Walking is a low intensity, low impact exercise – so why did a seaside hike leave fitness writer Chloe Gray with muscle aches? I’d planned to spend my three days in Cornwall hiking, swimming and sightseeing. The weather was curiously gorgeous, the location was ripe with walking opportunities and I’d packed a suitcase full of […]
FILE PHOTO: A shipment of doses of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen after arriving at Ezeiza International Airport, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File PhotoGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala’s President Alejandro Giammattei said on Tuesday the Central American nation has renegotiated its contract for the delivery […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said Monday the White House is pushing for people with long-term symptoms of COVID-19 to be protected against discrimination, as he marked the anniversary of a landmark law for people with disabilities. U.S. agencies will coordinate to ensure people suffering from severe long-term health problems are protected after the […]
The Irish are famous for their beautiful, somewhat bizarre names. You’ve probably come across some of the more common Irish names like Liam or Patrick; however, there are plenty of other unusual Irish names that you may not know. These names are often spelled quite differently to how they’re pronounced — think “Niamh” for Neev […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday reversed its mask guidance to specifically target areas of the country with the highest levels of the coronavirus and recommended that everyone in those areas, vaccinated or not, wear a mask as the delta variant continues to spread rapidly across the U.S. The public health agency […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – BioNTech wants to build on its success in COVID-19 by developing the first vaccine for malaria based on mRNA technology and aims to start clinical testing by the end on 2022, in an attempt to eradicate the mosquito-borne illness. The Mainz, Germany-based company, which developed a COVID-19 vaccine with its partner Pfizer, […]
Researchers in Canada have developed an adenoviral vector-based vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that induced robust immune protection against the ancestral strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in mice. The potential next-generation vaccine candidate also induced robust immunity against the UK B.1.1.7 (alpha) and South African B.1.315 (beta) variants of concern […]
Vanessa Williams, 58, looks super fit in a brand new bikini snap on Instagram. The actress glows in a white bikini while striking a power pose on the sand. Vanessa says she stays hydrated and sometimes cuts carbs and sugar out of her diet to look this fit. Vanessa Williams, 58, has a lot on […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top infectious disease official Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that Americans who are immune compromised may end up needing COVID-19 vaccine booster shots as the United States deals with increasing cases from the Delta variant of the coronavirus. “Those who are transplant patients, cancer chemotherapy, auto-immune diseases, that are on immunosuppressant regimens, […]
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies during a hearing on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2022 for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2021. Bill O’Leary/Pool via REUTERSWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. […]
