Health
CDC Study: Unvaccinated 29 Times More Likely to Be Hospitalized
A new study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is suggesting that the unvaccinated are nearly thirty times more likely to be hospitalized with coronavirus than those who have been inoculated. The eye-opening research—which was published in the CDC’s...
Dr. Gottlieb: Offices with Vaccine Mandates Don’t Need More Coronavirus Precautions
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, contends that companies that make vaccinations mandatory for their employees likely won’t need any additional precautions against the coronavirus. “I think businesses right...
NIH Director: Unvaccinated Americans ‘Sitting Ducks’
Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has sounded the alarm that the rapid rise of coronavirus cases largely due to the highly transmissible Delta variant could return the United States to the worst days of...
Third Coronavirus Vaccine Shot Needed By Winter, Moderna Says
Biotechnology company Moderna, best known for the creation of its mRNA coronavirus vaccine, announced on Thursday that, while its shot would remain 93 percent effective against the disease for six months following the second dose,...
How Forecasting Pollen Levels Will Help Allergy Sufferers
Do flowers blossoming in spring make you miserable? Are you sworn enemies with fall bloomers like ragweed? If you suffer from pollen allergies, imagine the usefulness of a reliable pollen...
Lyme Disease Vaccine? Not Yet, But an Antibody Shot Could Help
Lyme disease has become an insidious epidemic in the United States. Caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected tick, it can lead to heart problems, meningitis or arthritis if left untreated. It...
Tokyo Olympics: Athletes Are Opening Up About Mental Health
The Tokyo Olympics will go down in history for many reasons. It was the first Olympics to be postponed, the first to be held in the midst of a pandemic...
Tips For Spotting Misinformation On Social Media
William V. Pelfrey, Jr., Ph.D., professor in the Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. Bad information comes in two flavors: unintentional and intentional. The latter, intentional disinformation, is far...
New Cancer Treatments Can Be Tested in Artificial Cells on Tiny Chips
It usually takes 10 to 15 years to develop a new drug, and they cost around US$2.6 billion each. Because it’s difficult to predict how a drug candidate will interact with...
Heat Stroke Is a Danger, But Cardiovascular Stress Causes More Heat Wave Deaths
Every summer we invariably deal with at least one heat wave. With global warming, they are becoming longer, more intense and more frequent. Heat waves are now among the most dangerous...
Male Fertility Is Declining – Studies Show that Environmental Toxins Could Be a Reason
In the U.S., nearly 1 in 8 couples struggles with infertility. Unfortunately, physicians like me who specialize in reproductive medicine are unable to determine the cause of male infertility around 30% to...
Swimming Gives Your Brain A Boost – But Scientists Don’t Know Why
It’s no secret that aerobic exercise can help stave off some of the ravages of aging. But a growing body of research suggests that swimming might provide a unique boost to brain health. Regular swimming has been...