China Says It ’s Beating Coronavirus. But Can We Believe Its Numbers?
If you believe the Chinese authorities, the country’s battle against the novel coronavirus is all but won. But that claim is clouded by a fog of skewed data, political imperatives—and unreported cases and possibly deaths.
After several days of trumpeting just a handful of new COVID-19 cases, on Wednesday China once again switched up exactly what that means, and included asymptomatic infections of the coronavirus in its official statistics for the first time. The move follows criticism from health experts and the U.S. and other governments that it risked a resurgence of the deadly pandemic by downplaying the num...
Source: TIME: Health - April 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Campbell / Shanghai and Amy Gunia / Hong Kong Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature overnight Source Type: news
Cave find shows Neanderthals collected seafood, scientists say
Discovery adds to growing evidence that Neanderthals were very similar to modern humansNeanderthals made extensive use of coastal environments, munching on fish, crabs and mussels, researchers have found, in the latest study to reveal similarities between modern humans and our big-browed cousins.Until now, many Neanderthal sites had shown only small-scale use of marine resources; for example, scattered shells. But now archaeologists have excavated a cave on the coast of Portugal and discovered a huge, structured deposit of remains, including from mussels and limpets, dating to between 106,000 and 86,000 years ago.Continue ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 26, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Neanderthals Anthropology Evolution Science Archaeology Portugal Source Type: news
What is coronavirus – and what is the mortality rate?
Covid-19 essential guide: how is it different from the seasonal flu, can you pick it up from public transport and how sick will I get?Coronavirus – latest updatesWhat are the coronavirus symptoms?The Covid-19 virus is a member of the coronavirus family that made the jump from animals to humans late last year. Many of those initially infected either worked or frequently shopped in the Huanan seafood wholesale market in the centre of the Chinese city of Wuhan. Unusually for a virus that has made the jump from one species to another, it appears to transmit effectively in humans – current estimates show that without strong...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 21, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin and Sarah Boseley Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Health Microbiology Medical research Science World news Vaccines and immunisation Society Source Type: news
Environmental groups urge Americans to eat more fish while hunkering down against virus
Environmental groups are urging the nation to eat more seafood during the COVID-19 pandemic to help support American fishing operations (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rosanna Xia Source Type: news
'Sushi parasites' have increased 283-fold in past 40 years
(University of Washington) A new study led by the University of Washington finds dramatic increases in the abundance of a worm that can be transmitted to humans who eat raw or undercooked seafood. Its 283-fold increase in abundance since the 1970s could have implications for the health of humans and marine mammals, which both can inadvertently eat the worm. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
