Rwanda’s capital Kigali was back under total lockdown on Tuesday after a surge in coronavirus cases in a country that has adopted some of Africa’s toughest anti-COVID measures. President Paul Kagame’s government announced the measures late Monday after a cabinet meeting, banning “unnecessary movements” in the capital. Rwanda imposed one of Africa’s first total shutdowns in March 2020, and has […]
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The race against the virus that causes COVID-19 has taken a new turn: Mutations are rapidly popping up, and the longer it takes to vaccinate people, the more likely it is that a variant that can elude current tests, treatments and vaccines could emerge. The coronavirus is becoming more genetically diverse, and health officials say the high rate of new […]
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We should err on the side of caution and stop the global roll out of 5G (fifth generation) telecoms networks until we are certain this technology is completely safe, urges an expert in an opinion piece published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. There are no health concerns about 5G and COVID-19, despite what conspiracy theorists have […]
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Stricter lockdown rules are being enacted in Portugal, the government announced Monday, as a surging COVID-19 pandemic sets grim records and pushes hospitals to the limit of their capacity. Prime Minister António Costa said too many people had taken advantage of exceptions included in the lockdown that began last Friday, with authorities reporting 70% of normal movement over the weekend. […]
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I intentionally stayed away from the local Atlanta news, CNN, MSNBC, and all digital forms of communication on Tuesday, January 5, election day for the Georgia senate runoffs — pitting Democrats Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff against Republican incumbent Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. It’s not that I didn’t care who won. But I was so over the […]
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The European Union sought Monday to ease concerns that citizens might be obliged to get shots against the coronavirus before they’re allowed to travel, as debate swirls over the use of vaccination certificates to help reopen tourism across the 27-nation bloc. The European Commission has been weighing a Greek proposal to issue vaccination certificates to help get travelers to their […]
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Receipt of screening tests for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers was below national Heathy People 2020 targets in 2018, according to research published in the Jan. 14 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Susan A. Sabatino, M.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues analyzed data from the National Health Interview […]
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New research provides important insights into the role played by the immune system in preventing—and in some cases increasing the severity of—COVID-19 symptoms in patients. It also finds clues to why some people experience “long COVID.” Among the key findings, which have not yet been peer-reviewed, are: Individuals who have asymptomatic or mild disease show a robust immune response early […]
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have purchased small devices called pulse oximeters for use in their home—based on well-intentioned recommendations from health care providers and the media. Pulse oximeters are devices, usually placed on a person’s finger, used to noninvasively measure oxygen levels in the blood. Clinics and hospitals, for example, use them regularly to screen newborns for heart […]
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Worried about how social media use is affecting your teenager’s well-being? University of Otago research has revealed you may be focusing on the wrong issue. In a study published in international journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking the researchers found we should be more worried about sleep. Co-author Dr. Damian Scarf, of the Department of Psychology, says sleep is critically […]
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