Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine creator: Confident we can control coronavirus disease by summer 2021 Fox News correspondent Greg Palkot reports on the latest. The U.S. is looking at why several people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine have developed allergic reactions, according to a report. Alkis Togias, an official with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious […]
No one likes to venture into a new city or country without a map or guidebook. But that’s what having COVID-19 has felt like to people with the disease—and to the family and friends who are caring for them throughout their journey. Now, a team from the University of Michigan has created a set of […]
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 16, 2020 — People working from home during the pandemic overall report decreased physical and mental well-being, according to a study published online Nov. 23 in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Yijing Xiao, from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and colleagues surveyed 988 people working from home during […]
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 16, 2020 — Having an ideal or intermediate level of global cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics from midlife to later in life is associated with a reduced risk for dementia, according to a study published online Dec. 15 in PLOS Medicine. Yajun Liang, Ph.D., from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues examined the […]
In severe cases of COVID-19 disease, not only classic immune cells play a role. In particular, the release of immature precursor cells from the bone marrow into the blood indicates a particularly severe course of the disease and could contribute to complications. This has been shown by an international research team involving the DFG Cluster […]
Belgium will allow shops to reopen from December 1, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Friday, but the country’s semi-lockdown will remain in place to bring down coronavirus infections. “The situation in our country is improving… but it’s important to keep a lid on things,” De Croo said, warning that the Christmas and New Year […]
Travellers arriving in England from abroad face a shorter spell in quarantine from mid-December if they test negative for coronavirus five days after their arrival, the UK government announced Tuesday. It hopes the new rules will revive the ailing travel industry, particularly aviation, which has suffered a steep drop in ridership because of restrictions imposed […]
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Professor of Public Health, offers context about the news that two experimental vaccines appear to confer a high level of protection from the coronavirus. Q&A: Barry Bloom CHAN SCHOOL: Within the space of a week, we’ve heard about not […]
Put down that latte. Drinking coffee from a paper cup could be ‘seriously’ bad for your health, new research warns. This is because you might be consuming thousands of microplastic particles as you sip your hot drink, due to the plastic lining in cups that makes them waterproof. And those particles could cause disease. Study […]
A simple and inexpensive blood test could pick out patients with stomach or oesophageal cancer who are likely to benefit from targeted treatment, a new study shows. The test, known as a liquid biopsy, detects cancer DNA in the bloodstream to reveal if stomach and oesophageal cancers are being driven by the presence of too […]
