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Lindsay Whalen didn’t want to come to Connecticut. Her parents didn’t want her to come to Connecticut.

New boosters aimed at the currently dominant omicron subvariant are expected to become available in early September 2022.

The global extinction crisis underway may be more intense than previously thought as humans continue to tear up land, overuse certain resources and heat up the planet, new research led by the University of Minnesota indicates.

Cancer researchers have discovered how mutated cells can sense the Goldilocks sweet spots in a human body.

MINNEAPOLIS — COVID-19 patients were less likely to die or need hospital care if they took the common anti-diabetes drug metformin, according to a long-awaited University of Minnesota study, but not if they took ivermectin.

The Blues went down a familiar path in the first round of the NHL draft, selecting a forward - Jimmy Snuggerud of the United States National Team Development Program (NTDP) at No. 23 overall Thursday in Montreal.

An animal rights group has filed a federal complaint against the national sanctuary for chimpanzees once used for federal experiments

—An "Inventing Bob Dylan" exhibit includes a picture of his high school rock band, the Golden Chords. The highlight is an interview with Chords drummer LeRoy Hoikkala. He died in 2020 but his daughter signed her name at The Bob on opening weekend.

The FDA has decided not to authorize fluvoxamine, an antidepressant, to treat COVID-19. The agency that data has not shown the drug to be an effective therapeutic for fighting the virus. "Based on the review of available scientific evidence, the FDA has determined that the data are insufficient to conclude that fluvoxamine…