As coronavirus surges in much of the United States, that other virus we start to worry about this time of year—flu—is slowly starting its annual invasion. There have been a few cases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but the numbers are still low, as they are in most of the country. This could be because […]
THURSDAY, Nov. 12, 2020 — More green space can reduce air pollution, improve air quality and maybe lower the risk for heart disease deaths, a new study suggests. “We found that both increased greenness and increased air quality were associated with fewer deaths from heart disease,” said researcher Dr. William Aitken, a cardiology fellow with […]
10 November 2020 — AstraZeneca and Amgen today announced positive results from the NAVIGATOR Phase III trial for the potential new medicine tezepelumab in patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma. NAVIGATOR met the primary endpoint with tezepelumab added to standard of care (SoC) demonstrating a statistically significant and clinically — meaningful1 reduction in the annualised asthma […]
If only we’d all bought shares in Zoom at the beginning of the year, think how much richer we’d be. This time last year, nobody had really heard of Zoom – 12 months on and it’s become a verb. ‘Are we Zooming tonight?’ became the catchphrase of the first lockdown as we embarked on endless […]
Women who stop using some forms of contraception may have to wait up to eight months before their fertility returns, suggests research published online in The BMJ. US and Danish researchers measured the delay in return of fertility in women after use of a variety of contraceptive methods. They found that the time until fertility […]
It has been a pandemic since at least biblical times, and unless effective strategies harness the global tuberculosis scourge, the disease will remain problematic and pervasive—an unending plague throughout many regions of the world. Although tuberculosis has taken a backseat in 2020 to the COVID-19 pandemic, it remains an unrelenting cause of respiratory infections and […]
Global coronavirus cases soar by HALF A MILLION in ONE DAY in record-breaking rise: More than 44 million have been infected and 1.17 million have died since the pandemic began Daily global infections hit a record high on Wednesday with over 500,000 new infections, according tallies by both Johns Hopkins University and Reuters In total, […]
Looking on the bright side! Emma Roberts opened up about her “interesting time” being pregnant amid the coronavirus pandemic. Fab in Florals! See Pregnant Emma Roberts Cradling Baby Bump “It’s definitely caused a lot of introspection, but I think it’s been amazing to really sit with myself and really turn inward in a way I […]
As the United States’ COVID-19 infection rate hits an all-time high, calls are growing for a nationwide mask mandate to replace the current patchwork of state regulations. One person who’s yet to be convinced, however, is President Donald Trump, who has consistently stressed treatments and future vaccines as the means to end the pandemic. Trump […]
Newly released research suggests that levels of antibodies against the coronavirus have declined across the UK population since testing began. Having randomly sampled 365,000 people across the country, the React2 study—which is yet to be peer reviewed—estimates that 6% of the UK population had antibodies against the virus in late June, but that this had […]
