How much space we need to feel comfortable when interacting with others may be increasing as a result of the pandemic. Are the changes permanent? What to know: Using the “stop distance procedure,” where a person moves closer and closer to a study participant until told to stop, researchers can evaluate how much personal space […]
Covid: ‘Three times’ more deaths than flu and pneumonia We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The symptoms of pneumonia can develop […]
Lorraine: Billy Connolly on living with Parkinson’s disease We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info People with the condition can experience a […]
A 33-year-old mother of three from central Texas is escorted down the hall by clinic administrator Kathaleen Pittman prior to getting an abortion. SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The 33-year-old Texas woman drove alone four hours through the night to get to the Louisiana abortion clinic for a consultation. She initially planned to sleep in her […]
Even with the rapid production and distribution of safe and effective coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines, their availability in low-resource settings is an issue due to production, affordability, and allocation challenges. Therefore, it is important to identify inexpensive, effective, and widely available COVID-19 therapies. Study: Effect of early treatment with fluvoxamine on risk of emergency […]
Johns Hopkins University engineers are the first to use a non-invasive optical probe to understand the complex changes in tumors after immunotherapy, a treatment that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer. Their method combines detailed mapping of the biochemical composition of tumors with machine learning. "Immunotherapy really works like magic and has fundamentally changed […]
Multiple measures of sleep patterns and sleep efficiency are associated with lifetime diagnoses of mental illness, according to a new study that used wrist accelerometer data to track sleep. The study is publishing October 12th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Shreejoy Tripathy of the University of Toronto and the Centre for Addiction and […]
“Tobacco-free nicotine” claims may reduce young adults’ perception of the health risks of e-cigarettes, according to a Rutgers study Young adults who do not use tobacco products report higher intentions of using Puff Bar, a leading e-cigarette brand that has a “tobacco-free nicotine” claim, than products with the regular claim of containing nicotine, according to […]
FILE PHOTO: A woman lights a candle to commemorate all Czech victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, May 10, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File PhotoPRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic reported 6,274 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, almost doubling in a week as the country struggles to contain […]
Researchers are developing a program that could be added to the COVID alert app used on smartphones to better target vaccination campaigns. The COVID alert app is based on the Google-Apple exposure notification API (GAEN API), a functionality that the tech companies rolled out in April 2020. The Canadian government built an app around the […]
