University of Minnesota researchers have developed a novel virus-like particle vaccine against COVID-19. Having been successfully tested in animals, the novel vaccine—created as part of a study whose findings were recently published in the scientific journal PLOS Pathogens—offers a new approach in the global battle against COVID-19 and its emerging variants. The researchers combined the […]
STI rates plunged by a third in England last year as people had less casual sex during Covid lockdowns, official data shows 317,901 people tested positive for an STI in 2020, down from 467,096 in 2019 Public Health England said drop is due to a ‘change in behaviour’ during Covid Officials warn people to be […]
The arachnoid is one of the three meninges, or brain membranes, and is responsible for mechanically and immunologically protecting the brain and the spinal cord. It allows communication between the cerebrospinal fluid (which bathes the brain and the spinal cord) and the cerebral blood vessels, and controls several crucial physiological responses in the brain, such […]
The remedies for a stuffy nose that are not to be sniffed at! As doctors warn cases of colds and flu are set to rise, we road-test some of the best products on the shelves Whether you have an allergy or a cold, what works best for a stuffy nose? Mandy Francis asked Pavol Surda, […]
Reasoning is an ability that is unique to human cognition. However, despite our advances in neuroimaging techniques, we cannot clearly map the neural regions involved in human reasoning. In a new study, researchers from Korea came up with a new approach to understand the foundations of both inductive and deductive reasoning and identify the major […]
HEALTH NOTES: How a simple thumb test could prevent thousands of strokes each year A simple thumb check could prevent thousands of strokes every year. The test, which involves measuring electrical activity from the heart as it passes through the thumb, picks up signs of atrial fibrillation (AF), a leading cause of strokes that affects […]
Virrage Images/Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/Sept. 1, 2021 11:56 am EDT There are few things that scream “summer” like a backyard swimming pool filled with crystal blue water, and thanks to a combination of shelter-in-place orders, public pool closures, as well as transmission and social distancing concerns linked to the coronavirus pandemic, an estimated 96,000 new swimming […]
(Reuters) -An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday unanimously recommended the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine for people age 16 and older, an important step that could help accelerate vaccine mandates in the United States.FILE PHOTO: Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are pictured in a […]
Chronic viral infections in the liver can lead to organ dysfunction and ultimately to liver tumors in a progression invariably characterized by viruses that proliferate free of immune system restraints. Although it has been known for decades that chronic viral infection of the liver can lead to cancer, medical investigators have only now begun to […]
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, famous for taking on Big Tobacco in the ’90s and winning, worked on a series of ill-fated national lawsuits against nonprofit hospitals. The goal? Get nonprofit — or “charity” — hospitals to actually provide charity care instead of price-gouging and dunning low-income patients. Scruggs […]
