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CN Bio and iiCON announce COVID-19 research collaboration

11/10/2021 Health News

CN Bio, a leading Organ-on-a-chip Company (OOC) that designs and manufactures single- and multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS), today announced a research collaboration with the Infection Innovation Consortium (iiCON), a global collaborative infectious disease R&D programme, to validate the next generation of COVID-19 research tools. iiCON’s £174 million programme brings together industry, academia, and clinicians to accelerate the discovery, development and […]

VA launches commission to find top health official

11/10/2021 Health News

The Department of Veterans Affairs established a commission this week to recommend a new Veterans Health Administration undersecretary. The official in question, a presidential appointee that must be confirmed by the Senate, would lead and manage the VHA . Part of the position’s duties would entail helping oversee its beleaguered electronic health records modernization project. As reported by the Air […]

HALF of women 'have had periods and sex lives disrupted during Covid'

11/10/2021 Health News

More than HALF of women have had their periods and sex lives disrupted during Covid because of the stress of the pandemic, study claims More than half of women experienced menstrual cycle change during pandemic Researchers at Trinity College Dublin surveyed over 1,300 women in April 2021 They said changes are down to rise in anxiety, depression and sleep problems […]

Aspirin: The sensation in your mouth might signal need for immediate medical help

11/10/2021 Health News

Dr Chris reveals he takes 'low dose aspirin every day' 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 Aspirin is available as tablets, gel or suppositories, a medicine […]

Does Zinc Really Help Treat Colds?

11/10/2021 Health News

A new study published in BMJ Open adds to the evidence that zinc is effective against viral respiratory infections, such as colds. Jennifer Hunter, PhD, BMed, of Western Sydney University’s NICM Health Research Institute, New South Wales, Australia, and colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of 28 randomized controlled trials (RCTs). They searched 17 English and Chinese databases to identify the trials and […]

Vietnam starts vaccinating kids in effort to reopen schools

11/10/2021 Health News

Vietnam on Wednesday started to vaccinate children as part of an effort to reopen schools after more than half a year of closures due to COVID-19. About 1,500 teenagers between 16 and 17 years old in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam were among the first to receive jabs before the inoculation program is rolled out nationwide in November, […]

Cancer: The toilet sign that occurs at night warning you may have ‘aggressive’ cancer

11/10/2021 Health News

Dr Nighat discusses symptoms of prostate cancer 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 drop in cancer screening rates seen during the pandemic could have significant […]

Many privately insured adults find their mental health network inadequate

11/10/2021 Health News

A new survey analysis from a researcher at the Yale School of Public Health suggests that privately insured adults are significantly more likely to rate their mental health provider network as inadequate compared to their medical provider network. The finding adds more evidence to the growing body of work surrounding the decline of mental health support in the United States—especially […]

U.S. has administered over 422 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines -CDC

11/10/2021 Health News

FILE PHOTO: A nurse receives one of the first vaccinations at Mt. Sinai Hospital from Pfizer-BioNTech during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo(Reuters) – The United States had administered 422,070,099 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Sunday morning, the U.S. Centers […]

Is COVID-19 here to stay? A team of biologists explains what it means for a virus to become endemic

11/10/2021 Health News

Now that kids ages 5 to 11 are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination and the number of fully vaccinated people in the U.S. is rising, many people may be wondering what the endgame is for COVID-19. Early on in the pandemic, it wasn’t unreasonable to expect that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) might just go away, since historically some pandemic […]

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