Health News Archives - Page 787 of 1323

Nigeria expects nearly 8 million more COVID-19 vaccines by end-August – official

07/13/2021 Health News

FILE PHOTO: Dr Ngong Cyprian receives his first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, at the National hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi SotundeABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria expects to receive nearly 8 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines […]

How to have the best sleep of your life, writes DR KARAN RAJ

07/13/2021 Health News

No napping after 4pm and the late-night habit that HAS to go: How to have the best sleep of your life, writes DR KARAN RAJ NHS surgeon Dr Karan Raj is a social media star with 4 million TikTok followers He makes brutally frank myth-busting medical advice videos for the platform Here Dr Raj reveals the very simple tricks to […]

Revealing the mystery behind non-alcoholic liver disease

07/13/2021 Health News

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common liver disorder worldwide and is present in approximately 25 percent of the world’s population. Over 90 percent of obese, 60 percent of diabetic, and up to 20 percent of normal-weight people develop it. A key feature of the condition is the accumulation of fat in the liver. A liver can remain fatty […]

How NHS app isolation notifications cause anxiety – and what to do about it

07/13/2021 Health News

So many parts of our lives have been commandeered by Covid, with everything from grabbing a coffee to seeing our loved ones affected. Nobody would have expected that so much of what we do would be dependent on an NHS app, as checking into venues and inputting symptoms is now almost second nature. As we begin to re-enter a more […]

New research examines the elimination of the B.1.362 + L452R variant in Israel

07/13/2021 Health News

Is it possible to completely get rid of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants? New research led by Neta S. Zuckerman of Sheba Medical Center in Israel suggests it’s possible. Their report details the upsurge of a B.1.362 variant harboring the L452R mutation that eventually disappeared due to vaccination efforts and the presence of more robust variants. Variants […]

Managing patients from home: Is it now a standard of care in Europe?

07/13/2021 Health News

During the COVID-19 pandemic managing patients from home went from being a luxury to a necessity. Healthcare services worldwide looked for efficient and safe solutions for remote patient monitoring. In a webinar for the World Hospital at Home Community, Giovanni Sbrana, deputy director of the Arezzo emergency medical service (EMS) in Tuscany, Italy, discusses the challenges faced during the pandemic […]

Highlighting effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines could convert doubters

07/13/2021 Health News

Informing people about how well the new COVID-19 vaccines work could boost uptake among doubters substantially, according to new research. The study, led by the University of Bristol and published in the British Journal of Health Psychology, shows the importance of raising awareness of vaccine efficacy, especially if it compares very favorably to another well-established vaccine. The research focused on […]

“React and inject”: synthetic peptide-modified nanodiamonds as emergency pan-coronavirus vaccines

07/13/2021 Health News

A recent study published in the MDPI journal, Pathogens, describes a coronavirus peptide vaccine antigen in the form of nanodiamond-based formulations, that demonstrated a robust and long-lasting immune response. The nanodiamonds proved to be a powerful and versatile platform for antigen conjugation. This could make it a safe and effective strategy for the production of off-the-shelf vaccines against multiple coronaviruses. […]

After vaccination burnout, Delta variant spurs countries to speed up shots

07/13/2021 Health News

(Reuters) – The daily pace of COVID vaccinations has increased in about a dozen countries due to the arrival of the more contagious Delta variant and governments expanding their vaccination drives, a data analysis by Reuters found.FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A teenager reacts while receiving a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a Clalit healthcare maintenance […]

France to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for health workers – Macron

07/13/2021 Health News

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a screen as he addresses the nation about the state of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Boulogne Billancourt, France, July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesPARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that in order to fight a resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic, vaccination against the disease will be made mandatory […]

« 1 … 785 786 787 788 789 … 1,323 »