The coronavirus that conquered the world came from a thumb-sized bat tucked inside a remote Chinese cave. Of this much, scientists are convinced. Exactly how and when it fled the bat to begin its devastating flight across the globe remain open questions. In one year, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infected 94 million people and killed 2 million, 395,000 of them in the USA. Answers…
Hospitals are under “extreme pressure”, the chief executive of NHS England has warned, with one coronavirus patient admitted “every 30 seconds”, as the foreign secretary said the government aims to offer a first vaccination to the entire adult population of the UK by September. Sir Simon Stevens said that the health service had never been in a more precarious position.…
An additional 4,686 COVID-19 cases and 26 deaths were announced Sunday as vaccine appointments in New Jersey remained difficult to secure. The state recently expanded vaccine eligibility to those over 65, residents with certain health conditions and smokers, creating a backlog for appointments when vaccines promised by the federal government did not materialize. “Governors were given assurances by @HHSGov that…
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 13 additional deaths related to COVID-19. All 13 of these deaths occurred in January. There have also been 2,944 new cases reported as the virus continues to surge across the country. The median age of those who died is 83 years, and the age range is 66 to 97 years.…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 4 new coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday and 340 new cases.There are now 33,559 total cases since the beginning of the outbreak.The 4 new COVID-19-related deaths bring the total since the beginning of the pandemic to 511.Cumberland County reported 2 new deaths, 1 new death was reported in Somerset County, and 1…
Latest figures released by NHS England, as of January 17, show that there has been a further Covid-19 death at Derriford Hospital. A child under the age of five has also been admitted to the hospital with coronavirus, figures show. It is unclear if the youngster has since been discharged as the figures cover the period between December 2 and…
Some people get the coronavirus and it kills them; others get it and don't even know it; and then there are the Long Haulers, those with Long COVID, or Post-COVID Syndrome. Long Haulers had COVID, maybe even a mild case, but will suffer for months, possibly years, possibly a lifetime, with debilitating symptoms that make them feel in an "internal…
Obesity The author of The Case for Keto argues that conventional approaches to tackling obesity and diabetes aren’t working, and that low-carbohydrate diets could be the way forward Sun 17 Jan 2021 09.00 EST Over the past two decades, the UK’s rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes have spiralled, something that has invariably been blamed on our intake of…
Ten additional mass vaccination centres are due to open in England this week - including one in Essex Essex's first mass vaccination site is due to open in Wickford, Essex, with more than a million over-80s invited to receive their coronavirus jab. The Lodge in the village of Runwell, close to Wickford, is among the 10 new locations where large-scale…
"Things will get worse before they get better," President-elect Joe Biden said, regarding the winter surge. He acknowledged that there will be stumbles and that the steps may take time, even many months, before the nation is in the place it needs to be. But as the Biden team and state governments plan and administer their vaccine rollouts, Covid-19 case…
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