Chile on Wednesday became the latest country to give emergency approval to China’s CoronaVac vaccine as it battles the coronavirus epidemic which has claimed more than 17,500 lives in the country to date. CoronaVac was developed by China’s Sinovac firm and has been approved for emergency use in Brazil, China, Indonesia and Turkey. Chile joined the small club on Wednesday […]
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The push to inoculate Americans against the coronavirus is hitting a roadblock: A number of states are reporting they are running out of vaccine, and tens of thousands of people who managed to get appointments for a first dose are seeing them canceled. Karen Stachowiak, a first-grade teacher in the Buffalo area, spent almost five hours on the state hot […]
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Diabetes type 2: Dr Zoe Williams discusses high blood sugar risks Type 2 diabetes sends a clear signal that your body’s ability to produce and process insulin has gone awry. Insulin, a hormone that’s naturally produced by the pancreas, governs blood sugar levels (the main type of sugar you get from eating food). If you have type 2 diabetes, your […]
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So many of us with tattoos have found that once we got our first piece, we immediately wanted another — and another, and another. Perhaps, like mine, your first few were spread out on different parts of the body: I started on a calf, then got one on the back of my neck, and jumped to a forearm. I thought […]
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Mobility coach, physical therapist and founder of The Ready State, Kelly Starrett, regularly makes YouTube videos offering his advice and insight on how to best avoid injury in your workouts, and maximize your body’s recovery afterwards, as well as tips for healthy mobility in everyday life. Starrett’s latest, slightly unorthodox video is for those among us who might not yet […]
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Coronavirus: Husband warns of dangers after wife dies in hospital Coronavirus is a dogged opponent – despite the ongoing vaccine rollout, it continues to sink its teeth into British society. Yesterday 1,610 people died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test – the worst escalation since the pandemic began. Another area where Covid refuses to submit […]
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Ryan Seacrest is sharing his strategies for staying fit. While recently chatting with PEOPLE about investing in CLMBR — a vertical climbing workout machine — the 46-year-old multi-hyphenate star opened up about how he uses intermittent fasting to maintain his health. "I actually intermittent fast, so I don't eat breakfast right now," the Live with Kelly and Ryan co-host tells […]
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Surprise times two! Pregnant Lauren Burnham and Arie Luyendyk Jr. announced the sexes of their twins on Tuesday, January 19. Double Trouble! Celebrity Parents Who Have Welcomed Twins “Alessi is getting a baby BROTHER & a baby SISTER? ?,” Burnham wrote via Instagram, sharing a pic of the couple and their little one holding pink and blue balloons. “We couldn’t […]
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With a name like glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, one would think it is a rare and obscure medical condition, but that’s far from the truth. Roughly 400 million people worldwide live with potential of blood disorders due to the enzyme deficiency. While some people are asymptomatic, others suffer from jaundice, ruptured red blood cells and, in the worst cases, kidney failure. […]
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Turkey has vaccinated more than one million people against the novel coronavirus in the first week of a national inoculation drive, according to health ministry figures issued Wednesday. But the drive has lost some of its momentum after more than 600,000 people were inoculated in the first two days. Turkey began the campaign with the CoronaVac jab produced by China’s […]
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