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25 Countries With the Best Covid-19 Vaccination Rates in the World11h ago ( July 23, 2021 at 7:00 AM )  Tags: Health, Science, Articles, Medical Research, Social Issues, Vaccination, Astrazeneca, Biotechnology, Covid 19 Vaccine, Covid 19 Pandemic, Health Medical Pharma, Oxfordastrazeneca Covid 19 Vaccine, Covid 19 Vaccination In Sweden, Covid 19 Vaccination In Mexico 119 people like this. Like UK scientists back Covid boosters as study finds post-jab falls in antibodiesJuly 22, 2021 at 7:45 AM Exclusive: Waning antibody levels are possible warning sign of lower protection in months after vaccination Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageScientists have backed proposals for Covid boosters in the autumn after blood tests on hundreds of people revealed that protective antibodies can wane substantially within weeks of second vaccine shots being given.Falls in antibodies after vaccination are expected and do not necessarily mean people are more vulnerable to disease, ...Tags: Health, UK, Science, UK News, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, Vaccines and immunisation, University of Oxford, UCL (University College London, Coronavirus 32 people like this. Like Lockdowns do not harm health more than Covid, say researchersJuly 20, 2021 at 2:00 AM Little evidence that social restrictions during the pandemic have added to rates of death and ill-healthCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSince early in the coronavirus pandemic, critics of unprecedented lockdown measures seen worldwide have argued that these interventions cause more harm than the disease itself. But an analysis of global health data suggests there is little evidence to support the idea that the cure is worse than the disease.The analysis, published in ...Tags: Health, Science, World news, Medical Research, Health policy, BMJ Global Health, Coronavirus 19 people like this. Like Masks, hugs and hand washing: 18 new rules for protecting yourself and othersJuly 18, 2021 at 8:00 AM When should you open the windows, wear a mask and take a lateral flow test? As we enter the ‘personal responsibility’ era, here’s an expert guideFreedom day is here, at least for those of us who live in England, and we’re back in the place nobody wants to be. On one hand: yay, freedom. On the other: an uneasy sense that the relaxation of restrictions has very little to do with the data, and very much more to do with a government that is bored of imposing Covid-related restrictions.So we arrive o...Tags: Health, England, Science, London, Society, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, Sheffield, Vaccines and immunisation, University College, Debora Robertson, Coronavirus, Christina Pagel, Greg Fell 41 people like this. Like UK trial aims to find hidden lung damage caused by long CovidJuly 17, 2021 at 7:01 PM Study is part of £20m research drive that scientists hope will end stigma around the conditionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA clinical trial has been launched to detect currently invisible lung damage in people with long Covid, as part of a £20m research drive that scientists hope will end stigma around the condition.Patients still suffering breathlessness will be drawn from long Covid clinics in Sheffield, Manchester and Cardiff to undergo special scans using xenon...Tags: Health, UK, UK News, Medical Research, Manchester, Sheffield, Cardiff, Sheffield Manchester, Coronavirus 47 people like this. Like iAge: predicting health with your “inflammatory age”July 16, 2021 at 9:00 AM  Tags: Health, Stanford, Aging, Medical Research, Innovation, Keith Richards, Bologna Italy, Inflammation, Furman, Human body, Iage, David Furman, Stanford University Every 73 people like this. Like Long Covid has more than 200 symptoms, study findsJuly 15, 2021 at 5:00 AM Calls for national screening programme as symptoms revealed range from brain fog to tinnitusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe largest ever international study of people with long Covid has identified more than 200 symptoms and prompted researchers to call for a national screening programme.The study found the myriad symptoms of long Covid – from brain fog and hallucinations to tremors and tinnitus – spanned 10 of the body’s organ systems, and a third of the symptoms...Tags: Health, Science, UK News, World news, Hospitals, Heart Disease, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, Doctors, Health policy, Gps, Coronavirus, COVID, Long Covid 25 people like this. Like Alcohol caused 740,000 cancer cases globally last year – studyJuly 13, 2021 at 6:30 PM Researchers behind estimate say more needs to be done to raise public awareness of linkAlcohol is estimated to have caused more than 740,000 cancer cases around the world last year, and experts say more needs to be done to highlight the link.There is strong evidence that alcohol consumption can cause various cancers including those of the breast, liver, colon, rectum, oropharynx, larynx and oesophagus. Research suggests that even low levels of drinking can increase the risk. Continue reading...Tags: Health, Science, Breast Cancer, Alcohol, Cancer, Research, Society, Medical Research 25 people like this. Like Health campaigners call for an end to the use of the word leperJuly 12, 2021 at 2:00 AM Derogatory use of the “L-word” has increased during Covid and is said to be further marginalising people with the curable diseaseHealth campaigners are calling for an end to the use of the word leper, saying the language frequently used by politicians and others during the pandemic has made people with leprosy even more marginalised.The metaphor of the socially outcast “leper” has been used often, whether in media reports on stigma against early Covid-19 patients or by politicians in Italy and B...Tags: Health, Science, Biology, Medical Research, Asia Pacific, Infectious Diseases, Philippines, Italy, Microbiology, Global development, Brazil, World Health Organization 16 people like this. Like Flu jab may reduce severe effects of Covid, suggests studyJuly 12, 2021 at 1:00 AM Analysis of 75,000 coronavirus patients found fewer major health problems among people with flu jabCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePeople who are vaccinated against influenza may be partly protected against some of the severe effects of coronavirus, and be less likely to need emergency care, according to a major study.The analysis of nearly 75,000 Covid patients found significant reductions in stroke, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and sepsis, and fewer admissions to emer...Tags: Health, UK News, Medical Research, Vaccines and immunisation, Coronavirus 46 people like this. Like Freedom day? Boris Johnson faces a tough call as Covid cases soarJuly 11, 2021 at 4:00 AM The prime minister seems intent on lifting England’s remaining Covid restrictions on 19 July. But many in the NHS fear it could be overwhelmed – and tourist hotspots are fearful tooCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWith foreign holidays still in doubt and Cornwall filling up by the day, Jessica Webb has a unique perspective on “freedom day”. With her sister, Naomi, and her father, Spence, she helps run Falmouth Surf School and Watersports on Maenporth beach. Bookings fo...Tags: Health, Business, Politics, England, Travel & leisure, Society, UK News, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, NHS, Cornwall, Boris Johnson, Jessica, Naomi, Spence, Coronavirus 4 people like this. Like Is it wise to lift England’s Covid restrictions fully?July 11, 2021 at 2:00 AM The cases for and against the final easing of rules on ‘freedom day’ of 19 JulyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAt the start of this pandemic, one key ethical justification for restrictions was to protect the NHS from being overwhelmed. Yet, despite rapidly rising cases, the number of patients in hospital with Covid has remained relatively low (similar to the start of October). It is clear that the vaccination programme is reducing deaths and hospital admissions from C...Tags: Health, England, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, NHS, Health policy, Coronavirus, COVID 46 people like this. Like ‘I felt betrayed’: how Covid research could help patients living with chronic fatigue syndromeJune 30, 2021 at 1:00 AM People with ME/CFS face debilitating symptoms but often feel dismissed by doctors. The focus on long Covid could help change that In the fall of 2016, Ashanti Daniel, a nurse in Beverly Hills, California, went to an infectious disease physician looking for answers about a weird illness she couldn’t shake. After falling sick with a virus four months earlier, she still felt too tired to stand up in the shower.The appointment lasted five minutes, she said. The doctor didn’t do a physical exam or ch...Tags: Health, Science, Society, World news, US news, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, US healthcare, Beverly Hills California, Coronavirus, Ashanti Daniel 40 people like this. Like Cambridge hospital’s mask upgrade appears to eliminate Covid-19 risk to staffJune 29, 2021 at 2:48 AM Use of FFP3 respirators on coronavirus units at Addenbrooke’s ‘may have cut ward-based infection to zero’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn NHS hospital that upgraded the type of face masks used by staff on Covid-19 wards recorded a dramatic fall of up to 100% in hospital-acquired coronavirus infections among those workers, research has indicated.Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge upgraded the masks from fluid resistant surgical masks (FRSMs) to filtering face piece...Tags: Health, Science, Biology, Society, UK News, Hospitals, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, NHS, Microbiology, Cambridge, Addenbrooke, Coronavirus 27 people like this. Like ‘I struggle every day with the loss of my former life’: what it’s like to live with chronic painJune 29, 2021 at 1:00 AM Long Covid is highlighting conditions that have been around much longer than the pandemic. Ten readers share their experiences“The endless cycle of seeing doctors and never seeing any change or improvement” is how one 43-year-old woman from the US described what it’s like to live with chronic overlapping pain conditions. Long Covid has helped highlight issues surrrounding chronic illness but many people around the world have had to cope with debilitating symptoms of chronic pain for years, often...Tags: Health, Congress, US, Medical Research, Back Pain, Fibromyalgia, Endometriosis, US Institute of Medicine, ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome, Long Covid 50 people like this. Like Why women are more likely to suffer from long Covid | Susan Evans and Mark HutchinsonJune 29, 2021 at 1:00 AM Men are more likely to die from the coronavirus but for women, a stronger immune system comes at a priceWhen Covid-19 burst into our world, the initial focus was on how to prevent death. Older men were more likely to die from the virus than young people or women, and it became clear that not all humans suffered or died at an equal rate. Covid-19 infection was fatal in some and asymptomatic in others.Throughout human evolution, this has been the situation. A new infectious threat arises, and huma...Tags: Health, Gender, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, Vaccines and immunisation, Women's Health, Immunology, Mark Hutchinson, Susan Evans, Coronavirus, Long Covid 15 people like this. Like Mixing Covid vaccines offers strong immune protection – studyJune 28, 2021 at 1:38 PM Oxford researchers say having AstraZeneca then Pfizer jabs is almost as potent as two shots of Pfizer Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHaving different Covid vaccines for first and second shots produces a strong immune response to the virus, according to research that will help improve the resilience of vaccine programmes around the world.Scientists in Oxford looked at the impact of a mix-and-match approach to vaccinations where people were given either the standard tw...Tags: Health, Science, Biology, UK News, World news, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Oxford, Astrazeneca, Vaccines and immunisation, Pfizer, Coronavirus, Oxford AstraZeneca 6 people like this. Like Scientists develop wireless pacemaker that dissolves in bodyJune 28, 2021 at 11:00 AM Technology could be used for patients who need only temporary help to regulate their heartbeatA wireless pacemaker that can dissolve in the body has been created for patients who need only temporary help to regulate their heartbeat.Since the first pacemaker was implanted in 1958, millions of people have benefited from the devices. According to the national audit for cardiac rhythm management, 32,902 pacemakers were implanted for the first time in the UK in the year 2018-19 alone. Continue readin...Tags: Health, UK, Science, World news, Heart Disease, Medical Research, Heart Attack 28 people like this. Like Scientists build wireless pacemaker that dissolves in bodyJune 28, 2021 at 11:00 AM Technology could be used for patients who only need temporary help to regulate their heartbeatA wireless pacemaker that can dissolve in the body has been created for patients who only need temporary help to regulate their heartbeat.Since the first pacemaker was implanted in 1958, millions of people have benefited from the devices. According to the national audit for cardiac rhythm management, 32,902 pacemakers were implanted for the first time in the UK in the year 2018-19 alone. Continue readin...Tags: Health, UK, Science, World news, Heart Disease, Medical Research, Heart Attack 23 people like this. Like Sufferers of chronic pain have long been told it’s all in their head. We now know that’s wrongJune 28, 2021 at 1:00 AM In the first of a series looking at chronic pain and long Covid, Linda Geddes explores the growing realisation that pain can be a disease in and of itself – and the pandemic could be making it worse‘Health systems should be prepared’: doctors brace for tsunami of long CovidIt started with headaches and neck pain, but no sooner had Tricia Kalinowski’s physiotherapist come up with a strategy to tackle these problems, then another area of her body would start to hurt: her lower back, her hip or her...Tags: Health, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, Women's Health, Back Pain, Fibromyalgia, Endometriosis, Kalinowski, Coronavirus, MINNEAPOLIS US, Linda Geddes, Long Covid, Tricia Kalinowski 34 people like this. Like Covid live news: Luxembourg PM ‘tests positive for Covid’; UK records 14,876 new casesJune 27, 2021 at 12:00 PM Xavier Bettel in isolation after self-test result, according to reports; UK’s daily cases figure falls slightly from SaturdayScientist warns of spread of Delta variant across EuropeSouth Africa expected to tighten Covid rules as third wave gathers paceAustralia: NSW reports 30 new infectionsSports fans in UK warned: you will be guinea pigs at summer eventsSee all our coronavirus coverage 5.00pm BST The UK has administered a total of 76,774,990 Covid vaccinations (44,314,799 of which were fir...Tags: Health, UK, Science, UK News, World news, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, Delta, Luxembourg, NSW, XAVIER BETTEL, Bettel, Coronavirus, SaturdayScientist, EuropeSouth Africa, BST Luxembourg 22 people like this. Like Covid live news: half of all adults in England under 30 now jabbed; Delta variant warning for EuropeJune 27, 2021 at 9:27 AM More than 4.2 million people aged between 18 and 29 in England have received vaccine; scientist warns of spread of Delta variant across EuropeDelta Covid variant may be edging race against vaccinesAustralia: NSW reports 30 new infectionsSports fans in UK warned: you will be guinea pigs at summer eventsThe Oxford vaccine: the trials and tribulations of a world-saving jabSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.27pm BST Covid has hit South Africa’s preparations for the British and Irish Lions tour a...Tags: Health, Europe, UK, England, Science, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, UK News, World news, Medical Research, South Africa, Infectious Diseases, Delta, Johannesburg, Jakarta, Afp 50 people like this. Like Covid live news: half of all adults in England under 30 now jabbedJune 27, 2021 at 3:56 AM More than 4.2 million people aged between 18 and 29 have received coronavirus vaccine in the three weeks since programme beganAustralia: NSW reports 30 new infectionsThe Oxford vaccine: the trials and tribulations of a world-saving jabJakarta gravediggers chart Indonesia’s Covid battleWill vaccines protect us against the Delta variant?See all our coronavirus coverage 8.56am BST More than 4.2 million people aged between 18 and 29 years in England have received a Covid vaccine in the three wee...Tags: Health, England, Science, Indonesia, UK News, World news, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, NHS, Oxford, NSW, Coronavirus 31 people like this. Like Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters May Be Needed for Some People Sooner Than OthersJune 25, 2021 at 5:00 PM  Tags: Health, Science, Medicine, Medical Research, Vaccination, Who, World Health Organization, Pfizer, Vaccine, Melinda Gates, Clinical Trials, Gavi, Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, Covax, Medical Specialties, Covid 19 Vaccine 75 people like this. Like 99% of Americans Dying of Covid-19 Were Not Fully VaccinatedJune 24, 2021 at 4:30 PM  Tags: Health, Science, Medicine, Cdc, Medical Research, Associated Press, Vaccine, Immunology, Rochelle Walensky, Medical Specialties, Covid 19 Vaccine, Health Medical Pharma, Covid 19 Vaccination In Bulgaria, Breakthrough Infection, Covid 19 Pandemic In The State Of Palestine, Sars Cov 2 Delta Variant 119 people like this. Like Covid news: UK removes quarantine requirement for arrivals from Balearics, Malta and some Caribbean islandsJune 24, 2021 at 3:30 PM Latest updates: territories are added to UK’s green list or green watchlist, while more countries added to red listPortuguese PM hints at tighter Covid rules for tourists from UKPublic inquiry into Covid must begin now, says senior judgeNo 10 says mass event pilot findings will be published ‘shortly’Long Covid sufferers face new ordeals as sick pay runs outCoronavirus global updates – live 8.30pm BST We are awaiting an announcement from Wales on changes to its travel list. It is expected to...Tags: Health, Europe, Politics, UK, Education, Law, Wales, Scotland, European Union, Travel & leisure, UK News, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, NHS, House Of Commons, Northern Ireland 12 people like this. Like UK Covid news: NI adds Balearics, Malta and some Caribbean islands to travel green list before England updateJune 24, 2021 at 2:30 PM Latest updates: Northern Ireland makes announcement before update on England travel green listPortuguese PM hints at tighter Covid rules for tourists from UKPublic inquiry into Covid must begin now, says senior judgeNo 10 says mass event pilot findings will be published ‘shortly’Long Covid sufferers face new ordeals as sick pay runs outCoronavirus global updates – live 7.27pm BST The Scottish government has announced that Malta, Madeira, Barbados and the Balearic Islands are among the countr...Tags: Health, Europe, Politics, UK, England, Education, Law, Scotland, European Union, Travel & leisure, UK News, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, NHS, House Of Commons, Northern Ireland 3 people like this. Like UK Covid news: 16,703 new cases reported as government prepares to update foreign travel adviceJune 24, 2021 at 1:25 PM Latest updates: new cases up by 44.8% on previous week; prime minister makes clear that travel ‘will be different’ before announcement on green listPortuguese PM hints at tighter Covid rules for tourists from UKPublic inquiry into Covid must begin now, says senior judgeNo 10 says mass event pilot findings will be published ‘shortly’Long Covid sufferers face new ordeals as sick pay runs outCoronavirus global updates – live 6.25pm BST Officials in Northern Ireland appear to have jumped the gun...Tags: Health, Europe, Politics, UK, England, Education, Law, Scotland, European Union, Travel & leisure, UK News, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, NHS, House Of Commons, Northern Ireland Genetics of unexplained sudden cardiac arrestJune 24, 2021 at 11:00 AM  Tags: Health, South Korea, New York, Maryland, Biology, Medicine, Public Health, Medical Research, United States, Innovation, Denmark, Christian Eriksen, Derek, Eriksen, Albert Reece, University of Maryland School of Medicine 147 people like this. Like Finally, a scientific cure for the hiccupsJune 24, 2021 at 9:00 AM  Tags: Health, Science, Medical Research, Iowa, Innovation, Disease, Osborne, British Medical Journal, San Antonio, Alvarez, University of Texas Health Science Center, Human body, Charles Osborne, HiccAway 100 people like this. Like |
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