It’s flu season. In the middle of a coronavirus pandemic. Is this any time to be thinking about your risk of stroke? Yes, researchers say. Having either influenza or the coronavirus seems to increase the odds of having an ischemic…
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Buying emergency contraception is legal but not always easy at small, mom-and-pop pharmacies
About 22 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 44 report having used emergency contraception. But even though the Food and Drug Administration approved levonorgestrel—more commonly known as Plan B—for over-the-counter use for women of all ages in…
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Could the novel coronavirus become a seasonal virus? New study suggests yes — but not yet
Coronavirus and seasonal allergies: How to spot the difference As kids begin to head back to school, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided some guidelines for parents to help them distinguish between seasonal allergies and COVID-19,…
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Chief of U.S. vaccine initiative says October timeline ‘extremely unlikely, but not impossible’
The chief adviser for the White House vaccine program said Thursday it was “extremely unlikely, but not impossible” that a vaccine could be available by the end of October. Speaking with National Public Radio, Dr. Moncef Slaoui said that the…
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Why do we develop lifelong immunity to some diseases, but not others?
Some diseases, like the measles, infect us once and usually grant us immunity for life. For others, like the flu, we have to get vaccinated year after year. So why do we develop lifelong immunity to some diseases but not…
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Thermal cameras aren’t perfect, but they can help control the coronavirus pandemic
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the world has rushed to deploy infrared thermal imaging cameras (also known as infrared radiometers) to measure people’s temperature and the technology has become big business. Since the pandemic began, thermal cameras have been…
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I self-harmed for years but moving in with a carer saved my life
When I was 23, I was sent to a private psychiatric hospital, where I lived permanently for four and a half years. Having been abused as a child, I had mental health problems that became so severe I started self-harming….
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Coronavirus vaccines are coming, but when will they arrive?
Coronavirus vaccines are coming, offering hope for a world rocked by pandemic, but USC experts say how soon they’ll become available—and in what form—is not yet clear. Big pharma and government labs around the world are spending billions of dollars…
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Japan’s pandemic deaths low, but future success uncertain
Japan has kept its deaths from the new coronavirus low despite a series of missteps that beg the question of whether it can prevent future waves of infections. Authorities were criticized for bungling a cruise ship quarantine and were slow…
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Plasma helped severely ill patients but not life-threatening patients
Severely ill coronavirus patients treated with plasma from COVID-19 survivors recovered FIVE days faster – but the experimental treatment did not improve survival odds in life-threatening cases Convalescent plasma therapy is when the liquid portion of blood is taken from…
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