Chinese Scientists Shared Coronavirus Data with US Before Pandemic
Newly released documents indicate that a U.S. genetic database had received the sequence of the coronavirus two weeks before it was made public by others. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Benjamin Mueller Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) United States Politics and Government Electronic Health Records Medicine and Health Research National Institutes of Health Wuhan (China) Source Type: news
A decade of firearm injuries: have we improved? - Hatfield SA, Medina S, Gorman E, Barie PS, Winchell RJ, Villegas CV.
This study evaluates temporal trends over the past decade, hypothesizing that despite a growing number o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Nigeria: Budget Minister Urges 36 States to Access World Bank-Supported Covid-19 Funds
[Leadership] Minister of budget and economic planning Atiku Bagudu has urged 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory to hasten efforts in accessing the balance of the $750 million World Bank-supported COVID-19 Action for Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Coronavirus Governance Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
More proof the Chinese covered up Covid: Congress investigation finds Beijing was studying virus weeks before it told the world
Chinese scientists mapped out the coronavirus nearly a month before it was made public, raising questions about what those scientists knew and when they knew it, according to Congress. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Covid Barely Gets a Mention These Days - Here's Why That's a Dangerous Situation
[The Conversation Africa] The United States experienced its second largest COVID wave of the pandemic in January 2024. For the year to December 2023, in England COVID rates peaked at around one in 24 people. During the same month, Singapore also experienced record COVID cases and a spike in hospitalisations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 17, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Coronavirus Health and Medicine Source Type: news
Hong Kong No Longer Has the World ’s Longest Life Expectancy
Hong Kong residents no longer have the world’s longest life expectancies, with the city relinquishing its crown to Japan as Covid and overall stress weighs on local lifespans.
Women in Hong Kong were expected to live until 86.8 years old on average in 2022, compared with 87.1 for their Japanese counterparts, according to the latest statistics published this week by the city’s government. Data for 2023 has not yet been released.
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Life expectancy for men in the Asian financial hub was 80.7—the same as in Singapore, but shorter than Sweden, Japan and N...
Source: TIME: Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shirley Zhao / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight wire Source Type: news
Chinese scientists 'create' a mutant coronavirus strain that attacks the BRAIN and has a 100% kill rate in mice - as they admit there's a 'risk it spills over to humans'
Scientists in Beijing - who are linked to the Chinese military - cloned a Covid-like virus found in pangolins, known as GX_P2V, and used it to infect mice that had been 'humanized.' (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Medicine is going personalised’: Moderna’s UK boss on the coming vaccine revolution
Darius Hughes was a key figure in Pfizer ’s pioneering Covid vaccine drive. Now he has changed companies – and sees a big future for mRNA technologyThe man who launched Pfizer ’s Covid-19 vaccine in the UK three years ago – when 90-year-old Margaret Keenan in Coventry becamethe first person in the world to receive one– is now overseeing the construction of a manufacturing and research centre in Oxfordshire for rival US jab maker Moderna.The company ’s Harwell site isBritain ’s first centre dedicated to the production of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines against new Covid variants and other illnesses, and part of ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 16, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Julia Kollewe Tags: Pharmaceuticals industry Vaccines and immunisation Coronavirus Pfizer Business Health Infectious diseases Medical research Science Society UK news Cancer Source Type: news
Mozambique: - Health Minister Denies Outbreak of New Covid-19 Variant
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Health Minister Armindo Tiago has claimed that information circulating on social media about the outbreak of a more virulent variant of Covid-19 is out of date and only intends to cause unrest among Mozambican citizens. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 16, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Coronavirus Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the trends and characteristics of natural and unnatural deaths in an urban Sri Lankan cohort viewed through retrospective analysis of forensic death investigations from 2019 to 2022 - Gunawardena SA, Dassanayake N, Keerawelle BI, Kanthasamy S, Ranganatha H, Gunawardana JW.
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a severe impact on global health. Apart from the disease itself, the strict restrictions and lockdowns enforced to minimize its spread have also substantially disrupted personal and publi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news
' Wordle' #939 Answer, Hints and Tips for Sunday, January 14 Puzzle
Wordle owes its origins to the coronavirus lockdown of 2020 which gave Josh Wardle, a New York-based software engineer, the time and inclination to invent a game "for me and my partner to enjoy." Despite its humble origins Wordle became a global sensation after being released to the public in…#joshwardle #wordle #newsweekerhanaslan #universityofreading (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
7 Incredible Reasons to Buy Pfizer Stock Right Now
Last year, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) encountered several issues, none more significant than the massive drop in revenue and earnings it experienced due to a shrinking coronavirus market. Investors reacted by selling off the stock, leading to a catastrophic performance for the…#pfe #pfizer #fda #albertbourla #seagen #prosperjuniorbakiny #motleyfool #buypfizerstock (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coronavirus FAQ: Are we in a surge? How do you cope if your whole family catches it?
Are we in a surge? How would we know? Is winter now "COVID season?" And what do you do if your whole family got the coronavirus over the holidays? We tackle readers' coronavirus questions. (Image credit: Indranil Aditya via Reuters Connect) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - January 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Max Barnhart Source Type: news
The relationship between bullying and risk of suicide among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia - Yosep I, Purnama H, Lindayani L, Chen YC, Sudrajat DA, Firdaus MR.
OBJECTIVES: Although adolescents appear less vulnerable to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the side effects of this pandemic can still be devastating. Bullying and suicidality are significant global issues with detrimental effects on young people, particul... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Malaria drug Trump touted as Covid cure increased chance of death – study
Study calculated that there was an 11% increase in mortality associated with cases involving the use of hydroxychloroquinePeople who took an anti-malaria treatment thatDonald Trump touted as a cure for Covid-19 in the early days of the pandemic and waning days of his presidency were 11% more likely to die from the virus, according to a new scientific study.The study ’s authors– who published their findings in the peer-reviewed Biomedicine& Pharmacotherapy journal – also estimated that nearly 17,000 people in six different countries, including the US, died after contracting Covid-19 and taking the antimalarial hyd...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 12, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Ramon Antonio Vargas Tags: Coronavirus Donald Trump Science US news US politics Infectious diseases Source Type: news
