Just days after Beijing rejected calls for a renewed probe into the origins of COVID-19, the World Health Organization said Wednesday it remained confident China would cooperate in the investigation. Pressure has again been mounting on Beijing to consider a fresh probe into the origins of a pandemic which has killed more than four million […]
U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to offer COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines’ effectiveness is falling. The plan, as outlined by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other top authorities, calls for an extra […]
Having the right accessories can make or break any workout, but when it comes to a HIIT (high intensity interval training) workout, it rings true even more. The reason? In this type of workout, you’re going to most likely be switching out equipment or moves fast since you’re doing short intervals, which means you’ll be […]
Dreaming is a fascinating experience, as your subconscious is essentially taking you through a story it has created while you’re sleeping. Everyone dreams differently, with some people reporting more lucid dreaming whereas others encounter frequent nightmares. To understand the science behind dreams, it’s important to look at various factors that may impact your subconscious state, such […]
(HealthDay)—The use of 15 headache days/month as a threshold to distinguish episodic and chronic migraine does not capture the burden of illness, according to a study recently published online in Headache. Ryotaro Ishii, M.D., Ph.D., from the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, and colleagues assessed whether the 15-day threshold of headache days per month adequately reflects […]
A CRISPR screening tool identified a new therapeutic target to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has the potential to leave patients with fewer side effects than current approaches, according to a new study from Penn Medicine published online in Molecular Cell. The target, known as ZMYND8, isn’t a mutated gene, rather an epigenetic regulatory […]
Healthcare workers have been gradually coming around to COVID-19 vaccines, with one-third more people vaccinated since earlier in the year, but 27 percent of them are still unvaccinated, and 15 percent of the unvaccinated group are firmly opposed to immunizations. More healthcare employers may be pressured to mandate immunizations to stave off contagious Delta variant […]
CANBERRA, Australia — Qantas Group said on Wednesday the Australian airline company will require all of its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Front-line employees – including cabin crew, pilots and airport staff – must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 15, while remaining Qantas employees have until the end of March, the Sydney-based company said […]
Around 85,000 Britons are missing out on therapy for osteoporosis because of a ‘Wild West’ postcode lottery of care, charity warns Only half of NHS trusts have a Fracture Liaison Service, an FOI request showed The service is a gold standard of care, the Royal Osteoporosis Society claims Osteoporosis affects 3.5million people in the UK […]
In regions with high rates of COVID-19 spread, such as Europe and the United States, prescriptions for antibiotics in the community dropped dramatically after COVID-19 restrictions were introduced in early 2020. A study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology looked at antibiotic prescribing in Australia, which has had low COVID-19 rates. Analyses of […]
