Health

News 11/27/21, 04:04

To reduce one of the world's highest rates of coronavirus infection, the Czech government forced bars and clubs to shut at 10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 25, and forbade Christmas markets as well as limiting attendance at sporting and cultural events to 1,000. According to the presidential office, President Milos Zeman ...

News 11/27/21, 03:44

On Friday, Nov. 26, Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said the U.S. must analyze the data before deciding whether or not to limit travel for the new COVID-19 Omicron variant. Fauci mentioned that a flight restriction from southern Africa is conceivable and that the U.S. is gathering data ...

New York 11/27/21, 03:26

In response to the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued a state of emergency order on Friday, Nov. 26."We've taken extraordinary action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and combat this pandemic. However, we continue to see warning signs of spikes this upcoming winter, and while ...

United Kingdom 11/26/21, 18:52

The UK's official health system believes that girls who don't like dolls or the color pink are transgender and pushes them to transition, Breitbart reported. Psychiatrist Dr. David Bell, former director of the London-based specialist mental health Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, which houses the UK's only gender identity development ...

News 11/26/21, 16:15

President Joe Biden received a letter from almost 200 state legislators from 30 states requesting that he remove his vaccine mandates, which they called "unconstitutional." The letter is written by Rep. Stewart Jones ( R-S.C.), Rep. Tatum Lee ( R-Kans.), and Rep. Josiah Magnuson (R-S.C.). The letter says the lawmakers hold Biden's ...

News 11/26/21, 02:55

South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla stated Thursday that a new coronavirus strain had been discovered. Scientists are concerned about its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, South Africa's most populous region. "Over the last four or five days, there has been more of an ...

United Kingdom 11/22/21, 03:14

The UK reported 40,044 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, Nov. 21, bringing the seven-day total to 287,205. An increase of 9.4% over the preceding seven-day period. According to the statistics, those who died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus were 61. According to Reuters, the number of people ...

News 11/21/21, 03:12

The number of COVID-19 deaths in 2021 surpassed those in 2020 this week. Since the start of the pandemic, Johns Hopkins University's latest data shows the U.S. has reached at least 771,013 COVID-19 deaths.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the total number of COVID-19-related deaths in ...

News 11/17/21, 18:34

Boston's new mayor, Michelle Wu, has made it easier for state employees to take paid leave after having an abortion, thanks to a parental leave change she pushed through. An amended version of parental leave was voted in unanimously on Sept. 15, 2021, and signed by interim mayor Kim Janey two ...

South America 11/17/21, 16:13

A woman became the world's second documented patient to naturally reverse her HIV infection on Nov. 16. Clinicians have confirmed an anonymous Argentine woman, who is widely known as the "Esperanza patient," cured herself without medication or treatment. "I do not have to medicate, and I live as though nothing has happened," ...

News 11/17/21, 15:33

The SARS-CoV-2 virus's Delta variant now contributes almost all of the coronavirus contagious cases over the world. Meanwhile, many global areas have witnessed the out-of-control spread of this unusual coronavirus, making the situation even worse. Scientists are concerned, even though vaccines have proven effective in protecting patients from severe disease and ...

United Kingdom 11/16/21, 04:07

In Harlington, UK, a bereaved father has issued a warning about the threat of DVT (deep vein thrombosis) to parents and teens after his 24-year-old son died of playing video games for hours. "No parent should outlive their child, it's so very wrong," said Stanley Greening, a father who lost his ...

News 11/13/21, 16:27

The connection of a rare genetic condition in a Kentucky couple in the 1800s led to the transmission of a disease that causes the skin of those affected to appear a deep shade of blue. The disease, which has been transmitted to this day, has attracted so much attention in ...

America 11/12/21, 21:19

Compass Pathways released results of the largest-ever trial of psilocybin, the psychedelic substance that was highly effective as a remedy for treatment-resistant depression, on Tuesday, Nov.9. The Phase 2b study is the largest randomized, controlled, double-blind trial of psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms. The trial was double-blind, which means neither ...

News 11/12/21, 15:41

On Nov. 8, a third complaint accusing Subway of deceiving the public was presented, saying that a lab testing has revealed that Subway’s tuna products contain other animal proteins, including chicken, pork, and cattle, rather than “100% tuna” as advertised, Reuters informed. This week, San Francisco’s federal court has received the third version ...

News 11/11/21, 16:00

Five years after taking over a steel mill in central Serbia, residents of Radinac town are calling for the facility to be shut down due to the dust contaminant it releases.  The facility, Smedrevo, emits fumes of red-hued smoke that leave the municipality covered in dust described as "greasy" and troubling ...