The Covid-19-pandemic keeps the world in breath. More than 10 million people have been infected with the novel Coronavirus, 194.335 in Germany – where it always comes back to local outbreaks. Covid-19-News from Germany and around the world – the top stories: report: at Least 7 Corona-Infected after the family celebration in Kiel (13.47 hrs) to stock empty have purchased: […]
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It was a simple family get-together; a wedding gathering. About 30 people went out to dinner. Half came down with the coronavirus. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recounted that anecdote Wednesday as California reversed its economic reopening for much of the state in the wake of a resurgent COVID-19 outbreak. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday shut down bars, wineries, museums, […]
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Does wearing a mask pose any health risks? No, not for most people. Babies and toddlers should not wear masks because they could suffocate. The same goes for anyone who has trouble removing a mask without help. Others can wear masks without risking their health, according to experts, despite false rumors to the contrary. In areas where COVID-19 is spreading, […]
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Leading UK academic scientists are urging the government to introduce a statutory levy on gambling firms to deliver reductions in gambling harms. In an open letter to the culture minister, Oliver Dowden and the health secretary, Matt Hancock, published by The BMJ today, they warn that the current voluntary system gives the industry too much influence on how the money […]
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Coronavirus likely killed 28% MORE Americans than were counted in the official death toll between March and May – and THREE TIMES as many people died in NYC compared to past years Researchers looked at all deaths for Americans that occurred between March 1, 2020 and May 30, 2020 During this time period, 95,235 deaths were attributed to COVID-19, the […]
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Since COVID-19’s spread to the United States earlier this year, death rates in the U.S. have risen significantly. But deaths attributed to COVID-19 only account for about two-thirds of the increase in March and April, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Yale University found that, from […]
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Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have discovered a mechanism controlling the development of a type of liver cancer. This study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), partly funded by the Spanish Association Against Cancer, has identified a protein that, when blocked, dramatically reduces the impact and progression of this type […]
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Scientists from the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have developed a method allowing for the long-term culture of pancreatic slices to study the regeneration of the human pancreas in real time. The results, published today in the journal of Nature Communications, demonstrate for the first time that extended cultures of near-intact human […]
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A new study has found that measuring “good” cholesterol in a different way may predict the chances of stroke or heart attack more accurately. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlight that heart disease is the leading cause of death among almost all groups of people in the United States; 1 in 4 deaths in the country result […]
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Australia has ruled out abandoning the government’s COVIDSafe contact tracing app in favor of the rival “Gapple” model developed by Google and Apple, which is gaining widespread support around the world. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth told The Project the COVIDSafe app was “a great platform”. In the two months since its launch, COVIDSafe has been downloaded just over […]
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