Coronavirus vaccine: Dr Sarah offers advice on ‘reactions’ Coronavirus vaccine efforts kicked off in the UK yesterday, as the country delivered the first doses to vulnerable Brits. Over 80s in hospital care received one of the two doses required for full immunity, with ministers hailing the drive a success. But two healthcare workers who took […]
Piers Morgan and Kate Green clash over Keir Starmer’s Covid test During an appearance at the House of Commons, Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people planning to celebrate Christmas with elderly friends and family to get tested before the holiday. Mr Johnson said: “In general, the testing system is available at the moment for people […]
Researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine have identified a new therapeutic target to treat patients with type 1 diabetes. The study, which will be published December 9 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), reveals that inhibiting a protein called OCA-B protects mice from type 1 diabetes by limiting the activity of immune […]
With COVID-19 rates spiking in November, and talks of more shutdowns happening in December, the world is impatiently waiting for a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. Since the beginning of the virus, researchers have been working on developing a vaccine, but May 15, 2020 marked the beginning of Operation Warp Speed (OWS)—our nation’s ambitious attempt […]
Today, Google revealed its annual Year In Search report, and of course the novel coronavirus was among the top searches, only second to the election results. People turned to Dr. Google to ask all sorts of questions about COVID-19 as reports of the virus hit the news cycle, then continued to rely on the search […]
In his latest video, fitness YouTuber Aseel Soueid takes viewers through an average day in his life, and explains that for the last 3 years, he has been using intermittent fasting while building and maintaining muscle, only eating 2 meals each day within a specific window of time. “Back in the day it used to […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar revealed that he previously battled prostate cancer in a new essay, in which the NBA legend calls for better health care for Black Americans. Abdul-Jabbar, 73, wrote for WebMD that he has dealt with “prostate cancer, leukemia and heart bypass surgery” over the course of his life. But, the six-time NBA champion said, […]
An ordinance to ban cigarette smoking in San Francisco apartments failed to get a second vote from supervisors Tuesday, meaning the proposal is dead for now. Supervisors last week approved the measure, saying that non-smoking residents living in cramped apartment buildings should be free from secondhand smoke. The measure carved out an exemption for marijuana, […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 7, 2020– Moderna, Inc., (Nasdaq: MRNA) a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today announced that the Canadian Government has increased its confirmed order commitment by 20 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine candidate against COVID-19, mRNA-1273, bringing its confirmed order […]
TUESDAY, Dec. 8, 2020 — Heavy alcohol consumption increases the risk of adverse events in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a study published online Nov. 23 in EP Europace. Chewan Lim, from the Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues assessed the relationship between alcohol consumption and AF among […]
