You may have read that a more aggressive and contagious form of coronavirus is making its way across the United States. But experts say there’s no need to worry about a potentially more harmful strain of the virus, according to NPR. Here’s how the news spread A study from the Los Alamos National Laboratory concluded […]
China and South Korea both reported more coronavirus infections Friday after reopening economies damaged by devastating outbreaks. Around the globe, governments are opting to accept the risks of easing pandemic-fighting restrictions that left huge numbers of people without income or safety nets. In the U.S., some governors are disregarding or creatively interpreting White House guidelines […]
France is “ready to massively test” people suspected of having the coronavirus and anyone who has come into contact with them from next week, the country’s health minister said Thursday. Olivier Veran said France will be able carry out 700,000 PCR tests a week for the virus from Monday when it begins the fraught process […]
Germany on Wednesday unveiled a plan for reopening, as Europe’s largest economy tries to get the wheels turning after weeks of shutdown, as the deadly coronavirus continued to wreak havoc in the United States with a spike in the daily death toll. The cautious steps towards normality came as South Korea leapt back to life […]
Provinces and territories are starting to reopen businesses and other services as new cases of COVID-19 appear to have peaked. Ramping up testing is an essential part of many of these plans, but governments continue to struggle to meet promised targets. Meanwhile, Quebec’s decision to reopen schools has been controversial, especially given concern about COVID-19-related […]
Coronavirus deaths have surged past 150,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where President Donald Trump lent his support to protesters rallying against lockdown orders. Evidence is mounting that social distancing successfully slowed the pandemic after more than half of humanity—4.5 billion people—were confined to their homes. Governments around the […]
Coronavirus hit me the same day it did the Prime Minister. Unlike Boris Johnson though, it took me well over a week to get a diagnosis of Covid-19 infection – although still unconfirmed by a test – with a bonus case of pneumonia. During the last 12 days of illness I have escaped into a […]
There are three main types of pain: nociceptive pain, the type we’re most familiar with, from bee stings and ankle strains to inflammatory arthritis. There’s neuropathic pain, arising from damage to the peripheral nervous system or the brain itself due to disease or injury. Then there are functional pain disorders arising from complex organic dysfunction, […]
The Government is being urged to launch an urgent mass public messaging campaign promoting how healthy eating can boost the body’s immune system against the threat of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, by three leading food specialists. Professors Tim Lang of City, University of London, Erik Millstone of the University of Sussex Business School and Terry […]
COVID-19 could and should be a game-changer, and may see improvements to global health regulations making vaccines faster to develop, test and introduce in the future, according to an expert in health policy and law from The University of Western Australia. Dr. Marco Rizzi from the UWA Law School said current health frameworks facilitated fast […]
