FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker walks past signs at a clinic offering coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Philimon BulawayoHARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s government on Tuesday ordered that all its workers should receive a COVID-19 vaccine and only 10% of civil servants report for duty, with the rest working from home in a bid to curb […]
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A recent study conducted at the University of Texas Science Center, Houston, in the USA, has revealed that upon infection, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) alters the host chromatin architecture to suppress antiviral interferon-responsive genes and augment inflammatory genes. The study is currently available on the bioRxiv* preprint server. Study: SARS-CoV-2 Restructures the Host Chromatin Architecture. Image Credit: […]
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A team of cardiologists at St. Michael’s Hospital are the first in Ontario to implant a new type of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), giving patients more freedom to enjoy their daily activities and reduce visits to hospital. An ICD is a small electronic device, commonly used by patients at greater risk of cardiac arrest or with a history of ventricular […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Despite recent reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) after the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, independent experts who advise the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the use of vaccines agree the benefits of the one-dose shot still outweigh its risks. The company also presented new […]
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Pfizer coronavirus vaccine approved for 12 to 15 year olds 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 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been linked to Bell’s palsy […]
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A trio of researchers at the Phase Research Center in Moscow has found some evidence that suggests people who claim to have seen or been abducted by aliens may have instead simply dreamed about the experience. In their paper published in the journal International Journal of Dream Research, Michael Raduga, Andrey Shashkov and Zhanna Zhunusova describe experiments they conducted with […]
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SARS-CoV-2 still poses major challenges to mankind. The frequent emergence of mutant forms makes the threat posed by the virus difficult to predict. The SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.617 circulated in India and gave rise to the Delta variant, B.1.617.2, which is now becoming dominant in many countries. Infection researchers from the German Primate Center (DPZ) – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research […]
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Microbiologist Ronald Corley has gone to work every day throughout the pandemic as director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. Within this secure lab facility in Boston, scientists study pathogens as diverse as tuberculosis, Ebola virus, yellow fever virus and Zika virus. Many investigators there quickly turned their attention in 2020 to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Here, […]
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New research published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research has found that cognitive decline is linked with accelerated bone loss and an increased fracture risk in women. In the study of 1,741 women and 620 men aged ?65 years without dementia who were followed from 1997 through 2013, both genders experienced similar declines in cognitive function and bone […]
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Sadie Robertson got emotional as she explained her experience with postpartum anxiety after giving birth to her daughter earlier this year. Stars Who’ve Battled Mental Health Issues “I’m constantly trying to fight fear in my life. It was, like, so many emotions happening that I couldn’t really fight the fear like I normally do. All of a sudden I was […]
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