When Debora Zilz rushed her baby son Andreas to a Berlin hospital because of a serious respiratory illness, she got a shock. “There was no space,” she recalled. Medics desperately rang other hospitals in the German capital and neighbouring Brandenburg state in an effort to find a bed for the 13-day-old. “Finally, after a night in the accident and emergency […]

Ebola epidemics occur periodically in various sub-Saharan African countries. While vaccines exist and have already received WHO Prequalification against the Zaire ebolavirus species, it is essential to pursue and intensify efforts to supplement the available data to develop a safe and effective Ebola vaccine strategies in adults and children alike. The PREVAC international consortium, which includes scientists from Inserm and […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) – People arriving in Hong Kong by international flights can immediately visit the city’s restaurants, gyms and other venues for the first time in almost three years, with the scrapping of restrictions that barred them from such places for the first three days. The ending on Wednesday of an amber code that had been previously issued to […]

Although it is both a religious rite and cultural practice, male circumcision is primarily done in the United States as a means of preventative health care. Yet Medicaid funding for this neonatal procedure has been decreasing for decades. A new article in the journal AIDS and Behavior titled “The 1982 Medicaid Funding Cessation for Circumcision in California and Circumcision Rates” […]

One of the most common issues that causes couples to fight is, unsurprisingly, money. We’ve lost count of how many stories we’ve heard of couples trying to sort out their financial futures both together and separately and the various ways that can cause friction. In a recent Reddit /AITA thread, one woman shared how she and her husband are currently […]

Virtual women and family health provider Maven Clinic announced it raised $90 million in a Series E funding round, bringing the virtual clinic’s funding total to $300 million.  General Catalyst led the round with participation from La Famiglia, CVS Health Ventures, and Intermountain Ventures. Existing investors also participated, including Oak HC/FT, Dragoneer Investment Group, Sequoia, Lux Capital and Icon Ventures.  WHAT IT […]

Nigeria classifies abortion as illegal except under certain medical circumstances. A recent investigation by Reuters news agency has alleged that, since 2013, the Nigerian military has run a secret mass abortion program in the north-east of the country, where it is at war with the militant Islamic organization Boko Haram. Ten thousand women were allegedly affected—the report claims the women […]

Since the COVID variant omicron emerged in late 2021, it has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants. One subvariant, BF.7, has recently been identified as the main variant spreading in Beijing, and is contributing to a wider surge of COVID infections in China. But what is this new variant, and should we be worried? Although reports from China about this variant’s […]

Intermittent fasting can reverse type 2 diabetes in half of patients within three MONTHS, study finds Diet involved eating 840 calories for five days, then 10 days of eating normally Study found 33% managed to reverse condition and remain free of it a year later Experts caution study was very small – involving just 36 people – and quite short  […]

Patients with treatment resistant depression have a 23% higher risk of death than other depressed patients. They also have twice as much outpatient care and spend three times the number of days in inpatient care. These are the findings of a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry by researchers from Karolinska Institutet and elsewhere, who conclude that it is important […]