More human twins are being born than ever before, according to the first comprehensive, global overview published today in Human Reproduction, one of the world’s leading reproductive medicine journals. Since the 1980s the twinning rate has increased by a third from 9 to 12 per 1000 deliveries, meaning that about 1.6 million twins are born each year worldwide and one […]
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FILE PHOTO: A health worker performs a swab test for detection of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a school turned evacuation center for residents affected by Typhoon Vamco, in Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines, November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa LopezMANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ health ministry on Friday reported 4,578 new coronavirus infections, the biggest daily increase in cases in nearly six months. […]
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President Joe Biden on Thursday said he will expand the number of people providing COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States to include a wide swath of medical professionals in order to help the nation return to some sense of normalcy by July 4. In his first prime-time address, Biden said dentists, EMTs, midwives, optometrists, physician assistants, podiatrists, respiratory therapists, and […]
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An international team of researchers has found that glycosylation patterns are conserved across the native spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – and the recombinant spike proteins made in laboratories for use in vaccines. The spike protein, which SARS-CoV-2 uses to bind to and infect cells, is […]
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Yes, this headline sounds like it’s straight out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But, stay with us: chocolate milk can support muscle repair. So say scientists in Iran, who found the drink contains the perfect combination of carbohydrates, electrolytes, proteins, fats and vitamins for optimal repair. They compared key recovery markers after subjects performed exercise and found chocolate milk […]
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Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers their risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a systematic review published Thursday (March 11) in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. “We analyzed the existing medical literature to unravel a question […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The state is opening up COVID-19 vaccination priorities to include persons above age 50, effective Monday, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced Wednesday. In making the announcement, the department noted that more than 93% of the state’s COVID-19 fatalities involved those age 50 and […]
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Name a COVID vaccine conspiracy theory circulating on social media, and hair stylist Katrina Randolph has heard it. So every time a client slides into her chair, she snips away at fears and misconceptions. No, the vaccine isn’t an effort to sterilize Black people. It can’t alter your DNA. It won’t implant a microchip to track your movements. And no, […]
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First-time parents! Emily Ratajkowski and Sebastian Bear-McClard welcomed their baby on Monday, March 8. Celebrity Pregnancy Announcements of 2020: See Which Stars Are Expecting “Sylvester Apollo Bear has joined us earth side,” the model, 29, captioned her baby boy’s Thursday, March 11, Instagram debut. “Sly arrived 3/8/21 on the most surreal, beautiful and love-filled morning of my life.” Ratajkowski debuted […]
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The genetics of human eye color is much more complex than previously thought, according to a new study published today. An international team of researchers led by King’s College London and Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam have identified 50 new genes for eye color in the largest genetic study of its kind to date. The study, published today in Science […]
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