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The Weather’s getting Chilly, but are Your Chills a Sign of COVID-19? Here’s What Experts Say

It's totally normal to get chilly when temperatures drop— but feeling a little cold is different from having the chills, which tends to happen when you're sick. Yes, that means chills can be a sign of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but chills aren't an immediate indicator of having the virus. "Chills are not specific to COVID-19," infectious disease expert John A. Sellick, DO, professor […]

todayNovember 26, 2020

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New Tech Lets People With Paralysis Use Tablets

Tablets and other mobile computing devices are part of everyday life, but using them can be difficult for people with paralysis. New research from the BrainGate consortium published November 21 in PLOS ONE, shows that a brain-computer interface (BCI) can enable people with paralysis to directly operate an off-the-shelf tablet device just by thinking about making cursor movements and clicks.   "For years, the BrainGate collaboration has been working to […]

todayDecember 3, 2018

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