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While counties in populous metropolitan Atlanta had the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the initial weeks following Georgia’s first reported case, it was rural Southwest Georgia counties, with a higher number of black residents and lower number of ICU beds, experiencing the highest rates of infection and death per capita, investigators report. Among those counties with more than 10 […]
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In Germany have been infected so far, 192.150 people with the Coronavirus, as the reports of the local health and social ministries is clear. On Thursday 642 Corona cases were added. Alone in North Rhine-Westphalia, more than 300 new cases were reported. Three provinces reported that under a new case – Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the Saarland. Read more about […]
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University of Alberta engineering researchers have characterized the potentially hazardous particles in cannabis smoke and have raised awareness about their potential health effects. “It’s not out of line to say there’s potential health risk in marijuana smoke, and there’s not nearly enough research,” said Robert Nishida, a U of A post-doctoral fellow and co-lead on the study. Among the billions […]
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In spite of the Corona-pandemic stormed on Thursday, tens of thousands of British people to the coasts in the South of their country. In Bournemouth, the forces had even a "serious Zwischenfall" not trigger, because the situation was out of control. The use of forces more rights and voting opportunities. Read more about Coronavirus in the News-Ticker of FOCUS Online. […]
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On June 11, Beijing reported its first new coronavirus case in nearly two months. Over the next two days, the city government swung into action, sealing off certain neighbourhoods and closing Xinfadi, the vast wholesale market where the outbreak is believed to have begun. International reports initially suggested that Beijing was adopting “sweeping” lockdown measures. However, we’ve observed that the […]
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The Covid-19-pandemic keeps the world in breath. More than 9.4 million people have been infected so far worldwide, with the novel Coronavirus, 191.508 in Germany – where it always comes back to local outbreaks. All the latest news on Corona-crisis in Germany, Europe and the world read in the News-Ticker of FOCUS Online. Covid-19-News from Germany and around the world […]
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Through investigating the causes of brain swelling in cerebral malaria—a devastating parasitic disease that is fatal for one in five children—scientists have found a potential new treatment approach that could be safely used to improve outcome. New international research, led by the University of Glasgow and published today in Blood Advances, shows that modified heparins—a medication already proven safe to […]
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Why men frequently suffer from hypertension The immune system of the woman produces anti-inflammatory T-cells that keep the blood pressure low. In contrast to men, women have an innate ability to protect itself from high blood pressure, as a recent study shows. Research one of the causes that affects the end of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University […]
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Heart attacks are serious medical emergencies that require immediate attention from a doctor. You could be at risk of a deadly heart attack – or myocardial infarction – if your legs appear to be more swollen than normal, it’s been claimed. Heart attacks are caused by a lack of blood reaching the heart. Without enough blood, the heart could become […]
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In 2013, researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital launched a multi-center study comparing a work schedule that included traditional, extended work shifts for resident physicians (24 hours or more) with a schedule that eliminated extended shifts and cycled resident physicians through day and night shifts (maximum, 16 hours). They expected the new schedule with shorter shifts […]
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