Replacing margarine, butter, mayonnaise and dairy fat with olive oil was associated with lower mortality risk. Consuming more than 7 grams (>1/2 tablespoon) of olive…
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Governments need to be careful about the messaging around compulsory mask wearing to ensure the policy is fully effective, say researchers. When officials in Bangladesh…
Cannabis edibles. Ontario saw nine times more emergency department (ED) visits per month for cannabis poisonings in young children under the age of 10 after…
With help from 2,000 Framingham Heart Study participants, BU researchers studied how much being sedentary, walking, and routine exercise impacts fitness. Exercise is healthy. That…
Disulfiram, a treatment for alcoholism, may cut severe SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the official name of the virus strain that causes…
National poll shows nearly half of those previously vaccinated remain resistant to boosters. A national poll finds that nearly half (47%) of previously vaccinated respondents…
At-home rapid COVID-19 First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus…
The protection offered by the Oxford-Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine declines after three months of receiving two doses, a study says. The findings – drawn from…
For nursing homes, the corona pandemic also means a permanent balancing of safety and quality of life. A simulation tool from TU Graz and CSH…
A study conducted at the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University Hospital suggests that the APOE4 allele may also increase cerebral microhemorrhages related to…
The Omicron variant has been confirmed in all continents except Antarctica. Omicron, the first COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)…
The Ad5-nCoV vaccine, developed in China, is 57.5% effective against symptomatic COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious…
Scientists have detected infection by at least three variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 in free-ranging white-tailed deer in six northeast Ohio locations. Scientists…
How do scientists detect new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious…
Fever was the most likely first symptom in early cases of COVID-19, whereas cough is the most likely first symptom in more recent D614G variant…
Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (gold) within endosomes of a heavily infected nasal Olfactory Epithelial Cell. Credit: NIAID A growing body of scientific…
Disturbing the habitats of horseshoe bats, like these in Borneo, increases the risk of virus spillover. Credit: Mike Prince/Flickr, CC BY The COVID-19First identified in…
Survey conducted in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland suggests that COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused…
Understanding how much protection a vaccine offers is not as simple as it sounds. The pandemic has brought many tricky terms and ideas from epidemiology…
Credit: Caltech Viruses reproduce by taking over the replication machinery of host cells to make copies of their own genetic material, or genome. Unlike cellular…