Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s COVID-19 hospitalizations reached a new high Wednesday, exceeding the previous record for the fifth straight time that the state has reported data. Nearly 4,700 patients were in the hospital statewide during a fourth surge in infections. The roughly 4,400 hospitalized adults […]

The emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, omicron, has heightened safety protocols and plans to help people stay safe from illness as researchers and experts learn more about the newest strain of SARS-CoV-2. This includes plans to expand access to COVID-19 over-the-counter tests for people to use at home in the U.S. “We have good evidence that the testing that […]

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to devastating mass bereavement that was accompanied by social as well as economic disruption globally. The unexpected deaths, lack of physical contact with relatives at the time of death, and restrictions during funerals were not only highly distressing for relatives but also had a long-term impact on grieving. Severe social disruption and lack […]

Cancer chemotherapy has undergone a paradigm shift in recent years with traditional treatments like broad-spectrum cytotoxic agents being complemented or replaced by drugs that target specific genes believed to drive the onset and progression of the disease. This more personalized approach to chemotherapy became possible when genomic profiling of individual patient tumors led researchers to identify specific “cancer driver genes” […]

Drew Barrymore is the definition of resilient. The actor and talk show host has discussed her painful past as a drug-addicted child star in Hollywood, and the guilt she’s experienced while raising her daughters as a single mom. In her debut lifestyle and cookbook, Rebel Homemaker, Barrymore also revealed her struggles and triumphs while navigating a divorce from ex-husband Will […]

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and past SARS-CoV outbreaks were a result of zoonotic spillover of sarbecoviruses from animals to humans. Although most of the animal sarbecoviruses do not infect eukaryotic cells, clade 4 sarbecoviruses recently found in China have been found to have a deletion similar to clade […]

As one of the twenty-first century's most significant global health issues, the ongoing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has indeed altered our lives. Unlike earlier pandemics, however, we now have high-throughput sequencing capabilities to investigate the genome composition of SARS-CoV-2. In addition, we can track and define the viral genome evolution for near real-time surveillance as labs […]

The research—the first of its kind to quantify the levels of microplastics which may lead to harmful effects in human cells—has been led by researchers at the Hull York Medical School and the University of Hull. Evangelos Danopoulos, lead author and PHD student at Hull York Medical School, said: “This is the first-time scientists have attempted to quantify the effects […]

Facing a new surge in COVID-19 cases, the Swiss government is preparing to step up mask requirements and increase restrictions on people who haven’t been vaccinated or recovered from the illness, and might even shut restaurants, bars and fitness clubs. The count of daily deaths linked to the pandemic hit its highest level since January on Friday. Health Minister Alain […]

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