Governments are pressing ahead with home quarantine for returning travelers and people are isolating at home due to COVID-19. So now is a good time to think about what you can do to reduce your risk of infection if you live in an apartment. Earlier in the pandemic, apartments were […]
More than half of the 236 million people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 worldwide since December 2019 will experience post-COVID symptoms—more commonly known as “long COVID”—up to six months after recovering, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. The research team said that governments, health care organizations and public health […]
In a recent article, The Australian’s health reporter asked: “has any modeling put forward by scientific institutes throughout the pandemic ever proved accurate?” It’s a good question but the answer lies in understanding the truth about modeling—it cannot predict the future. Rather, it’s a process that identifies variables most likely […]
A high-fat diet increases the incidence of colorectal cancer. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow Semir Beyaz and collaborators from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered that in mice, fat disrupts the relationship between intestinal cells and the immune cells that patrol them looking for emerging tumors. Reconfiguring the gut microbiome […]
Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is on the rise in Kentucky. For most people, including children, RSV will cause a common cold-like illness and will recover in a week or two. But a small percentage of infants and younger children may become more ill and need more care. RSV can […]
To increase vaccination rates among Black people who are at high risk of COVID-19, employing an Afrocentric health-promotion approach that is centred on respecting patients’ values and perspectives can help, argue authors in a commentary published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). “An Afrocentric approach, which acknowledges that health care […]
The new moon on August 8 could prove to offer big things and important changes to many members of the zodiac, per Bustle. In addition to the powerful manifesting properties that the celestial event will offer, the New Moon also coincides with the “lion’s gate portal,” which is said to […]
While full moons tend to be the most talked-about and focused-on lunar phase, with everything from busy nights in the E.R. to heightened intuition being credited to them, other phases of the moon’s cycle can be just as powerful and transformative. New moons, for instance, can be equally as intense […]
A large COVID-19 outbreak in a Cape Cod town has changed health officials’ understanding of the coronavirus delta variant, and played a key role in the decision to recommend masks indoors even for people fully vaccinated against the virus. The outbreak occurred in Provincetown, Massachusetts, after July 4 celebrations, and […]
One in ten babies is born prematurely in the United States, but a blood test during a routine prenatal visit could reveal if a woman is at risk of a preterm delivery, according to a Michigan State University researcher. “Preterm births are common,” said Hanne Hoffmann, an assistant professor in […]