Southern Chinese cities closed schools and ordered testing for millions on Tuesday in a race to curb a new COVID-19 outbreak which has sparked concerns over infections among unvaccinated schoolchildren. Putian, a city of 3.2 million in coastal Fujian province, ordered testing of all residents on Tuesday after Delta variant cases linked to a returnee from Singapore ballooned into a […]
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Background noise is a powerful tool. Nothing gets me to sleep quite like a podcast I’m only half listening to, a chatty ‘get ready with me’ video by a YouTuber I’ve never heard of, or an instrumental playlist. Never mind essential oils or magnesium, for the last few years, background noise has been my preferred sleep aid. It may sound […]
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The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a beta-coronavirus that is thought to have been transmitted from bats to humans via an intermediate animal host. Since it originally emerged into the world in December 2019, COVID-19 has infected over 225 million and taken the lives of over 4.6 million worldwide. […]
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Bone injuries in the face and skull—known as craniomaxillofacial defects—can be caused by sports injuries, vehicle accidents, or battlefield injuries. Repairing such defects is complicated because different types of cells need to interact with each other. In a new study, researchers are investigating the types of material used in reconstruction to see which one works best. Over 2 million bone […]
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When IS the ideal time to have your flu jab? Bookings have already started, but some medics are now asking when is the optimum moment for patients to get protection Going for your flu jab the moment it becomes available seems to be the sensible thing to do. But what if waiting a month or two could actually provide you […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Francesca Anacleto, 12, receives her first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot from nurse Jorge Tase in Miami Beach, Fla. Fearing his parents wouldn’t approve of his decision to get a COVID-19 vaccine but needing their signature, Andrew signed up for the appointment in secret, and then sprang […]
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After her retirement, the actress revealed that she finds it “difficult” to tune into the BBC soap, and in more ways than one after being diagnosed with an incurable eye condition that is leading her to go blind. Alongside her deteriorating eyesight the actress has been warned by medical professionals that quitting smoking could cause her to “collapse”. Controversially in […]
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The average person doesn’t need a COVID-19 booster yet, an international group of scientists—including two top U.S. regulators—wrote Monday in a scientific journal. The experts reviewed studies of the vaccines’ performance and concluded the shots are working well despite the extra-contagious delta variant, especially against severe disease. “Even in populations with fairly high vaccination rates, the unvaccinated are still the […]
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Opioid overdose-related deaths among African-Americans are increasing compared to those of white Americans, according to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health. Once considered a crisis affecting primarily white Americans, the opioid crisis now affects largely communities of color, the research suggests. Using state death certificate data across the four states of Kentucky, Ohio, Massachusetts and New […]
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Published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, the research aimed to develop insights into the response of palliative care services caring for people from ethnic minority groups during COVID-19 and gathered information from 277 UK palliative care services through an online survey. Specialist palliative care services response to ethnic minority groups with COVID-19: equal but inequitable – an observational study […]
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