Live Updates: China says it found COVID-19 on packaging of frozen imports
New coronavirus restrictions implemented across US ahead of holiday Fox News correspondent Laura Ingle joins ‘Special Report’ with the latest from Malverne, N.Y. China has increased the testing of frozen foods after the country said it has repeatedly discovered the coronavirus…
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Divorce court is normally quiet during the holiday season, but this year it’s booming
Inquiries about how to file for divorce have increased 34% year-over-year, and divorce lawyers have anecdotally noticed a spike during the holidays, a time when there's typically a lull in these cases. Divorce lawyers told Insider the nature of the…
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Memories of past events retain remarkable fidelity even as we age
Scientists studying the complex relationship between aging and memory have found that in a controlled experiment, people can remember the details about past events with a surprising 94% accuracy, even accounting for age. These results, published in the journal Psychological…
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This Man’s Diarrhea and Vomiting Were Actually Caused by Parasitic Worms in His Stomach
The man was asked to give a stool sample, and doctors found fertilized eggs from the intestinal parasite Ascaris lumbricoides in his poop. He was eventually given IV fluids, a single dose of the anti-parasitic drug albendazole, and discharged him…
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Researchers develop low-cost, portable brain imaging scanner
When it comes to brain scans for assessing head trauma, detecting brain cancer, and performing numerous other tests, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the best option, but MRI scanners are costly, require special infrastructure, and are immobile. Now a team…
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What doctors aren’t always taught: How to spot racism in health care
Betial Asmerom, a fourth-year medical student at the University of California-San Diego, didn’t have the slightest interest in becoming a doctor when she was growing up. As an adolescent, she helped her parents—immigrants from Eritrea who spoke little English—navigate the…
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Does your anxiety trigger IBS symptoms? How to support your digestive system
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. It may be that your diet or eating patterns have changed during lockdown with more snacking and…
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Head in the game: Blind soccer players help develop new aids for the visually impaired
Researchers from the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences at the University of Tsukuba studied the way blind players and sighted non-athletes tracked an incoming noise-making ball. They found that blind players employed a larger downward head rotation when trapping…
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Value of vaccine to end COVID-19 pandemic worth 5% to 15% of global wealth
The monetary value of a vaccine that could potentially end the COVID-19 pandemic is between 5%-15% of worldwide wealth, according to a new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign business professor. The value of a vaccine rises substantially…
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Most adults over 50 say they’ll get vaccinated against COVID-19, but many want to wait
Once enough people receive effective vaccines against the novel coronavirus, experts say, the end of the pandemic may be in sight. But a new poll of older adults—one of the highest-priority groups for vaccination—suggests an uphill climb lies ahead to…
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