The Challenge, Promise of Getting Oral COVID Drugs Into Practice

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. As the pandemic wears on, with new concerns and uncertainty around the Omicron variant, attention toward therapeutics is intensifying — particularly oral medications that could be offered readily to outpatients to keep their disease from worsening. “An effective oral agent has […]

Where do self-destructive behaviours come from and how can we stop?

Sometimes, the weight of our problems becomes too much to bear.  When we find ourselves in the pits of despair, fighting our way out can feel insurmountable and our ability to cope plummets.  It’s in these moments when many people resort to self-destruction, sometimes without even realising.   Trigger warning: This article mentions self-harm, disordered eating and addiction Self-destruction comes […]

COVID-19 Interrupted Poliovirus Surveillance and Immunization

 Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The number of reported circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) outbreaks more than tripled to 29 since January 2017. Most (86%) of these outbreaks were caused by cVDPV2 (circulating VDPV type 2 poliovirus, which originated with the vaccine), and most occurred in Africa, according […]

COVID-19 omicron variant: Booster shots are critical to fighting the virus

Fox News Flash top headlines for December 21 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how hugely contagious it is, but scientists don’t yet know if it causes more severe disease even as […]

New model helps prevent high blood pressure in early stage

Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently have introduced new method to assess the risk of hypertension. Results were published in Frontiers in Public Health. This method, called hypertension risk assessment method based on simple risk factors, is low-cost and easy to operate. It can identify […]

New autism marker discovered in kids

Why do so many children with autism often suffer from epilepsy? Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered an important brain protein that quiets overactive brain cells and is at abnormally low levels in children with autism. This protein can be detected in the cerebrospinal fluid, making it a promising marker to diagnose autism and potentially treat […]

JONATHAN GORNALL : Why have 200,000 NHS workers not had Covid jabs?

Why have 200,000 NHS workers not had Covid jabs? If we’re all getting vaccines to protect the health service, what about the staff, asks JONATHAN GORNALL As we face a rising tide of Omicron cases, much has been made of the importance of protecting the NHS and taking steps to minimise the spread. This is […]