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Do zinc products really help shorten a cold? It’s hard to say

The Los Angeles Times | May 10, 2024
Do zinc products really help shorten a cold? Dr. Samia Faiz of UCR Health shares her thoughts.
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NASA Discovers Gravity-Squeezed World 'Exploding With Volcanoes'

Newsweek | May 10, 2024
UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane found a roiling-hot exoplanet billions of miles away that is dotted with so many volcanos that it would visibly glow in the darkness of space.
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RFK Jr. revealed he had a parasitic brain worm. Here’s what to know.

Washington Post | May 8, 2024
Simon Groen, assistant professor of evolutionary systems biology at UCR, says that parasitic worms in a person's brain cause more problems when they start to die than when they are alive. That’s when a lot of molecules are released from the parasite cells that trigger an innate immune response, inflammation, and neurological disorders like seizures.  
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Did the James Webb Space Telescope really find life beyond Earth? Scientists aren't so sure

Yahoo News via Space.com | May 3, 2024
Recent reports of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detecting signs of life of a distant planet outside the solar system are, unfortunately, somewhat premature. That's the conclusion of research conducted by UCR scientists Eddie Schwieterman and Shang-Min Tsai.
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Texas cats die on dairy farm after drinking raw milk contaminated with bird flu, CDC warns

Fox News | May 3, 2024
Recently, cats in Texas died on a dairy farm after drinking raw milk contaminated with bird flu. Scott Pegan in UCR's School of Medicine says pasteurized milk eliminates the risk.
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Amid bird flu spread, experts reveal if it's safe to drink milk: 'Indirect concern'

Fox News | April 26, 2024
UCR biomedical sciences professor Scott Pegan shares his thoughts on the presence of the bird flu virus in pasteurized milk and whether drinking it poses any threat.
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UC Riverside researchers develop potential universal vaccine strategy

KPBS San Diego | April 25, 2024
Instead of targeting a unique feature of a virus — usually a protein — virologist Rong Hai’s approach targets genetic material common to all viruses.
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UC Riverside event welcomes nearly 3,000 future students

The Press Enterprise | April 22, 2024
Photos and stories from Highlander Day.
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