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Shanghai to start easing lockdown after another mass testing
China’s largest city of Shanghai will soon begin lifting lockdown in communities that report no positive…
China’s health system faces raft of challenges as Omicron hits
China is battling its biggest spike in coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with…
Fighting viruses is as easy as breathing
The average person will take more than 600 million breaths over the course of their life.…
Sitting Tai Chi exercises improved recovery outcomes for older stroke survivors
Stroke survivors who practiced a seated form of Tai Chi had equal or greater improvement in hand…
What experts know about COVID-19 omicron subvariant BA.2
The World Health Organization designated COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, named omicron, a “variant of concern” on Nov.…
Interim findings show promise in decreasing shortness of breath from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
A new drug shows promise in providing relief to cardiomyopathy patients experiencing shortness of breath, according…
Hong Kong urges testing, Shanghai struggles under lockdown
Hong Kong authorities on Saturday asked the entire population of more than 7.4 million people to…
Higher incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in under 5s during omicron
For children aged under 5, the incidence rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)…
New study assesses the health impacts of the 2020 lockdowns in three European cities
The lockdown measures imposed in March 2020 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented declines…
How food and diet impact the treatment of disease
Today, the Center for Food As Medicine (famcenter.org) and the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center…
Warmer nights may lead to more cardiovascular deaths among men
Warmer than usual summer nights appear to lead to an increase in cardiovascular deaths in men…
After COVID, India tries to get on top of tuberculosis
When COVID-19 ripped through India in 2020-21, several million people are thought to have died. Desperate…
Male contraceptive pill found 99% effective in mice
A team of scientists said Wednesday they had developed a male oral contraceptive that was 99…
Attention to objects in peripheral vision is not driven by tiny eye movements
Minuscule involuntary eye movements, known as microsaccades, can occur even while one is carefully staring at…
New tool assesses patients’ kidney disease-related knowledge
Many individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly those with early stages of the disease, those…
Oleic acid, a key to activating the brain’s ‘fountain of youth’
Many people dread experiencing the cognitive and mood declines that often accompany reaching an advanced age,…
Doctors tend to overestimate gender equality progress in UK medicine, finds survey
Doctors tend to overestimate the progress made towards gender equality in UK medicine, suggest the results…
China locks down millions more as COVID spreads
China on Sunday imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country’s northeast as it…
China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year
China’s national health authorities reported two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the first recorded rise in the…
Bone marrow cancer discovery points to potential drug targets
New research from Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine finds that patients with ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic…
New study finds higher rates of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes after infection with mild COVID-19
New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes…
Long term exposure to air pollution linked to heightened autoimmune disease risk
Long term exposure to air pollution is linked to a heightened risk of autoimmune disease, particularly…
China records nearly 3,400 daily virus cases in worst outbreak in two years
Chinese health authorities reported nearly 3,400 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, double the previous day, forcing lockdowns…
China tightens controls as more virus cases reported
China instituted new COVID-19 restrictions Saturday that included urging the public not to leave Beijing and…
WHO frustration two years on since pandemic declaration
Friday marks two years to the day since the World Health Organization first described COVID-19 as…
Antiseptic drug as good as antibiotics for preventing recurrent urinary tract infections
The antiseptic drug methenamine hippurate is as good as antibiotics for preventing recurrent urinary tract infections…
6 ways to alleviate the stressed healthcare industry in light of COVID-19
Since 2020, COVID-19 has squeezed the healthcare industry into a stranglehold that’s caused staffing shortages and…
Excess health care spending up for PCP turnover in the U.S.
Turnover of primary care physicians (PCPs) is costly, resulting in about $979 million in excess health…
‘A question of time’: experts fear Balkans measles outbreak
Despite vaccinating her first child, Vanja drew a line when it came time to inoculate her…