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The Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that the UK will offer its genomics expertise to other countries in order to help them identify new variants of COVID-19. This will be facilitated through the launch of the New Variant Assessment Platform, a UK-based service that will offer up the country’s laboratories to analyse samples of potential

Statins: How the drug prevents heart attacks and strokes A heart attack is a serious medical emergency whereby the supply of blood to the heart is suddenly blocked, usually by a blood clot. Due to its location, chest pain is regarded as the hallmark symptom of a heart attack. As GP and lifestyle medicine physician

Butterfinger, you better not be playing with our emotions, because now that you’ve put it out there that Crispety Crunchety Peanut Butter might become a thing, we won’t take no for an answer. On Jan. 24, the Ferrero brand took to Instagram to post a picture of the Butterfinger-inspired peanut butter. It included the caption,

Jamie Oliver is the king of vegetarian meals. He has kids of his own, so he knows how to sneak those veggies into kid-friendly meals. His recipes are made for families, and they’re perfect for those activity-packed days where you only have thirty minutes to put a meal together before dropping the children off at

As President Joe Biden seeks to raise the federal minimum wage, a new study published recently by researchers from Syracuse University shows that a higher minimum wage will reduce infant deaths. In the study, “Effects of US state preemption laws on infant mortality,” Syracuse University professors found that each additional dollar of minimum wage reduces

When you’re looking to lose weight, social media success stories can be a serious source of inspiration. And if you’ve seen a bunch of those features online over the years, chances are one of them may have mentioned OPTAVIA®. Followers of the weight-loss plan eat a mix of pre-made, portion-controlled food sent to their door

Picture it: It’s a super busy day with the kids and you really don’t feel like cooking, so you decide to grab some fast food for dinner. Everyone decides they want Chick-fil-A, you get into your car, start to drive off but suddenly stop. It’s Sunday, and Chick-fil-A is closed. Finding meals for busy nights

Moderna confirms it is on track to deliver 100 million vaccine doses to America by March and 200 million by June as Biden promises that anyone who wants a shot will have it in spring Moderna Inc says it is on track to deliver 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses by March and 200 million in June

The European Union on Tuesday warned pharmaceutical giants that develop coronavirus vaccines to honor their contractual obligations after slow deliveries of shots from two companies hampered the bloc’s vaunted vaccine rollout in several nations. The bloc already lashed out Monday at pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, accusing it of failing to guarantee the delivery of coronavirus vaccines

The COVID-19 pandemic has diminished people’s ability to make in-person, human connections, and such relationships are especially important in health care. However, healthcare organizations can improve connections with their patients, according to a review article from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa public health researchers published in Quality Management in Health Care. Researchers including AJ Patil,

According to an open-access article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), in lumbar spine MRI, presumptive pain generators diagnosed using symptom information from brief electronic questionnaires showed almost perfect agreement with pain generators diagnosed using symptom information from direct patient interviews. “Using patient-reported symptom information from a questionnaire, radiologists interpreting lumbar spine MRI converged

Coronavirus patient begs to see his wife from hospital bed Despite the UK’s ongoing vaccine rollout, coronavirus continues to reach grim milestones. The number of coronavirus patients on mechanical ventilation in the UK has passed 4,000 for the first time in the pandemic – government data shows that a total of 4,076 Covid patients were

A 97-year-old Holocaust survivor has won her battle with COVID-19. On Thursday, Lily Ebert's grandson, Dov Forman, shared a photo of his grandmother taking her first walk since recovering from the virus. "My 97-Year-old Great Grandma, Lily Ebert BEM – Auschwitz Survivor, has just recovered from Covid- 19," the 17-year-old wrote. "Today she went on

How many times have you optimistically bought loads of veggies and then ended up tossing some of them, spoiled and uneaten, weeks later? It’s easy to overestimate the amount of fresh vegetables you need and end up with a graveyard of salad fixings in the produce drawers of your fridge. But food waste is bad

(HealthDay)—Patients with vitamin D deficiency are significantly more likely to be positive for COVID-19, according to a study published in the April issue of Nutrition. Joseph Katz, D.M.D., from the University of Florida College of Dentistry in Gainesville, and colleagues examined the strength of the association between vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 in a cross-sectional

In a study to gain understanding of the future public health workforce, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), conducted a large-scale analysis of the first employment outcomes of public health graduates and found that 78 percent were employed including 5 percent

If you are a Trader Joe’s fan us, then you know about their Annual Customer Choice Awards where shoppers can select their favorite products in different categories and, of course, vote for their overall favorite. Unlike last year’s surprise winner for Favorite Overall, fans seem to have stayed in their comfort zones this year. Orange

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and is it just us, or are heart-shaped boxes of chocolate kind of…tired? Don’t get us wrong, we love a sweet gift, but our preferred love language is crunchy deliciousness like chicken nuggets. If you’re on the same page, well, you’re in luck because this year because Tyson

Adagio Therapeutics today published in vitro and in vivo data in Science on its lead antibody candidate, ADG2, which demonstrated similar or higher potency against SARS-CoV-2 compared to other monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in clinical development and strong binding to all known SARS-CoV-2 variants. Uniquely, ADG2 also showed broad and potent neutralization against a range of

Having the perfect condiment to top a burger is a serious game-changer. Fast food chains have been creating their own specialty sauces for decades  (think In-N-Out’s secret sauce, McDonald’s Big Mac sauce and even the Chik-fil-a sauce) and the sauces have become the best part of the meal. Well, if you’ve tried (unsuccessfully) to recreate