Researchers recently discovered fossils of a giant vampire bat. The jawbone was found in a cave not far from the town of Miramar, in Buenos Aires, during an excavation of Pleistocene-era sediments. For researchers, the bat fossil record is valuable ...

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 ...

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 ...