A new study published in BMC Medicine has found that the risk of heart attack, stroke and death among those with heart disease is reduced if they consume moderate amounts of alcohol. The study analyzed more than 48,000 heart disease ...
In a report, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisationsaid in April that Pfizer was the preferred vaccine for under-50s and then in June they changed it so that it would apply only to those under 60 years old. In ...
California Will Require COVID Vaccination or Testing for All State Employees and Health Care Workers
The daily number of infections due to COVID is rising in the US. Officials such as Anthony Fauci strongly recommend vaccination. Sceptics are also there, plenty of them. Sceptics have their reasons to refuse to get vaccinated. We don’t judge ...
COVID-19 Deaths are constantly rising in the USA, particularly among unvaccinated individuals, while doctors have been struggling to convince citizens to get vaccinated. Brytney Cobia, a doctor from Alabama, made a touching Facebook post last week, promoting a possibly life-saving ...
Public figures who might have trouble answering questions about their COVID-19 vaccine status often deflect reporters’ questions by accusing them of violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. In the middle of 1990s, medical records became electronic and there ...
The pandemic doesn’t seem to end, and it probably won’t for a few more years. We had 2020 full of lockdowns, and then, as if the virus was not enough, new variants are on the go. One of the deadliest ...
It seems that we are not going to escape this pandemic anytime soon. Things get a bit more complicated than we’re used to. Officials now need to make a choice: should people with weakened immune systems receive an additional dose ...
Australia has had so far more than 32,588 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections, and 915 people lost their lives due to complications. Since the outbreak in Wuhan in 2019, the island country has tried hard to keep the coronavirus away, and ...
A recent experiment analyzing Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot vaccine found out that it produced a not-so-severe antibody response against the Delta variant compared to Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. However, experts believe that it will probably still do fine against the ...
The vaccination campaign in the U.S seems to be slowing down a bit and the statistics show that so far, only about 4 million children are vaccinated with at least one dose, according to sources. The FDA has authorized the vaccination ...
On Friday, San Francisco Bay Area officials made a public recommendation that everybody, including vaccinated individuals, must wear masks indoors. Numerous restaurants are currently requiring them again for workers. Reports show that at least one employer cut off unvaccinated workers ...
One year ago, numerous vaccines against the novel coronavirus were still under development, and nobody knew if either of them would actually work. Thankfully, a bunch of them did! Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna never registered the worst-case scenario of their ...
The Delta variant is a more infectious and potentially more dangerous strain of coronavirus, currently accounts for over half of the new Covid-19 infections in the US, according to data from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ...
With a total of over 62,000 infections and just 36 deaths caused by the COVID pandemic, according to data from worldometers.info, Singapore plans to stop reporting daily numbers of infections with the coronavirus. It seems like the officials from the ...
Sceptics regarding COVID vaccinations will always be there, and without being willing to give them full credit, we want to say that it’s good to be sceptical in general. Scepticism is part of our human nature and it’s a clear ...
There’s no doubt that everyone loves their pets, whether we’re talking about cats, dogs, hamsters, or even tarantulas. It’s wonderful to care for an animal, and some people now believe that one way of showing your affection is by vaccinating ...
New research claims that a 5-minute breathing exercise could improve people’s health, especially older adults with cardiovascular problems and high blood pressure. It sounds like a gimmick, but researchers explain that the breathing technique is the real deal. Here is ...
Keeping an eye on our cholesterol levels is important for maintaining a healthy life. A reading from 200 to 239mg/dL is easily considered borderline high, while a reading that exceeds 240mg/dL and above means high. Taking statins for lowering those ...
You know what they say that everybody makes mistakes, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns about a blunder that vaccinated people with either Pfizer’s or Moderna’s jab make. While over 321 million doses of vaccine were administered ...
Vaccination for the COVID disease that’s spread through the SARS-CoV-2 virus is considered as one of the best ways to tackle the ongoing pandemic, but there will always be sceptical people out there. They have plenty of reasons to be ...
Despite their size, mosquitos are some of the most dangerous insects on the planet. These flying ‘vampires’ can carry diseases and transmit them to humans. However, in most cases, if a mosquito bites a person, it will result in just ...
On Saturday, the WHO (World Health Organisation) announced the demise of Guinea’s second Ebola outbreak, which was reported in February and took 12 lives. The WHO official tally reported 16 confirmed cases and seven possible infections. Thankfully, the restrained size ...
A recent study shows that men who got the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine didn’t experience a drop in sperm count or quality. Researchers from the University of Miami analyzed the sperm quality of 45 healthy volunteers before their initial ...
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University (also known as BGU) discovered a gene responsible for triggering glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, which is also one of the reasons why the human brain ages. The study was conducted by Dr. Barak Rotblat ...
Roughly 700,000 Americans are living while diagnosed with a primary brain tumour. Brain cancer is not something light at all, and the ways of fighting it may never be enough. According to The Wall Street Journal, the seller of Gleostine, ...