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Credit: CC0 Public Domain The US on Tuesday added 1,302 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The world’s largest economy also added 53,847 new cases of the virus, the Baltimore-based institution’s tracker showed at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Wednesday). The US has now recorded 4,765,170

Burger King may already have a gloriously sinful pie made with Twix — featuring creamy caramel whipped topping and crumbled pieces of Twix bars atop a vanilla crust — on its menu, but apparently, a Twix milkshake has also made its way to the menu. Though not confirmed by the fast food restaurant, the reviews

Anyone who trains for a marathon knows that individual running workouts add up over time to yield a big improvement in physical fitness. So, it should not be surprising that the cognitive benefits from workouts also accumulate to yield long-term cognitive gains. Yet, until now, there was has been little research to describe and support

A man hospitalized for dehydration a few months ago at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center started suffering a severe fever, and doctors weren’t sure why. The patient was homeless, a clue to doctors that he might have typhus. Every year people contract flea-borne typhus in Southern California, mostly in Los Angeles County. Doctors did a

Starbucks’ motto for the summer must be "can’t stop, won’t stop" because the powerhouse coffee chain continues to add delicious new drinks to its menu. Just a couple of weeks ago, it added three new items to its permanent menu, one of them being the Serious Strawberry Frappuccino. And now? We have a new refresher

(HealthDay)—Michael Wright was just 16 when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and although his friends supported him, he always felt different. “I would do my injections and testing in private [in another room or even the bathroom] to avoid having conversations about diabetes with people,” he said. It was also to avoid stares

(HealthDay)—Dorsal reduction has a greater effect than tip manipulation in adding value to social perception of the facial profile of patients undergoing cosmetic rhinoplasty, according to a study published online June 7 in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. Cherian K. Kandathil, M.D., from Stanford University in California, and colleagues assessed the social perception of four patients

The case for permethrin-treated clothing to prevent tick bites keeps getting stronger. In a series of experiments conducted by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, clothing treated with an insecticide known as permethrin had strong toxic effects on three primary species of ticks known to spread disease-causing pathogens in the United