Can your pet get COVID-19? Yes, pets and other animals can get the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but health officials say the risk of them spreading it to people is low. Dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, otters, hyenas and white-tailed deer are among the animals that have tested positive, in most cases after contracting it from infected people. While you don’t […]

Alzheimer's: Dr Chris discusses the early signs of condition We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Regular jet lag changes the brain and how it processes memory […]

A new study led by João T. Barata from Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM, Portugal), and J. Andrés Yunes from Centro Infantil Boldrini (Brazil), published now in the scientific journal Nature Communications, shows that changes in a protein called IL-7R are sufficient to initiate a type of leukemia. The same alterations in IL-7R, which lead to the […]

Officials at the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, working in collaboration with scientists at University of California San Diego and Scripps Research, have announced the second confirmed case — and first locally acquired infection — of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The San Diego County man, in his 30s, does not have […]

The Dutch government on Tuesday ordered elementary schools to close a week early for Christmas holidays as authorities battle to rein in coronavirus infections amid concerns about the swift spread of the new omicron variant. Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte also extended the country’s existing lockdown until Jan. 14, saying the government has to be alert for the new variant. […]

Woman with anal cancer would rather it was more well-known We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The anal canal is a short tube surrounded by muscle […]

A study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association sought to examine the relationship between electronic health record proficiency tools and time spent interacting with the EHR.   Researchers found that only one proficiency tool was associated with reduced time spent in the EHR. However, they also found that primary care physicians who had greater […]

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) led to the emergence of numerous studies meant to identify the immune correlates of this infection. Earlier, it has been found that infected and recovered adults were susceptible to reinfection, though rarely in the first phase of the outbreak. Study: Risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfections in children: […]

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(HealthDay)—New diagnoses of Barrett esophagus (BE) and esophageal cancer decreased during COVID-19, along with endoscopic ablation therapy, according to a report published online Nov. 18 in Gastroenterology. Arvind J. Trindade, M.D., from the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, and colleagues evaluated claims data from the Premier Healthcare Database to assess changes in the monthly […]