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Are conservatives more afraid of threats than liberals? Political psychologists have long found evidence that people on the right are more sensitive to scary stuff, on average, than people on the left, a basic psychological difference thought to drive some political disagreements between the two groups. But new research suggests that's overly simplistic. In a new international study, conservatives and liberals both responded to threats —— but they responded more strongly to different kinds of threats. And to make matters more complex, those responses don't always map nicely onto the political divide, or stay consistent from nation to nation. Related: Why did the Democratic and Republican parties switch platforms? "This link between threat and conservative beliefs, or conservative ideology, is just not simple," said study leader Mark Brandt, a psychology professor at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. "It depends on a lot of different things. It depends on the type … [Read more...] about Conservatives aren’t more fearful than liberals, study finds

Among the more than 2,000 youngsters treated for Covid-19 at Children's National Hospital in the District of Columbia, USA, one newborn was unusual. The baby was very sick, for one. Most infected kids barely show symptoms and even the hospitalised ones tend to have mild cases. But the real surprise came when doctors measured the infant's viral load. It was 51,418 times the median of other paediatric patients. And when they sequenced the virus in the baby recently, they found a variant they hadn't seen before. Roberta DeBiasi, chief of infectious disease for the hospital, knew she couldn't conclude anything from one case. But it set off alarm bells. And as the researchers delved further into the mystery, they found evidence that a variant with a mutation called N679S may be circulating in the Mid-Atlantic region. READ MORE: KEA Kids News: When will children get the Covid-19 vaccines? Covid-19: New variants could push level 3 to its limit Covid-19: More mutant strains … [Read more...] about Covid-19 medical mystery: US Baby with high viral load puzzles researchers

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 24 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A new report concerning the pandemic’s impact on domestic violence suggests at least an 8.1% increase in incidents during stay-at-home orders. The report, released on Wednesday by the National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice (CCJ), analyzed the results of 18 studies that examined the frequency of domestic violence reports both before and during the pandemic. Researchers used data collected by law enforcement agencies, health agencies, domestic violence hotlines, and "other administrative documents," according to a press release. The CCJ found that incidents of domestic violence increased 8.1% in the U.S. after lockdown orders were issued —  though the actual percentage is likely higher, seeing as more incidents may be happening behind closed doors during stay-at-home orders. What’s more, any friends … [Read more...] about Domestic violence increasing amid coronavirus pandemic, just as experts predicted: report

The S1 protein likely causes the brain to release inflammatory products causing a storm in the brain, researchers said. Source: Alice Gray William A. Banks has been studying HIV for years. He'd done a lot of work on the gp120 protein in HIV-1, the protein that is responsible for the brain fog so common in HIV. That's because gp120 crosses the blood-brain barrier and is likely toxic to brain tissues. So when Banks started hearing about the long-term brain fog happening in people who've had COVID-19, he said in a news release, "it was like déjà vu." Banks began wondering if the spike protein in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, behaved similarly to gp120. He and his team, which studies the blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer's , obesity , diabetes, and HIV, got to work. Their study , published in Nature Communications , found that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, known as S1, can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice. And in very bad news for the brain, the … [Read more...] about Research Suggests Coronavirus Causes a Storm in the Brain

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, will step down Jan. 20, the agency said in a release Monday. He was appointed by President Donald Trump , who took office in 2017, and will leave on the day Trump's successor, Joe Biden , is inaugurated. "It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve at the Federal Communications Commission, including as chairman of the FCC over the past four years," Pai said in the release. "I am grateful to President Trump for giving me the opportunity to lead the agency in 2017, to President Obama for appointing me as a Commissioner in 2012, and to Senate Majority Leader McConnell and the Senate for twice confirming me. To be the first Asian American to chair the FCC has been a particular privilege. As I often say: only in America. Net neutrality legacy Pai will likely be best remembered for his contentious deregulation of Obama-era net neutrality rules. In 2017, the Republican-led agency adopted the Restoring Internet … [Read more...] about FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who killed net neutrality, will step down after Trump term ends