Texas reaches record of coronavirus hospitalizations Florida shatters the daily number of new coronavirus cases in any state and hospitalizations in Texas rise to record levels; Jonathan Serrie reports. Oklahoma health officials reported 510 new coronavirus cases on Monday, and the state’s first COVID-19-related pediatric death. Officials at Fort Sill, an Army post in southwest Oklahoma, confirmed a 13-year-old dependent […]
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Cystic fibrosis, one of the most common genetic diseases in Switzerland, causes severe respiratory and digestive disorders. Despite considerable therapeutic advances, this disease still reduces life expectancy, in particular due to life-threatening respiratory infections. Scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered the reason for this large number of lung infections: a protein, Vav3, promotes infections by creating a […]
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(HealthDay)—For adolescents, understanding the severity of COVID-19 and valuing social responsibility are associated with acting in socially responsible ways, including more social distancing and disinfecting, according to a study published online June 29 in JAMA Pediatrics. Benjamin Oosterhoff, Ph.D., and Cara A. Palmer, Ph.D., from Montana State University in Bozeman, examined psychological factors associated with adolescents’ behaviors during the COVID-19 […]
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Florida has more coronavirus infections than all but eight countries in the world as the state reports 12,000 new cases and 35 deaths in a day amid slow rise in fatalities Florida reported more than 12,000 new coronavirus cases on Monday, but only 35 new deaths The state now has more cases of the virus than all but eight countries […]
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A new radiotracer, 18F-SynVesT-2, can directly assess synaptic density changes in the brain, providing an objective and quantitative measure of disease progression after stroke. Research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2020 Annual Meeting shows that the radiotracer may also offer a primary endpoint to evaluate treatment efficacy of novel therapeutics for stroke in clinical trials. […]
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Bloating is the name for the feeling you get when your tummy feels stretched, puffy and uncomfortable. Everyone is bloated around Christmas or after a heavy night on the town. But what else causes bloating? Express.co.uk talks you through a list of bloating causes. If you are persistently bloated, it could be down to digestive problems or issues with your diet.Frequent bloating […]
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COVID-19 continues to infect millions of people as the death toll mounts. There is currently no cure which means that controlling this disease requires a multi-pronged approach. This includes personal protection such as masks, social distancing and the isolation of infected individuals and their contacts. Testing detects infected individuals, especially the 45% of people who do not show symptoms, but […]
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But even as New York continues to make tremendous progress on containing the outbreak, the virus has surged in states including Florida. On Sunday, Florida reported a new single-day record of coronavirus cases with over 15,000, according to the state's Department of Health. Florida has at least 269,811 confirmed cases in total and has also reported 45 additional deaths from […]
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Marked racial disparities exist in confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, investigators say, and highlight urgent needs to ensure adequate testing and treatment are available to African Americans and safer working and living conditions are in place so they can better protect themselves. Also, more complete surveillance data is needed that always includes race, ethnicity and gender to better identify those […]
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Trumps Corona-wonder doesn’t work U.S. President Donald Trump and the President of Brazil Bolsonaro swear in the fight against COVID-19 on the controversial means of hydroxychloroquine. However, Researchers report that the Malaria drug works against the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 induced disease. The same also applies to a further active ingredient, regarded as a beacon of hope against the disease. The Malaria […]
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