Many cancers can be successfully treated, but treatment itself often comes with risks as well. Cancer therapy that uses anthracyclines—a class of commonly used chemotherapy drugs—has been associated with heart damage that can eventually result in heart failure. It is thought to be the reason why heart disease is a leading cause of death in cancer survivors, immediately following cancer […]
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Researchers from Cambridge, UK, and Germany have reconstructed the early “evolutionary paths” of COVID-19 in humans—as infection spread from Wuhan out to Europe and North America—using genetic network techniques. By analysing the first 160 complete virus genomes to be sequenced from human patients, the scientists have mapped some of the original spread of the new coronavirus through its mutations, which […]
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Can those who survive COVID-19 provide blood to treat others hospitalized by the disease? That’s the question driving a Canadian consortium that has launched one of the world’s largest clinical trials of a potential treatment for COVID-19 —one that goes as far back as the Spanish flu a century ago. The treatment involves taking blood plasma—which contains antibodies—from people who […]
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Whether it’s wiping down our cart at the grocery store, washing one’s hands properly for at least 20 seconds, or staying home when at all possible, we are all adjusting to a new normal to limit our exposure to COVID-19. Now is also a good time to pay attention to our immune system, which can influence how our body responds […]
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Simon Cowell returns to our screens this weekend as Britain’s Got Talent starts its 14th season on Saturday night (8pm). Ahead of the highly-anticipated programme, the judge has explained that he, and co-star Alesha Dixon, were both tested for coronavirus. Simon revealed that he and Alesha were tested for COVID-19 after fellow America’s Got Talent (AGT) judge Heidi Klum fell […]
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To recover from the coronavirus, as she did, Ada Zanusso recommends courage and faith, the same qualities that have served her well in her nearly 104 years. Italy, along with neighboring France, has Europe’s largest population of what has been dubbed the “super old”—people who are at least 100. As the nation with the world’s highest number of COVID-19 deaths, […]
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Welcome to Launches We Love where we round up our favourite new purchases and services, featuring everything from food to fitness to fashion. In our first ever edition, we’re giving some love to the businesses we’re digging during this bloody rough time. From the gyms going virtual to the cafes launching takeaway, here’s how you can support some local businesses […]
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The U.S. death toll from the new coronavirus, COVID-19, is now projected to be 60,000, a significant drop from earlier projections. Health officials had said in late March that their leading model, from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, estimated that 100,000 to 200,000 Americans would die by the end of the summer, and […]
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A new analysis supports prior reports that people with sickle cell disease have lower rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, but follow-up cell studies did not reveal a mechanism to explain the reduced risk. Shannon Kelly of Vitalant Research Institute in San Francisco, CA, and colleagues presented these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on April 8, 2020. […]
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain France on Wednesday reported 541 more deaths from COVID-19 in hospital over the last 24 hours, bringing its total official toll from the coronavirus epidemic to 10,869. Top health official Jerome Salomon told reporters that there were now 7,148 people in intensive care, a net increase of 17 from the day earlier, the lowest increase recorded […]
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