The discovery of a new coronavirus strain on Danish mink farms has led to the introduction of strict public health measures in the north of the country, with other European nations also responding to the outbreak. It comes after a warning from Denmark’s national authority for the control of infectious disease, the State Serum Institute, that if […] Read more
Right now, medicinal cannabis is still hard to afford and hard to get. Though this referendum vote is about recreational use of cannabis, the outcome will affect Kiwis who live with lasting pain – a whopping 20 percent of us. Pain is the most common reason why people see a GP. One in five New […] Read more
New research suggests that catalase, a naturally occurring enzyme in humans, plants, and animals, can suppress the replication of the new coronavirus in rhesus monkeys. The results also indicate that this low cost enzyme could dampen the inflammatory response that occurs in severe COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect in the United […] Read more
Deciding on the best vitamin brand is challenging because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) do not regulate the vitamin and supplement industry. Due to the lack of FDA regulation, people must rely on independent third party organizations testing the supplements for quality or on a company’s statements about their own testing policies. In this […] Read more
Early results from trials of Russia’s potential coronavirus vaccine show no major negative side effects, a study published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet revealed Friday. Doctors involved in the trials conducted “two open, non-randomised phase 1/2 studies at two hospitals in Russia,” on 76 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 60, the Lancet article […] Read more
British drugmaker AstraZeneca has begun testing an antibody-based cocktail for the prevention and treatment of Covid-19, adding to recent signs of progress on possible medical solutions to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The London-listed firm, already among the leading players in the global race to develop a successful vaccine, said the study would evaluate if […] Read more
How does the body respond when the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects it? Which physiological processes help or hinder us in getting rid of the virus, and which processes ensure that we have a mild form of COVID-19, the disease that the virus causes? In this Special Feature, we investigate. The more we learn about COVID-19, the […] Read more
Thirteen universities, or colleges, in the U.K. are at risk of going bankrupt as the coronavirus pandemic hits their finances and challenges the entire sector, a study by Institute for Fiscal Studies warned Monday. Social distancing measures, travel restrictions and lockdowns have tested the ability of universities to survive without students. In the wake of the pandemic, […] Read more
The coronavirus has now killed more than 500,000 people around the world as the number of confirmed infections exceeded 10 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The United States accounts for more than 20% of all reported deaths caused by Covid-19, more than any other country in the world, according to Hopkins’ […] Read more
What is diabetes and why are so many people suffering from diabetes in China? The outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which was first reported in Wuhan, China, has been capturing the world’s attention since the start of the year. Yet while health experts hope that Covid-19 may eventually be contained, the nation continues to […] Read more
