The World Health Organization is just the most recent agency on the front lines of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to be fighting off cyber criminals as it battles worldwide spread of COVID-19. According to Reuters, WHO has seen a marked increase in attempted cyberattacks – with one of the most recent reportedly perpetrated by a hacker group called DarkHotel. The […]
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COVID-19 is affecting life in nearly every corner of the globe. Public health officials are heavily relying on two community interventions to curb the pandemic spread: social distancing and restricted travel. Because these measures interrupt personal contact, they can be effective at preventing the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. But the guidelines and restrictions can be confusing, leave […]
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Scientists are looking for with a high-pressure methods, the actual spread of the Coronavirus to assess. An antibody test is now to help. He’s supposed to show who had the disease already immune, and the Virus can no longer continue to give. The extent of the Corona-pandemic estimate is not difficult. Too many people become ill without showing symptoms, in […]
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In the 17th century, residents in the remote English village of Eyam quarantined themselves to prevent the spread of bubonic plague. Most paid with their lives. Now their descendants and locals are outraged that a steady stream of visitors have ignored government warnings to stay at home to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. Last weekend, walkers were out in force in […]
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One of the hallmark symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder is intrusive thoughts. All my life, I’ve felt their constant bombardment. My mind is like a crowded room, and the voices are all shouting different things. “That’s not clean enough—it might be infected.” “Did they just cough? Are they sick?” “I don’t have enough of these things—what if the worst happens, and […]
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Thailand’s government agreed Tuesday to declare an emergency to take stricter measures to control the coronavirus outbreak that has infected hundreds of people in the Southeast Asian country. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said his Cabinet agreed to put a one-month state of emergency into effect on Thursday. The move will give the government enforcement powers not normally available to it. […]
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Think you know coronavirus symptoms? These brave sufferers’ stories may make you think again Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor? As Covid-19 claims more victims by the day, every one of us is on red alert looking out for the symptoms that could mean we, too, are infected. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the […]
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Medical experts have always known myelin, the protective coating of nerve cells, to be metabolically inert. A study led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has found that myelin is surprisingly dynamic, a discovery that has implications for treatment of multiple sclerosis and a type of myelin damage caused by some chemotherapy drugs, often referred to as […]
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This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient, emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. Credit: NIAID-RML Detected coronavirus cases have topped 350,000 across the world since the pandemic broke out late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1700 GMT on Monday compiled […]
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The age of social distancing has understandably lessened everyone’s tolerance for BS In recent weeks. For Chrissy Teigen and a number of other moms on Twitter, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence’s comments about how being tested for COVID-19 was “nothing pleasant” and “invasive” were enough to earn some serious “are you kidding me?” energy. Because, let’s be […]
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