to climb across Europe this week, prompting fresh public health restrictions in some countries and fanning concerns in the US about a larger-than-expected winter surge.
  Undark, November 2021
• From Cows to COVID: The Spooky Origins of Vaccines Like many life-saving innovations in medicine, vaccination emerged long before we understood how it worked.
  Undark, November 2021
• ICE Is Leaving Detainees at the Mercy of COVID-19. It's Inhumane. At a Georgia detention center plagued by outbreaks, the pleas of medically vulnerable immigrants are being ignored.
  Undark, November 2021
• Why I Still Believe COVID-19 Could Not Have Originated in a Lab Lab escape theories cannot clearly account for a virus that has evolved for human-to-human transmissibility.
  Undark, October 2021
• To Study Zika, They Offered Their Kids. Then They Were Forgotten. "It's like we were lab rats. They come in nicely, collect information, collect exams on the child, and in the end we don't know of any results."
  Undark, October 2021
• At the FDA, a Key Opportunity to Advance Abortion Justice The Food and Drug Administration may be on the verge of removing a key barrier to accessing medication abortion.
  Undark, September 2021
• To Boost Black Men in Medicine, Advocates Turn to Sports High-performing athletes possess many of the skills and attributes that physicians need, supporters of the strategy say.
  Undark, September 2021
• Humanitarians Push to Vaccinate in Conflict Zones Pandemic ceasefires offer an opportunity to expand vaccination efforts, experts say. But negotiation is tricky.
  Undark, August 2021
• Recovery From an ICU Stay Is Tough. Could More Protein Help? Protein might dramatically boost recovery after an ICU stay, but clinicians are just learning how to study its effects.
  Undark, August 2021

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