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Vaccine bookings spike after Italy extends Covid pass
Bookings for coronavirus vaccines in Italy spiked this week after the government said all employees must show proof of a jab, negative test or recent recovery […]Special ‘Strategies’ Can Help People With Parkinson’s Walk, But Many Patients Unaware
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) Movement can be very difficult for people with Parkinson’s disease, as shaking and stiffness play […]Guinea declares end of Marburg virus outbreak: WHO
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Guinea has declared the end of an outbreak of the Marburg virus, which belongs to the same family as Ebola, the World […]Multigenerational Study Finds Links Between ADHD, Dementia Risk
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appears to be somehow linked to risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, […]FDA experts among group opposing US booster shot plan
In this Aug. 26, 2021 file photo, Parsia Jahanbani prepares a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in a mobile vaccine clinic operated by Families Together […]FDA Bans Sale of Nearly a Million E-Cigarettes; Allows Juul to Remain on Market
FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced that it had rejected the applications of nearly a million electronic […]Understanding sickle cell disease
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sickle cell disease, which is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders, affects approximately 100,000 people in the U.S., according to […]White House Pushes for More Vaccine Mandates
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 President Joe Biden is slated to announce an ambitious six-point plan to double down on a resurgent […]Infants link language and cognition, whether the language is spoken or a sign language
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sign language, like spoken language, supports infant cognitive development in hearing infants, according to a groundbreaking new study by Northwestern University researchers. […]NZ COVID outbreak claims first death in six months
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New Zealand recorded its first COVID-related death in six months Saturday, but health authorities said there were signs the outbreak of the […]A ‘Bionic’ Arm That Feels Like Her Very Own
Latest Prevention & Wellness News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) Former Marine Cpl. Claudia Mitchell can hold a banana or […]COVID Cases Rise Sharply Among Kids as School Year Starts
By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 2021 As the school year gets underway across the United States, new data shows that […]Suicide Prevention
Suicide Rates in the U.S. Pre-COVID-19, suicide rates overall increased in the United States from 1999-2016. Suicide made the top-10 leading causes of death in every […]Macron’s ‘health pass’ helps boost France’s vaccine take-up
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Despite weekly protests, France’s “COVID health pass” has helped turn the country, once a vaccine laggard, into a leader and has the […]High Demand for At-Home COVID Tests Could Hamper Supply, Abbott Says
MONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) Demand for Abbott Laboratories’ at-home COVID-19 tests has reached “unprecedented” levels and supply may be limited in the coming weeks, […]The Emergence of the Delta Variant
Overview of Coronaviruses Coronaviruses are not new to us – they are a family of RNA or protein-based viruses that rarely infect humans. Coronaviruses are responsible […]Australia’s Melbourne extends sixth virus lockdown
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A lockdown of Australia’s second-biggest city Melbourne will be extended, authorities announced Sunday as they struggle to quash a stubborn coronavirus Delta […]One Benefit of Online Learning: Better Sleep for Kids
FRIDAY, Aug. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) Despite all of the criticism of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research suggests there was a silver lining: […]Pfizer/BioNTech ink vaccine deal with Brazil manufacturer
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain COVID-19 vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech have joined forces with Brazilian pharmaceutical company Eurofarma to distribute doses in Latin America, the companies […]One Activity Causes 4 Out of 5 Sports-Linked Spinal Injuries
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) Football and other contact sports get a lot of attention for their injury hazards. But […]
August 17, 2021
COVIDome Explorer Graphical Abstract. Credit: CU Anschutz Medical Campus To further accelerate COVID-19 research on a global scale, investigators from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have […]
August 2, 2021
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Princess Margaret Cancer Centre researchers have made new findings which provide a broader understanding of how dormant hematopoietic stem cells are activated […]
July 6, 2021
Fruit fly neurons. Credit: Torsten Bossing, University of Plymouth Most human cells are able to repair damage by dividing at wounds. But mature nerve cells (neurons) […]
May 28, 2021
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Your immune system is always busy fighting incoming threats. It consists of a system of cells, and when there is a shortage […]
March 20, 2021
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have used a genetic engineering strategy to dramatically reduce levels of tau—a key protein that accumulates and becomes tangled in the […]
March 19, 2021
Microscope image showing muscle stem cells produced using the newly discovered chemical cocktail. Muscle cells, in red, are integrating into injured muscle, in green, of an […]
March 18, 2021
This model shows the structure of the spike protein in its closed configuration, in its original D614 form (left) and its mutant form (G614). In the […]
March 18, 2021
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Older age at the time of conception and alcohol consumption during pregnancy have long been known to impact fetal development. Now, a […]
March 16, 2021
Catrina Mugglin MD, MSc, Department of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital Credit: C. Muggli Research team Inselspital and University of Bern found an above average […]