Brazil records 65,165 new coronavirus cases, 1,857 deaths
FILE PHOTO: Graves of people who passed away due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil May 20, 2021. Picture taken May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno KellyRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil registered…
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Johnson & Johnson says COVID-19 vaccine protects against delta variant
The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective against the highly transmissible delta variant, the company announced on Thursday (July 1). Though the analysis was conducted on only a small number of participants and hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed, it…
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EU-Approved COVID-19 Vaccines Protect Against Delta Variant, Says Official
(Reuters) – Europe’s drug regulator said on Thursday the COVID-19 vaccines approved in the European Union offered protection against all coronavirus variants, including Delta, but called for active monitoring by vaccine manufacturers to stay alert. “There have been a number…
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Kathy OBrien, Critic of Cancer Bell Ringing, Dies at 56
Katherine O’Brien, who lived with metastatic breast cancer for 12 years and left her mark on American cancer care, died June 19 after a rapid decline in her health. She was 56. O’Brien served as a patient advocate, blogger, essayist,…
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Where are the AstraZeneca vaccines made? FULL LIST
Travel: Expert discusses vaccines and Covid tests When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about…
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How inequality explains the high impact of COVID-19 in the U.K.
Researchers attempting to explain why the UK has experienced one of the highest COVID-19 mortality rates globally have repeatedly pointed to inequality as one of the root causes. A recent report from UCL on the effect of COVID-19 on Greater…
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Study finds time-restricted eating may reduce diabetes-related hypertension
A new University of Kentucky College of Medicine study suggests that time-restricted eating may be able to help people with Type 2 diabetes reduce nocturnal hypertension, which is characterized by elevated blood pressure at night. The study published in PNAS…
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Fitbits Latest Tracker Is a Flashy Combination of Fashion and Fitness
The first wearable I ever reviewed, Fitbit’s Alta HR, was also the first time I tried out a device that tried to balance fitness appeal with fashion aesthetics. Back in 2017, this was a tough balancing act, but I liked…
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Student designs life-saving device that rapidly stops bleeding from knife wounds
In the year ending March 2019, 259 people were killed in the UK using sharp instruments, including knives and broken bottles. A victim of a stabbing can bleed to death in just five minutes, so the priority for first responders…
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Scientists say COVID-19 test offers solution for population-wide testing
In an article appearing in Nature Biomedical Engineering, a team of scientists from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA School of Engineering report real-world results on SwabSeq, a high-throughput testing platform that uses sequencing to test thousands…
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