This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hello, my name is Professor Karol Sikora. I'm an oncologist here in London. And what I'd like to do today is look at a paper that appeared yesterday in The British Medical Journal, looking at mortality due to cancer ...
Whether it's strange rashes on the toes or blood clots in the brain, the widespread ravages of COVID-19 have increasingly led researchers to focus on how the novel coronavirus sabotages the body's blood vessels. As scientists have come to know the ...
Children infected with the coronavirus produce weaker antibodies and fewer types of them than adults do, suggesting they clear their infection much faster, according to a new study published Thursday. Other studies have suggested that an overly strong ...
These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today. GPs 'Right Professionals' for Vaccination Campaign. GPs are the "right professionals" to lead England's coronavirus vaccination campaign, the BMA said. A deal has been reached with ...
On Feb. 6, a scientist in a small infectious disease lab on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention campus in Atlanta was putting a coronavirus test kit through its final paces. The lab designed and built the diagnostic test in record time, and the little vials ...
DENVER (CBS4) – Of the 588 active COVID-19 outbreaks in Colorado, 26 are in prisons, jails, or other correctional facilities, state data shows. One of the worst outbreaks in the state is at the El Paso County Jail. (credit: CBS). On Tuesday, the county sheriff's ...
In India's boiling summers, temperatures can easily rise to 50C (122F). Nearly all vaccines need to be transported and distributed between 2C and 8C in what comprises the so-called cold chain. And most of the Covid-19 vaccines under development, ...
A woman with COVID-19 in Washington state shed infectious virus particles for 70 days, meaning she was contagious during that entire time, despite never showing symptoms of the disease, according to a new report. The 71-year-old woman had a type of ...
Whether it's strange rashes on the toes or blood clots in the brain, the widespread ravages of COVID-19 have increasingly led researchers to focus on how the novel coronavirus sabotages the body's blood vessels. As scientists have come to better know the ...
BERLIN — Denmark, one of the largest fur producers in the world, plans to kill every mink in the country to contain a coronavirus mutation that had begun spreading back to humans. Although the virus mutates constantly, this variation prompted particular ...
A genetically edited form of a herpes simplex virus—rewired to keep it from taking refuge in the nervous system and eluding an immune response—has outperformed a leading vaccine candidate in a new study from the University of Cincinnati, Northwestern ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Even as the coronavirus pandemic has postponed the delivery of many kinds of health care, a new study suggests that delaying cancer treatment by even ...
Psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in "magic mushrooms," rapidly improves symptoms and produces remission in as little as two sessions for patients with major depression, new research suggests. Results of a small randomized trial showed that ...
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- If you've recovered from a COVID-19 infection, you can help as many as four other COVID-19 patients get better, simply by donating your plasma. Is it worth it? Just ask ...
A new genetic study out of UNC-Chapel Hill has found that the virus that causes COVID-19 is not mutating in a way that will harm the effectiveness of potential vaccines. The research, published in the journal Cell Reports, used genetic sequencing technology ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government has agreed to purchase two more COVID-19 vaccines in development, beefing up the country's prospective arsenal against the pandemic to 135 million doses as it aims to complete a mass inoculation ...
But herd immunity is especially difficult to achieve for a brand-new disease like Covid-19. It takes time to make enough vaccine to give it to everyone who would benefit from it, and then it takes even more time to distribute it. And no vaccine completely protects ...
Ischemic strokes in COVID-19 patients tended to be more severe than those in other individuals, according to a case-control study from the U.K.. Among 86 stroke patients with COVID-19, stroke characteristics and outcomes differed from uninfected stroke ...
The number of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV has dropped to its lowest number in 20 years, says Public Health England (PHE). A new report shows a drop in diagnosed cases across people of all sexualities and genders. And it's not just because ...
Health care workers will almost certainly get the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. when one is approved, according to Dr. José Romero, head of the committee that develops evidence-based immunization guidelines for the Centers for Disease ...
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Working from home during the pandemic significantly reduces your risk of catching COVID-19, U.S. health officials say. The option to work remotely, however, appears to ...
By American Heart Association News, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). By Will Pry. American Heart Association News. THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- As temperatures fall, honey's popularity tends to rise. Whether used as ...
Beyond the well-established benefits of sustained weight loss and improved type 2 diabetes, metabolic surgery performed after myocardial infarction (MI) lowered the long-term risk of cardiovascular events, according to a new registry study. The risk of major ...
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is looking at biosecurity around mink farms in countries across the world to prevent further "spillover events" after Denmark ordered a national mink cull due to an outbreak of coronavirus infections ...
Experts say people who have seasonal affective disorder may find it easier to cope with the winter's shorter daylight hours because of lifestyle changes they've already made due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They say habits such as healthy diets, regular ...
THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Expanded Medicaid passed in some states as part of the Affordable Care Act has significantly reduced deaths from newly diagnosed breast, lung and colon cancers, a new study finds. Death rates from these ...
Dramatically fewer US patients sought in-person routine preventive or elective care during the first 2 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a decrease only partially offset by a rise in the use of telemedicine, according to a study published today in JAMA Network ...
November 6, 2020 -- Researchers have known since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic that infection increases the risk of sometimes deadly blood clots in the lungs, heart, and other organs. Now research indicates aspirin – a cheap, over-the-counter ...
LONDON (Reuters) - New COVID-19 infections in England have stabilised at around 50,000 a day, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday, indicating a levelling-off in the steep rise of cases even before England was pushed into a second national ...
New research reveals that tinnitus, a common condition that causes the perception of noise in the ear and head, is being exacerbated by COVID-19—as well as the measures helping to keep us safe. The study of 3,103 people with tinnitus was led by Anglia ...
A new global analysis led by Imperial College London, and published in journal The Lancet, has assessed the height and weight of school-aged children and adolescents across the world. The study, which used data from 65 million children aged five to 19 ...
This article has Unlimited Access. For more coverage, sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter. To support our commitment to public service journalism: Subscribe Now. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed an artificial ...
Danish officials notified the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Twelve people have been diagnosed with the virus strain so far, according to the WHO. About 200 coronavirus cases in ...
How stressed are you? Your earwax could hold the answer. A new method of collecting and analyzing earwax for levels of the stress hormone cortisol may be a simple and cheap way to track the mental health of people with depression and anxiety. Cortisol is ...
By NewsDesk @bactiman63. Swine flu viruses do not normally infect people; however, sporadic human infections with these viruses have occurred. Agricultural and health officials in Alberta are reporting a human case of variant Influenza A (H1N2)v in a ...
By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters. (HealthDay). Below are newsworthy items compiled by the HealthDay staff: Nasal Spray Blocks Coronavirus in Animals. An experimental nasal spray against the new coronavirus is effective in animals ...
For over three decades, the function of unusual bacterial structures called retrons has remained unclear. Now, a team has solved the longstanding mystery: Retrons are immune system "guards" that ensure the survival of the bacterial colony when it is infected ...
FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Tinnitus, a common hearing problem, may be worsened by COVID-19 or possibly even triggered by the new coronavirus, new research indicates. Moreover, people with tinnitus are further struggling because of ...
These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today. How Cancer Treatment Delays Increase Mortality Risk. Each month cancer treatment is delayed increases the risk of cancer death by around 6%-13%, according a UK and Canadian review ...
Retinal ganglion cells extend their axons from the eye to the brain through the optic nerve in order to relay and process visual information. To investigate whether Protrudin might stimulate repair in the injured CNS in an intact organism ...
The number of Covid-19 related deaths registered in Northern Ireland has passed 1000. According to the latest bulletin from the government statistics agency NISRA, 51 deaths were registered in the week to Friday 30 October. That is nine more than the ...
Breast, lung, and colorectal cancer patients in Medicaid expansion states saw lower mortality rates compared with patients in nonexpansion states, a new study found. Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was associated ...
COVID-19 is rapidly spreading among Michigan children as more than 7,000 tested positive in October alone, and 18 kids are currently hospitalized statewide. The number of Michigan kids testing positive has nearly doubled this fall — from 3,644 confirmed ...
Researchers say they've designed a new chemically treated mask that may sanitize up to 82 percent of respiratory droplets from the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Experts say the potential mask is encouraging news, but they also urge people to continue ...
A new study has found that a commonly prescribed antidepressant may halt growth of a type of cancer known as childhood sarcoma, at least in mice and laboratory cell experiments. The findings, from researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and MD ...
Employees in office settings may be more likely to become infected with the novel coronavirus if they regularly commute to work rather than work from home, according to a new report. Public health investigators who examined possible exposures to ...
SOUTHAMPTON, NY — The Suffolk County Department of Health is shedding additional light on a coronavirus outbreak tied to an early voting site in Southampton and telling anyone who voted there between October 26 and October 28 to monitor for ...
With 2020 hijacked by COVID-19, a team of QUT researchers in Brisbane, Australia, say social media analytics can capture the attitudes and perceptions of the public during a pandemic. They also suggest social media is now the best way to encourage ...
Letting money do the talking is one way to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake and perhaps alleviate some concern about perceived risks, especially in a climate of vaccine hesitancy, a researcher argued. Acknowledging it may be difficult to get people to take ...
By Cara Murez, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) – Though COVID-19 calls to mind common symptoms such as fever and cough, at least 16% of infected patients have only gastrointestinal symptoms, according to a ...
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