France’s first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine were delivered early Saturday to the Paris hospital system’s central pharmacy outside the capital, an AFP journalist saw. After more than 62,000 COVID-19 deaths in France, shots are set to begin with people in two elderly care homes on Sunday, the same day the rest of the EU begins injections. A refrigerated […]
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2020 in review: A year like no other 2020 is finally coming to an end after a tumultuous year of shutdowns, protests, and a political street fight like we’ve never seen before. Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer has all the details on the biggest stories from the past year. TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — With rich countries snapping up supplies of […]
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The body’s protective antibodies against the novel coronavirus target a different part of the virus in severe cases of COVID-19 than they do in mild forms of the disease, and wane significantly within several months of infection, a new study says. According to the scientists, including those from Stanford University in the US, the findings shed new light on the […]
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As the season changes so does our eating palette, some nuts are omitted and some are added to our daily diet. One essential addition is Date or Khajoor. They are high in natural glucose, fibre and all the essential nutrients, – like thiamine, vitamin A, vitamin K, vitamin C and riboflavin, in minerals it has calcium, iron, potassium, phosphorous, magnesium […]
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Using genetic data from nearly 30,000 people, Mount Sinai researchers have built risk scores from a combination of datasets representing distinct ancestral populations that improve prediction of risk for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The study was published in Gastroenterology on December 24. The researchers found that polygenic risk scores, built using association data from […]
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The coronavirus pandemic slowed very slightly over the past week, but is still rampaging in Africa and with a particular spike in Britain which has seen a new strain emerge. Here is the state of play according to a specialised AFP database. Slows slightly The pandemic very slightly slowed down this week at a world level, with 638,892 new cases […]
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New research involving scientists from Queen Mary University of London has found evidence of protective immunity in people up to four months after mild or asymptomatic COVID-19. The study, published today in Science Immunology, analyzed antibody and T cell responses in 136 London healthcare workers who had mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 infection dating back to March 2020. The team, including […]
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/A2klBHdnXEU After an eight-month battle with coronavirus, a longtime ICU nurse has been discharged from the hospital. Merlin Pambuan, 66, became a patient in the hospital where she worked for four decades, St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, California, when she was diagnosed with COVID-19 in the spring, according to Balitang America. Her colleagues-turned-caregivers told the outlet that her […]
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Read your sign's monthly horoscope to see what the universe has in store for you, or check out the Pisces personality profile. Welcome to 2021, Pisces. Congratulations are in order; you made it through the disaster that was 2020. Will this year be better? While that remains to be seen, it certainly won't be boring. The stars are going to […]
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Negative thoughts about yourself and your body can be hard to ignore. Here, we explain how you can fight them off with powerful affirmations. In recent months, I’ve noticed a significant shift across media and society in attempting to protect our mental wellbeing – and thank goodness for that considering the year we’ve just had. Unlike the stigma that was once attached to […]
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