From Monday, people at high risk of COVID-19 will be lining up to receive the Pfizer vaccine, marking the start of Australia’s long-awaited COVID vaccination program. We’ve heard about the need to store the vaccine frozen at about -70℃—a temperature well below freezing and unusually cold, even for Antarctica. The vaccine also comes in a multi-dose vial, meaning the vaccine […]
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The onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought about an international effort to uncover the biology of its causative agent, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and to develop effective and safe antivirals to contain and treat the infection. A new study by a team of researchers in France and Sweden discusses one such study, […]
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All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. When I got my hands on Peach & Lily's latest skin-care secret, a powerful spot treatment, I wasn't expecting the formula to be oil-based. I've had my fair share of slapping on pimple patches […]
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A new study suggests that sound may influence fetal development earlier than previously thought, potentially before the ear canal even opens. The researchers found that deaf newborn mice had different brain patterns than mice with regular hearing. These changes occurred around a week earlier than anticipated, based on current developmental knowledge. In the study, exposure to sound also encouraged more […]
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"Manicures and pedicures, I'm always tip-top/ When they say I'm not hot, all these lies need to stop." When the confidence-boosting hit "Icy Grl" dropped in 2017, I couldn't attend a party without hearing those lines over Khia's "My Neck, My Back" beat, shouting them alongside the other Black women in the room. You couldn't escape the bad bitch vibes […]
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong has formally approved China’s Sinovac vaccine for emergency use with the rollout starting on Feb. 26, the city’s health secretary said on Thursday, paving the way for residents in the global financial hub to be vaccinated for COVID-19.Bottles of the Sinovac vaccine are seen at a hospital, as Indonesia drives mass vaccination for the […]
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Around 50% of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 and who show raised levels of a protein called troponin have damage to their hearts. The injury was detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans at least a month after discharge, according to new findings published today in the European Heart Journal. Damage includes inflammation of the heart muscle […]
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An analysis published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that while adults aged 75 years and older do not benefit from taking aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease, many do so on a regular basis. Also, although statins are known to help prevent heart problems in older adults who have experienced a cardiovascular event, many of these individuals […]
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Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) are releasing recommendations designed to address the under-representation of African Americans in clinical trials for multiple myeloma (MM), a blood cancer that is twice as deadly in this demographic as in whites. The initiative, publishing today in the AACR journal […]
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Veterans who experienced the combination of low depression, high social support, and high psychological resilience as they left military service were most likely to report high well-being a year later. Neither demographic and military characteristics nor trauma history emerged as strong predictors of veterans' well-being when considered in the context of other factors. Although most predictors were similar for women […]
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