Corona-recommendation: mouth-nose-covering in Public now carry In Saxony, the so-called mask obligation already applies since the beginning of this week. Several other States have adopted the requirement for the Wearing of a mouth-nose cover while shopping and on public transport for the coming weeks, including Bayern. The Ministry of health of the free state indicates […]
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that interest in abortion care among advance practice clinicians (APCs) in Colorado is substantial, though barriers must be addressed in order to increase access with APCs (nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, physician’s assistants). The study, out today in Women’s Health Issues, surveyed APCs in Colorado […]
The coronavirus outbreak has taken an incredible toll on almost everyone in the world. The deadly bug has more than 2.49 million infection cases confirmed globally, and a staggering 163,500 people are known to have died from the disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a pandemic after its spread to more than 190 countries […]
Capping decades of research, a new study may offer a breakthrough in treating dyskeratosis congenita and other so-called telomere diseases, in which cells age prematurely. Using cells donated by patients with the disease, researchers at the Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center identified several small molecules that appear to reverse this cellular aging process. […]
Trials of COVID-19 vaccines from Oxford University and Imperial College London will begin on Thursday. Dr Katrina Pollock, the principal investigator for the coronavirus vaccine trials at Imperial College London, told LBC’s Nick Ferrari how the trials will work. She said: ”This is the start of the first of the clinical trials in the UK. […]
Russian internet giant Yandex has launched a free coronavirus testing service for the Moscow region as Russia boasts of one of the world’s highest testing rates. Yandex, which created the country’s most popular search engine as well as taxi and shopping apps, has set up the service as part of an alliance between internet companies […]
Good for the memory: the thyroid affects the brain more powerful than believed The thyroid is a vital Organ that plays a major role for metabolism, growth and maturation of the body and helps to regulate many body functions. And the hormone gland is good for the memory, as Researchers now report. Research, the Medical […]
Calls to poison control centers regarding exposure to household cleaners and disinfectants have spiked amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report. The report authors found that, from January to March this year, poison control centers received 45,550 calls related to cleaner and disinfectant exposure. That’s up 20% compared with calls over the same […]
A coronavirus vaccine candidate will be tested in a clinical trial in the United Kingdom starting this week. The vaccine combines a weakened version of a common cold virus with genes coding for the coronavirus’ lethal weapons: its spikes. The vaccine will be administered to people starting on Thursday (April 22), British Health Minister Matt […]
In what his family describes as a miracle, emergency trauma surgeon Charles Iliya has recovered from the novel coronavirus after spending a week in a medically induced coma on a ventilator. Iliya, who has worked in the emergency department at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas for 30 years, started to feel sick on March 12 […]
