New Zealand on Sunday marked 100 days since it stamped out the spread of the coronavirus, a rare bright spot in a world that continues to be ravaged by the disease. Life has returned to normal for many people in the South Pacific nation of 5 million, as they attend rugby games at packed stadiums and sit down in bars […]
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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 others? And where does the novel coronavirus fit into all this? Whether or not we develop immunity to a disease […]
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I realised I was different at five years old. If I fell over, it wouldn’t just be a graze on my knee, my skin would actually just rip off. Only 5,000 people in the United Kingdom have Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a rare skin condition that causes wounds and chronic scars – and I am one of them. I was born […]
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New research has pinpointed an unexpected sign of COVID-19 (the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2). Here’s some food for thought. Doctors in Chicago, USA, have noted a bizarre symptom in an older man who tested positive for COVID-19. A report published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine details the case of an unwell man who suffered from hiccups. […]
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Take a look at how dragon fruit could be your SOS fruit in these times! One of the most exotic fruits, dragon fruit is one which will arrest you with its gorgeous colour. Also known as pitahaya, the fruit is indigenous to South America, but also found in Vietnam, Thailand and China. Recently, actor Malaika Arora had posted a story […]
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DR ELLIE CANNON: Young people have given up their freedom to protect the elderly… but we can’t keep curtailing their lives Among the many suggestions floated about how to curb the rising number of corona cases, one has sparked particular outrage – that lockdown should be reinstated for the over-50s. Older Britons would once again sacrifice their freedom, while the […]
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The Corona-pandemic keeps the world in suspense: More than 17 million people are infected worldwide with the Coronavirus, 214.577 of them in Germany. "We rely on Vernunft": Seaside resorts of fear guests-rush The Baltic sea resort of Boltenhagen is anticipating the weekend with up to 20,000 visitors. "The great weather prospects are for a rush on our beaches erwarten", mayor […]
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Residents in Lancashire can no longer mingle with different households in private gardens, pubs or restaurants – and safety measures will be kept under review. But how far off is the UK from a much-needed vaccine? Reports detailed that since January 2020, there have been around 170 vaccine candidates under development. At present, 15 of them are already in human […]
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After attending a funeral last month in a rural Minnesota town, 30 people were sickened with the novel coronavirus. Stephanie Schindler — whose father Francis Perreault had suffered from Parkinson’s disease and a number of strokes before his death at 78 — told the Star Tribute that although many attendees wore masks and kept a safe distance from one another […]
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Up to 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses could be made available for poorer countries by 2021 under a deal struck Friday for production at the Serum Institute of India. The deal was announced by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, for production of two different potential vaccines at SII, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume. The vaccines will be priced at […]
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