Wearing a mask, hand-washing, and social distance are among of the most efficient measures to avoid contracting COVID-19 and spreading the disease, according to a review of research from around the world. The BMJ, a worldwide health care publisher, published ...
It’s quite doubtful that the U.s, much alone the rest of the globe, will be able to eradicate the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 altogether. However, there will come a time when it is no more a pandemic when infections are ...
The COVID-19 epidemic sparked a mental health catastrophe in the United States, which experts predict will last for years. Multiple reports showed a gradual rise in anxiety, sadness, and substance use issues as Americans lost family members, employment, and health ...
Covid-19 seems to have discovered a new species in which it can easily replicate and propagate. According to a preliminary study published this week, the virus is currently widely circulating among wild deer. Though the significance of this finding is ...
The Covid-19 mRNA vaccine Pfizer BioNTech has been used in many countries, and for some, it is their first option. Some reasons behind the popularity are the new mRNA technology, the fact that most countries recognize it and facilitate traveling, ...
The British Government has been urgently asked by UK medical practitioners to re-impose certain limitations on Covid, given the surge of infections and hospitalisation in the state. Health officials cautioned late Tuesday that if the government fails to implement its ...
Many Canadians are witnessing COVID-19 boosters authorized for more individuals in nations like the United States and Israel and asking why Canadians do not suggest the third dosage generally. Israel is going most vigorously and recommends boosters for everybody aged 12 ...
One reason for avoiding immunization is the concern that the Covid-19 vaccine might induce infertility. While there are no signs of fertility issues caused by Covid vaccinations, it is possible to become very ill with that condition, reproductive specialists believe ...
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 ...
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 ...
The residents of Singapore aged over 60 plus those living in the same households with them have been “strongly urged” by the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) to keep staying home over the following four weeks to stay safe, especially ...
The ongoing pandemic got humanity split into numerous groups in terms of health-related beliefs. A third dose of the vaccine got approved by U.S. regulators last week in an attempt to make the shots more efficient. In contrast, 71% of ...
The state with the smallest COVID-19 case rate in the U.S. this summer has been California, but especially in the Bay Area, statistics show staying out of doctors’ offices is far easier. California remains the only US state with a ...
A recent estimate claims that Covid-19 is officially the deadliest outbreak that hit America in recent history. The official tallies claim that covid-related fatalities surpassed those of the 1918 influenza pandemic, according to data of Johns Hopkins University, as per ...
A referee decided that NYC must provide teachers with some out-of-class religious and medical exceptions after the teachers’ union contended that the City’s demand of vaccination for all personnel of schools — teachers, administrators, and other staff, was too harsh. “As a ...
The fourth wave has hit hard on the U.S medical system, and the predominant Delta strain has caused a surge in daily new infections. According to the letter published at the beginning of the month in The New England Journal ...
Health experts and epidemiologists have been working around the clock since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been a difficult task to monitor all SARS-CoV-2 variants and predict and create future scenarios. However, indicators that could help with ...
The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel is concerned about the Biden administration’s strategy for introducing the booster shots for the Covid-19 vaccine. They argued that the decision to re-start immunization came too quickly and could fuel public concerns that vaccines are ...
Just at the end of last month, New York City officials announced that municipal public workers would have to get vaccinated or face weekly testing for the Covid-19 virus. The list of public workers included teachers and police officers. New York ...
The Danish Health Authority has announced today that those with a weak immune system who have been already fully vaccinated can receive the third jab. The European country is not the first one to recommend so. Israel has already started ...
The cold season is slowly approaching, and beyond the never-ending threat of the pandemic, people will also have to deal with seasonal issues such as the cold. Those who want to be protected against both have to wonder whether it ...
Scott Gottlieb, a former commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has expressed his belief that the current pandemic will turn in the near future into an endemic. Based on their definitions, a pandemic is a disease that spreads ...
The Haneda Airport in Tokyo has a woman test positive for COVID just 3 days before the start of the Olympics. What is more, there were reasons to believe she was in fact infected with the Lambda COVID variant which ...
An expert suggests that tens of thousands of vaccinated individuals may get infected with COVID-19, but most of them won’t be considerably impacted by the virus. The intensity of the illness (which differs from the number of individuals who contract ...
The vaccination campaign against the SARS-CoV-2 virus began in the U.S in December 2020, when nurse Sandra Lindsay received the first dose of the PfizerBioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Sandra Lindsay received her first shot in New York, a city that was ...