How women in England faced childbirth in the COVID-19 pandemic
Pregnant women have suffered considerable uncertainty during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Not only were the effects of the virus on the baby unknown, but social restrictions in place threatened their ability to plan their delivery experience or have…
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France tells citizens to avoid Spain, Portugal over Delta variant
France warned its nationals Thursday against travelling to Spain or Portugal on holiday because of a spike in COVID-19 cases caused by the highly contagious Delta variant. France currently allows people to travel to all other EU members as long…
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Telehealth may help reduce medicine's carbon footprint
A large-scale study recently published in The Journal of Climate Change and Health found that an increase in telehealth use in the Pacific Northwest corresponded to a dramatic decrease in transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. The study – a collaboration among…
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COVID Infections Imperil Indonesias Vaccinated Health Workers, and Hospitals
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian pulmonologist Erlina Burhan is exasperated after another long shift in a jam-packed hospital missing 200 staff infected by the coronavirus despite being vaccinated just months ago. “It’s crazy, really crazy,” she tells Reuters. “More patients but…
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Genetic factors linked to response to common antiviral medications
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists and collaborators in Sweden and Japan are reporting that the enzyme NUDT15 plays a role in how patients respond to antiviral therapy with the common drugs ganciclovir and acyclovir. The researchers showed that NUDT15…
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What it's Like to Care for Someone With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Like most small children, I didn’t have a firm grasp on the intricacies of rheumatoid arthritis. I knew that both my mother and her mother had it, but the way my grandmother said it with a thick Eastern European accent…
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Willow Smith Is Vibing With Her Inner Extraterrestrial
All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Mugler's Alien fragrance is a bonafide classic. Whether or not you wore the scent…
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The one drink Duchess Kate really doesnt like
The Duchess of Cambridge is known for her healthy lifestyle and opts for a nutritious diet rich in fruit and vegetables. When it comes to drinks, the royal mother-of-three is said to enjoy a morning smoothie and the odd glass…
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COVID-19 variant could bypass vaccine immunity
California ‘Epsilon’ Covid variant contains three mutations which could allow the strain to bypass vaccine immunity, study finds Spike proteins in the California ‘Epsilon’ variant may be able to evade the neutralizing antibodies in Pfizer and Moderna vaccines Effectiveness of…
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Striking increase in SARS-CoV-2 antibodies seen with prime dose AstraZeneca vaccine followed by Pfizer-BioNTech
Researchers in Germany have provided evidence that a booster shot of a messenger RNA (mRNA)-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine following prime immunization with AstraZeneca’s adenoviral vector-based vaccine is sufficient to achieve high levels of neutralizing antibodies against severe acute…
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