In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed the susceptibility of deer mice and California mice to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Study: SARS-CoV-2 infects multiple species of North American deer mice and causes clinical disease in the California mouse. Image Credit: jitkagold/Shutterstock The causative agent of coronavirus […]
(Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will meet on Thursday to vote on whether to recommend the use of two COVID-19 vaccine boosters tailored against the Omicron variant. A recommendation in favor of the modified vaccines by Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE, as well as […]
Americans Give Thumbs Down to US Healthcare Most Americans gave the US healthcare system a poor grade in a recent national poll. Some 56% of respondents said that healthcare in general was handled “not too well” or “not at all well” in a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Only […]
A systematic review of twenty-three studies suggests that, during pregnancy, expectant parents’ feelings towards their unborn baby (fetus) can be positively enhanced by sonographers (specialist healthcare professionals who are trained to perform pregnancy ultrasound scans) making imaging examinations a truly parent-centered experience. Such an experience can allay feelings of anxiety and stress in the parents, […]
Today, this alcohol is aged for twelve years, produced in Scotland, and infused in bourbon oak barrels. The Diageo brand originated in England and as a result, is a giant distribution and marketing network and is considered the third largest premium Scotch, selling over one and a half nine-liter cases each year. In this article, […]
Research led by nurses at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that a new wireless sock monitoring system reduced fall rates among "fall-risk" patients hospitalized at Ohio State's Brain and Spine Hospital. In fact, none of the patients who were on a fall-risk protocol fell while wearing the socks over 2,211.6 patient-days during […]
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Unless you’ve been raising your kids under a rock, you’ve definitely heard of Go the F**ck to Sleep : a laugh-out-loud book by Adam Mansbach that speaks to the souls of weary parents everywhere. It […]
Influencer and author Zoe Foster Blake has accused the medical regulator of potentially reversing years of public health efforts to get Australians to wear sunscreen in a scathing message about its new social media code. Ahead of the launch of her new 50+ sunscreen today, Foster Blake hit out at the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s new […]
Motion analysis of video recorded on a smartphone accurately detected narrowed arteries in the neck, which are a risk factor for stroke, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association. Fatty deposits (plaque) can accumulate in arteries causing them […]
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