Ahead of the first U.S. emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine, only half of Americans said they were likely to get vaccinated as soon as possible, according to an in-depth study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers conducted an online survey of 2,525 Americans in a two-week period from late November […]
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While the Covid-19 pandemic has halted the cadence of everyday life for just about everyone, the world is now beginning to adjust. We’re all handling the challenges of social distancing and self-isolation differently—but that doesn’t mean that we have to go it completely alone in every sense. At Men’s Health, we’re using this period as an opportunity to build up […]
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At the bottom of the world, there’s a small island about four kilometers off the coast of Antarctica. In summer, temperatures climb to freezing with uninterrupted daylight for two months. In winter, they fall to minus 40 degrees Celsius without a single sunrise for two months. It is isolated and desolate, uninhabitable to all humans—except for the Japanese Antarctic Research […]
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FILE PHOTO: A worker performs a quality check in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File PhotoKYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s state Medical Procurement Agency (MPA) said on Wednesday it cannot accept the first batch of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 […]
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US health authorities on Wednesday welcomed falling emergency hospitalization rates among the elderly and a decline in health workers becoming infected as the first signs of the COVID vaccination campaign’s success. “We now see significant declines in emergency department visits among people over 65 as that age group has gotten vaccinated,” Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control […]
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A team of scientists from the United Kingdom has recently conducted a multicenter, prospective cohort study to investigate long-term consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The findings reveal that a significant proportion of COVID-19 recovered individuals present with persistent complications, including severe fatigue, breathlessness, development of new disability, and diminished quality […]
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Many COVID-19 “long haulers” experience at least four lingering neurological symptoms, such as brain fog, headache and the loss of sense of smell or taste, even if they were never hospitalized for their initial illness, according to a new study. For the study, published Tuesday (March 23) in the journal Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, the researchers analyzed information […]
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Researchers led by TMDU fabricate a material that will aid bone healing, help medical practitioners clearly assess the full damage to bones after an injury, and clarify probable patient outcomes Tokyo, Japan—Bone repair wasn’t generally successful until the late 1800s. Until then, there were few options to repair major bone damage. Most materials don’t have the functionality of bone and […]
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You’re grocery shopping. You’re browsing products. You notice those products tout ingredients like bee pollen, black currant, lemongrass, and buckwheat kasha. And what’s even stranger? You’re in the beer aisle. Performance beer is one of the latest trends hoping to catch on with wellness-oriented, weekend-warrior types who want to feel a little bit better about their buzz. With these beers, […]
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Scientists have developed a pioneering new procedure that will help diagnose a potentially lethal fungal lung disease with greater speed and accuracy, and with less distress to the patient. A team of international scientists, including Professor Chris Thornton from the University of Exeter, has created a new diagnostic procedure for pulmonary aspergillosis. Aspergillus is a common mold readily found worldwide […]
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