As we begin a new year and head back (at least virtually) to work and school, we might be thinking about personal things we would like to improve. Some people resolve to exercise more, stick to a budget or cut…
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Lebanon hits daily record of Covid-19 infections
Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed a new daily record of 4,166 coronavirus infections Wednesday, as medics warn that the healthcare system is struggling to cope. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lebanon has recorded nearly 200,000 cases including 1,537 deaths,…
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Number of U.S. adults willing to take COVID-19 vaccine down
(HealthDay)—From April to December, there was a significant decline in the number of Americans who say they are willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a research letter published online Dec. 29 in the Journal of the American Medical…
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Smoking associated with increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms
Smoking is associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms and smokers are more likely to attend hospital than non-smokers, a study has found. The study published today in Thorax, by researchers from King’s College London, investigates the association between…
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Some transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurs after seven, 10 days
There is some onward transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from household contacts released from quarantine after seven or 10 days, according to research published in the Jan. 1 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
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California hospital, in midst of COVID-19 crisis, maxes out
The crush of patients with coronavirus is so severe in Los Angeles that on Tuesday they exceeded the normal capacity at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, which serves many Blacks and Latinos in America’s largest county. The hospital in…
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Psychological distress during first months of pandemic equal to that during prior year
The coronavirus pandemic is creating a large spike in significant psychological distress among Americans, with the first month of the pandemic causing as much distress in the same number of individuals that experienced it during the whole previous year, according…
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This Guy Did One Set of Pushups to Failure Every Day for a Year
Doing a single set of push-ups to failure doesn’t sound like a lot. That’s a few minutes of work, and while you’ll be feeling the burn by the end, it’s not particularly strenuous or challenging. But what if you did…
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FDA Approves Pediatric Indication for Xeomin (incobotulinumtoxina) for the Treatment of Chronic Sialorrhea
RALEIGH, N.C., December 21, 2020 — Merz Therapeutics announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Xeomin (incobotulinumtoxinA) for the treatment of patients aged 2 years and older with chronic…
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Beach Baby! Katherine Schwarzenegger Gives Rare Glimpse of Daughter Lyla
First time for everything! Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt took their 4-month-old daughter, Lyla, to see the ocean. “Closing out 2020 with a quiet beach walk (and a first beach experience for one of us),” the Gift of Forgiveness author,…
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