A new Stanford University study has found that fewer than 10% of adults in the US had coronavirus antibodies in July. Published by The Lancet on Friday, it studied more than 28,000 dialysis patients to determine how many had formed antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. "This research clearly confirms that despite high rates of COVID-19 in the United States, […]
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Imagine being in the middle of a complex mental health crisis. You can’t really describe what you’re going through, you feel like there’s no hope left and that the only way out is to end it all. Now imagine not being able to tell anyone how you’re feeling. I’m 26 and deaf, and for much of my life this has been my experience – one […]
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Only the best for Colton Dixon's little ladies! Five weeks after the American Idol alum, 28, and wife Annie welcomed their identical twin daughters Ava Dior and Athens Elizabeth, the couple are opening up to PEOPLE about the serene, "dream"-inspired nursery they put together for the girls, furnished with items from Pottery Barn Kids. "We remember walking into the room that […]
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France will face a months-long coronavirus epidemic that will overwhelm its health system if something does not change, one of the country’s top medical figures warned Sunday. “The second wave is arriving faster than we thought,” Patrick Bouet, head of the National Council of the Order of Doctors, told the weekly Journal du Dimanche. Fresh restrictions to slow the spread […]
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Friday scrapped COVID-19 restrictions on bars and restaurants the same day the US state saw 122 deaths topping 14,000 dead. The executive order signed by DeSantis, a close Republican ally of President Donald Trump, “removes state-level restrictions on businesses, such as restaurants.” Floridians and business owners need “certainty and the ability to provide for themselves and […]
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Read what your sign's 2020 horoscope predictions have in store for you or check out the Virgo personality profile. Welcome to October, Virgo. Last month unlocked your inner healer as you became fed up with the injustices plaguing our society. You deeply care about your community and connecting with those around you, but you're also represented by the Hermit card in tarot. Sometimes […]
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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 you notice subtle changes to the colour of your skin, it’s been claimed. Heart attacks are caused by a lack of blood reaching the heart. Without enough blood, the heart could […]
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A Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal Pediatrics, offers new details about pediatric mental health boarding in emergency departments across the country, a problem that has steadily increased in the last 10 years and been made worse by a shortage of psychiatric resources. Boarding refers to the practice of admitting children and adolescents—who are in need of inpatient mental health […]
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A fifth (22%) of people have said that when a COVID-19 vaccine is approved, they’re unlikely to get it, with 10% of people saying they were ‘very unlikely’ to get vaccinated, find UCL researchers as part of the COVID-19 Social Study. Only half (49%) of people reported being ‘very likely’ to get vaccinated. Results also suggest substantial levels of misinformation […]
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Women receiving fertility-sparing surgery for treatment of borderline ovarian tumors were able to have children, a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in Fertility & Sterility shows. Natural fertility was preserved in most of them and only a small proportion required assisted reproductive treatment such as in vitro fertilization. Survival in the group was also as high as in […]
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