Former science professor who was 16 years blind, a camera and brain implant, based on researchers who worked with the project, were able to read letters, to identify the borders of things and even to play a video game. Per ...
A visually impaired woman received a brain implant, which helped her see simple shapes such as lines or simple letters. The former science teacher received a prosthesis in her occipital cortex and became a co-author of the article published in the Journal ...
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has published a new milk-related study. Researchers investigated the effects and impact of whole fat dairy compared to the low-fat options in children ages 4 to 6. The current public health guideline recommends that ...
The Baltic country confirmed yesterday that vaccinated and unvaccinated residents would have to follow lockdown rules for almost one month. The lockdown began today, and it will end on November 15. In the past, the Baltic state managed the Covid-19 virus, and ...
The Covid-19 cases have been surging in Romania, and just in the last 24 hours, 16,110 new Covid-19 cases have been detected. Yesterday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced 17.158 new cases, and the situation is becoming more and more dramatic. Romania ...
New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio, has announced that a new vaccine mandate will be issued, requiring all municipal employees to get vaccinated against the Covid19 virus by October 29. The announcement does not come as a shock, as the previous ...
Since the first Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan in 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been evolving, creating new strains and sublineage mutations of different variants. The Delta variant originated in India last year, and since then, it has rapidly spread worldwide, ...
The island country in the Pacific Ocean and its Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern have been praised in the past by the international media for how the country dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic. New Zeeland was placed in lockdown, the borders ...
The Covid-19 pandemic took the lives of more than 4,926,000 people, and many countries are still struggling with their vaccination campaigns. Vaccine skeptics give different reasons why they do not want to get vaccinated against the new coronavirus. One of ...
As of now, the US is dealing with a surge in COVID-19 cases, and vaccination is the key to salvation. The US has about 107,000 new infections every day, which is a smaller number in comparison with 150,000 from last ...
Heatwaves are dangerous during pregnancy, causing dehydration, exhaustion, and in rare cases, heatstroke. Almost every pregnant woman has heard about the dangers posed by high temperatures during their pregnancy. Some have likely already experienced the negative effects heat can have ...
Only one-fiftieth of the probability of COVID mortality compared with non-vaccinated individuals with the same age group once boosters is fully immunized. The Ministry of Health has reported that 6.43 fatalities per 100,000 Israelis aged more than 60% each day ...
Alzheimer’s doesn’t forgive anyone once it is installed in the human brain. It’s the most common form of dementia, and it also qualifies as one of the leading causes of death in the world. But the good news is that ...
COVID-19 is a perilous disease, especially if you’re pregnant. Both the mother and the fetus are in danger, and all signs show that getting vaccinated won’t bring complications to the pregnancy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urge pregnant ...
Suffering from COVID isn’t easy, indeed, as the disease can cause severe illness and even death. But a new study reveals that a significant part of those who had to deal with the coronavirus had also manifested some symptoms months ...
According to the CDC, at least 127 people were sick – 18 were hospitalized – during an epidemic of salmonella covering dozens of States. As of September 15 15, outbreak-related infections were reported in 25 states, with only Texas reporting ...
The U.S National Institute on Aging defines Alzheimer’s disease as a brain disorder, which affects our memory and thinking skills. People who have Alzheimer’s slowly lose their memory and have trouble carrying out basic tasks. There are two types of ...
The Covid-19 infection began to spread in 2019, and since then, children have been deeply affected by lockdowns, restrictions, online school, and lack of physical exercise. Many children and adolescents gained weight due to school disruption and closure, stress and ...
A research study on mice and humans proved that exercises such as resistance training or weight lifting promote changes in the level of fat cells. This is good news for those who love to hit the gym and those who ...
The U.K. has developed several strategies to stop the spreading of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The cold season is slowly approaching Europe, and concerns are that the highly contagious Delta variant and the flu season will create a double pandemic. Vaccine ...
The Covid-19 pandemic is not likely to end soon, and, as a recent statement from WHO experts mentions, the virus will most likely continue to evolve and stay with us, much like the common cold or the influenza virus. At ...
The Mu variant originated in Colombia at the beginning of 2021, and it has now been identified in over 42 countries. The WHO classified the B.1.621 as a variant of interest, but it could potentially become a variant of concern, ...
The World Health Organisation classifies the Nipah virus as a priority disease that must be prevented because it could start an epidemic. Recent infections cases have been detected in India, where a 12 years old boy died after contracting the ...
The Covid-19 pandemic has been hard to handle for governments worldwide, and many countries resorted to drastic measures in order to prevent outbreaks. A man in Vietnam was accused of infecting eight people with the new coronavirus, and one of ...
A lot of people prefer to believe that it’s safe to smoke cannabis from time to time. But in reality, pretty much everything that causes addiction is also bad for you. A new study brings bad news for some of ...