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We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Coronavirus continues to terrorise the world over, with many countries in the throes of a second wave. The viral disease has exposed many deficiencies, from creaking economic structures to the dissemination of public health knowledge. In relation […] A study estimated bottle-fed babies around the world consume, on average, more than 1.5 million microplastic particles a day. The shaking and heating involved with formula preparation promotes the microplastics' release. It's unclear how microplastic consumption affects human health long term, but the study brings more urgency to finding out how they could impact babies' quickly developing organs. To reduce […] Cyprus will make mask-wearing outdoors compulsory while imposing a night-time curfew in some areas in a bid to rein in a sharp spike in coronavirus cases, officials said Thursday. The east Mediterranean island has seen daily infections rise to record three-digit figures after keeping numbers low for most of the summer. Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said the measures were necessary […] The Challenge’s Ashley Cain gave fans an update on his newborn daughter’s battle with leukemia after revealing earlier this month that she had a rare and aggressive form of the cancer. “YOU MAKE ME RICH IN WAYS I COULD NEVER IMAGINE ❤️?,” he captioned a video of his 2-month-old daughter, Azaylia, on Wednesday, October 21. Celebrity Health Scares The former […] Germany recorded 11,287 new COVID-19 infections in 24 hours, a sharp jump from the previous day and a record for the country since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to official data Thursday. The figure far exceeds the next highest total of 7,830 recorded last Friday, and is a steep jump from the 7,595 cases reported on Wednesday by the […] Mayo Clinic researchers, along with national and global collaborators, have developed a potential test for Machado-Joseph disease, or spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3)—a disease that has no cure. They also have clarified the role of a gene target associated with the disease. The inherited disease is linked to a mutation in the ATXN3 gene. This mutation, which affects the central […] Vaccines are being hailed as the solution to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the vaccine trials currently underway are not designed to tell us if they will save lives, reports Peter Doshi, Associate Editor at The BMJ today. Several COVID-19 vaccine trials are now in their most advanced (phase 3) stage, but what will it mean exactly when a vaccine is […] The UAE’s Medcare Hospitals is to implement a unified healthcare information system (HIS) across its locations in Dubai and Sharjah, it has been confirmed. This follows an agreement with the US-headquartered software systems and technology company, InterSystems. Medcare – a premium private healthcare provider and part of parent group, Aster DM Healthcare – will employ InterSystems’ TrakCare HIS in its […] When it comes to laundry, some people are the sort-by-color, use-the-right-settings type, while others are the toss-it-all-in-and-press-start type. But whichever category you fall into, you may be making a huge laundry faux pas at drying time. If you typically put your underwear into the dryer, you might enjoy the short-lived pleasure of having all your wash done at the same […] All 62 residents in a Kansas nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19, health officials announced Monday. Of those 62 residents, 10 have died, one is hospitalized, and the rest of the residents are currently being quarantined and treated at the facility. The news came from a press release from the Norton County Health Department posted on Facebook. The outbreak […]
The cognitive issues that can indicate coronavirus – not one of the three ‘main’ symptoms
Bottle-fed babies could be ingesting more than 1 million microplastics every day
Cyprus adopts mask-wearing outdoors to contain virus spike
The Challenge’s Ashley Cain Gives Update on Newborn Daughter’s Leukemia Battle
Germany reports record new virus cases in 24 hours
Diagnostic, therapeutic advance for rare neurodegenerative disorder
COVID-19 vaccine trials cannot tell us if they will save lives
UAE’s Medcare Hospitals to adopt TrakCare healthcare information system
The reason you should never put your underwear in the dryer
All 62 Residents in a Kansas Nursing Home Have Been Infected With COVID-19—And 10 Have Died
