Ireland’s coronavirus lockdown will be extended by two weeks to May 18, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Friday. “We need two more weeks of tight restrictions to weaken the virus further so it doesn’t have the strength to make a comeback when we start to interact with each other again,” Varadkar said in a televised […]
With most Americans staying at home and unable to stick to their usual food and exercise routines, there have been plenty of jokes about gaining the “quarantine 15” during the stay-at-home orders. But new data from Withings, the makers of digital scales, shows that people aren’t gaining much weight — and anyway, say health experts, […]
Paul Sinha routinely wins intellectual sparring matches against the general public on The Chase. As a further testament to his unmatched acuity, Paul also gained the honorary title of the British Quizzing Champion last September. It is his brain power that makes the diagnosis he received last June all the more tragic. READ MORE Simon […]
Former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel revealed today that he has “bipolar depression,” opening up about some of the steps he’s taking to deal with his mental illness and get back in the game. In an interview with Good Morning America, the Heisman Trophy winner and one-time Cleveland Browns first round pick said he was diagnosed […]
Even before a novel virus swept around the world, Anna Davis Abel wore a mask to protect herself from getting sick. The 25-year-old writer lives with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that makes her more susceptible to catching a virus or an infection. Davis Abel’s doctor cleared her to travel to a literary conference in […]
For all the anticipation around new COVID-19 tests, therapeutics and vaccines, public health experts know that the end of the pandemic will depend also on a low-tech, tried-and-true tactic—contact tracing. Contact tracing sounds simple: alert anyone who has been in contact with an infected person and prevent them from spreading the disease to others. Yet […]
New research has found a link between blood infections due to anaerobic bacteria and colorectal cancer. This finding may help with future cancer screenings. A recent study has concluded that anaerobic bacterial blood infections are associated with an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer. The study, which the researchers will present at the 2020 European […]
A scientist working on the development trials of a coronavirus vaccine has shared an “astonishing” update. Sir John Bell, a Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University, had said in the past that a mass vaccine wouldn’t be available until the beginning of next year earliest. However, he has now revealed to Channel 4 News […]
Scientists world over have been working day and night to find an end for the deadly coronavirus, which has killed more than 26,000 people in the UK. A drug called Remdesivir is among a handful which scientists and the World Health Organization consider to be promising. What is Remdesivir? Remdesivir is an experimental antiviral drug […]
Study casts doubt over hydroxychloroquine’s potential for treating coronavirus as scientists discover shoddy trials fueled hope and warn the drug may suppress the immune system A Harvard-led research team reviewed 10 trials of hydroxychloroquine that were the basis for optimism around the malaria drug They found issues ranging from missing patient data to investigators stopping […]
