In Health, WorldBrazil’s Bolsonaro Has COVID-19 – and So Do Thousands of Indigenous People Who Live Days from the Nearest Hospital Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has denied the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and ridiculed social distancing, tested positive for...
In HealthGrowth of Online Sports Betting Poses Significant Public Health Challenge A surge in use of online sports betting platforms, and promotional tactics such as free bets to hook users in,...
In HealthObese BME People at ‘Higher-Risk’ of Contracting Covid-19 Obese people among black and minority ethnic communities (BME) are at around two times higher the risk of contracting COVID-19...
In WorldLack of Lockdown Increased COVID-19 Deaths in Sweden Sweden’s controversial decision not to lock down during COVID-19 produced more deaths and greater healthcare demand than seen in countries...
In HealthAsthma Does Not Seem to Increase the Severity of COVID-19 Asthma does not appear to increase the risk for a person contracting COVID-19 or influence its severity, according to a...
In HealthCell ‘Membrane on a Chip’ Could Speed Up Screening of Drug Candidates for COVID-19 Researchers have developed a human cell ‘membrane on a chip’ that allows continuous monitoring of how drugs and infectious agents...
In Health35% of Excess Deaths in Pandemic’s Early Months Tied to Causes Other Than COVID-19 Since COVID-19’s spread to the United States earlier this year, death rates in the U.S. have risen significantly. But deaths...
In HealthGrowing Numbers of Alcohol Related Hospital Admissions Linked to Local Spending Cuts According to the researchers, the study shows that spending cuts to alcohol services represent a false economy since decreases in...
In WorldCountries Group into Clusters as COVID-19 Outbreak Spreads Mathematicians based in Australia and China have developed a method to analyze the large amount of data accumulated during the...
In HealthRespiratory Droplet Motion, Evaporation and Spread of COVID-19-Type Pandemics It is well established that the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 disease is transmitted via respiratory droplets that infected...
In HealthFace Mask Construction, Materials Matter for Containing Coughing, Sneezing Droplets While the use of face masks in public has been widely recommended by public health officials during the current COVID-19...
In WorldEast and West Germany Exhibit Health Disparities 30 Years After Reunification East Germany has many more hospitalisations for heart failure compared to West Germany despite a nationwide healthcare system, according to...
In HealthLifetime Discrimination May Increase Risk of Hypertension Among African Americans Lifetime discrimination is a chronic stressor that may increase the risk for hypertension also known as high blood pressure, in...
In HealthAs Cases Spike, California Pauses Multimillion-Dollar Testing Expansion In April, Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a multimillion-dollar state initiative to bring COVID-19 testing to the people and places with...
In HealthLong-Term Use of Muscle Relaxants Has Skyrocketed Since 2005 Office visits for ongoing prescribing of skeletal muscle relaxant drugs tripled from 2005 to 2016, according to a new study...
In HealthGas Cooker Exposure Can Lower Blood Pressure The study, published recently in Circulation Research and led by a team from King’s College London, has investigated how nitrogen dioxide can...
In HealthChildren More Resilient Against Coronavirus The majority of children with COVID-19 in 26 countries fared well clinically compared to adults during the first four months...
In Health1/3 of Parents in 3 States May Not Send Children to School Because of COVID-19 Kindergartners in face masks. Closed playground structures. Random COVID-19 testing. They are among the long list of hypothetical scenarios for...
