To get a better look at the world around them, animals constantly are in motion. Primates and people use complex eye movements to focus their vision (as humans do when reading, for instance); birds, insects, and rodents do the same by moving their heads, and can even estimate distances that way. Yet how these movements […]
Compared with hospitalized patients in China, a new study finds higher rates of abnormal liver tests among patients receiving treatment in hospitals in the United States. Higher levels of liver enzymes seem to be associated with an increased risk of admission to intensive care and death. Researchers at the Yale Liver Center in New Haven, […]
Sweden’s policy of allowing the controlled spread of COVID-19 viral infection among the population has so far failed to deliver the country’s previously stated goal of herd immunity. Commenting on recent antibody testing clinical and research findings, authors of a paper published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, write that Sweden’s higher […]
The Corona-pandemic keeps the world in suspense: More than 20 million people have been infected so far worldwide, with the Coronavirus, 217.768 of them in Germany. US President, Donald Trump has regrets the increasing number of Coronavirus cases in Germany. "In the Seven-day average for Germany, the cases have increased, unfortunately, by 62 percent. This […]
Experts say schools can be the perfect setting for a “superspreader” event of COVID-19. They note that the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 among children is rising across the United States. They say schools need to put in preventive measures such as masks, physical distancing, staggered class schedules, and ventilation. They add that the […]
Although none of the coronavirus vaccines under development has proved its efficacy yet in clinical trials, at least 5.7 billion doses have been pre-ordered around the world. First shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine created by Western laboratories have often been snapped up by the United States. Five vaccines—three Western and two Chinese—are in Phase 3 […]
The built environment, where someone lives (private) or works (public), influences a person’s daily life and can help, or hinder, their mental health. This is especially true for those with mental health conditions such as PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder. Researchers in the Wm Michael Barnes ’64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas […]
Next time you order a Big Mac, Whopper or Sweetgreen salad, consider this: The wrappers and containers your food comes in have been found to contain toxic chemicals that can contaminate your drinking water, harm wildlife and make you sick. PFAS are chemicals used in apparel, carpeting, furniture and food packaging designed to keep materials […]
(HealthDay)—With millions of American children soon returning to school, a new study shows that at least 97,000 children were infected with COVID-19 during the last two weeks of July. According to the new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association, at least 338,000 U.S. children had tested positive through July […]
New research has identified a type of protein in people’s blood that may be a predictor for Alzheimer’s disease. A new study has found that a type of protein in the blood could help predict Alzheimer’s disease. The research, published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, could allow experts to diagnose the condition decades before […]
