Notices by STAT (stat@newsie.social)

Every year, hundreds of studies use an outdated, inhumane test on mice to try to find new antidepressants. Why is it still allowed?

https://www.statnews.com/2024/09/16/forced-swim-test-tail-suspension-test-antidepressant-research-nih/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

Public health experts who’ve been following the surprising spillover of H5N1 bird flu into America’s dairy cattle herds now have all eyes on Colorado, waiting to see if a cluster of human cases there might balloon into something bigger.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/07/22/bird-flu-infects-colorado-poultry-workers-related-to-h5n1-in-cows/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

Can exercise help treat long Covid?
https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/07/can-exercise-help-treat-long-covid-new-study-finds-patients-improve-with-self-paced-approach/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

New study suggests people who tested negative for Covid-19 can still develop long Covid

https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/23/long-covid-diagnosis-negative-test/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

Gene therapy is in crisis. For nine hours, the field’s leading minds looked for a solution https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/31/gene-therapy-crisis-rare-disease-car-t/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic