People continuously exposed to air pollution are at increased risk of dementia, especially if they also suffer from cardiovascular diseases, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal JAMA Neurology. Therefore, patients with cardiovascular diseases who live in polluted environments may require additional support from care providers to prevent dementia, […]
As the novel coronavirus and the ensuing lockdown spread around the world, people are having to make hard choices. For one father in Nanuet, NY, according to the New York Post, that meant turning away his spring-breaking son out of concern the boy might have brought the virus home with him. Matt Levine is a […]
In the second part of our interview with Prof. Paul Kellam from Imperial College London in the United Kingdom, he urges people to heed the advice of governments while he is busy helping the effort to develop a vaccine against the new coronavirus. In Part 1 of our interview with infectious disease specialist and professor […]
Millions of people confine themselves to their homes as they battle an invisible, viral enemy. Schools and theaters close. Playgrounds empty. Medical staff choose which patients will get life-saving respirators, and which will not. That was polio at its North American peak in the early 1950s. Today, the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak is both familiar and […]
The likelihood of getting visceral leishmaniasis may be affected by living conditions in Nepal. Credit: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 A new study conducted in Nepal highlights household hygiene as key to eliminating visceral leishmaniasis, a disfiguring and often fatal disease caused by the Leishmania donovani parasite that is transmitted by the bite of the […]
Belgium’s death toll from the novel coronavirus passed the 500 mark Monday, with almost 12,000 cases detected since the start of the epidemic. Health authorities in the country of 11.4 million said 513 COVID-19 deaths had been recorded and 11,899 cases confirmed by laboratory tests. But officials said the rise in admissions to hospital and […]
Deaths in würzburg nursing home, visiting ban for a care sites, fantasy prices for protection equipment – the maintenance works on the Limit. FOCUS Online spoke with the head of the allgäu old home – about risks, problems, and loneliness. The working conditions for nursing and medical staff to intensify in the Corona-crisis, more and […]
The United Arab Emirates said it has launched a drive-through coronavirus testing facility as part of the Gulf state’s efforts to fight the disease. The facility, inaugurated by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, will provide screenings within five minutes, using state-of-the-art equipment and a medical team, the Abu Dhabi government’s media office […]
With solidarity and responsibility by the Corona-crisis In the Corona-crisis, the German ethics Council reports to word and submit recommendations to address the pandemic. However, he believes that the current restrictions on freedom to combat the pandemic at the moment justified, however, gets to exact Checks and as soon as possible gradual easing. In addition, […]
To reduce the conflict potential in families to keep the economy from a severe crisis of infection Loge Ansgar Lohse to create in the population herd immunity. Immune against the Coronavirus is from the people, but only if you get. Before the age of 20. April is not repealed, the ban on contact in Germany. […]
