Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, Sept. 24, 2020 (American Heart Association News) From the moment in January when she first heard about the new coronavirus, Suzanne Kathro worried about catching it. In mid-August, she did. “That’s when the ghosting started,” said Kathro, 72, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. […]
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THURSDAY, Sept. 24, 2020 (American Heart Association News) Growing up in Wichita, Kansas, Ngoc Vuong had a wide circle of Vietnamese friends to play with in his neighborhood. His parents had left Vietnam in the 1990s to build a new home in the U.S., making Vuong and his two older […]
By Robin Foster and E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (Healthday News) The U.S. coronavirus death toll passed 7 million on Friday, with California the hardest hit state so far in a pandemic that has crippled the country for more than six months. The United States has been averaging […]
FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The genome of the original mold that produced the first penicillin has been sequenced by scientists. The world’s first antibiotic was accidentally discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming when mold contaminated one of his petri dishes, CNN reported. “Remarkably, after all this time […]
Latest Mental Health News By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) Over the years electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) — commonly known as “shock therapy” — has gotten a bad rap. But new research out of Italy suggests that reputation may be unwarranted. Investigators found that among […]
Latest Prevention & Wellness News By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) People who buy into conspiracy theories about COVID-19 may be especially likely to refuse a vaccine when one becomes available, a new study suggests. Researchers said the results are not surprising. But they […]
FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) Kids and adults have different immune system responses to infection with the new coronavirus, which may help explain why severe COVID-19 is more common in adults, researchers report. For their new study, they examined blood and cell samples from patients admitted with COVID-19 symptoms […]
Over a four-day workshop that ended on 25 September 2020, WHO and key international health partners mapped out a plan to boost access to affordable and quality-assured testing and treatment for diabetes. There are more than 420 million people living with diabetes. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death […]
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the winners of the 2020 UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (UNIATF) awards at the « Friends of the Task Force » UN General Assembly side event on 24 September 2020. UNIATF annual awards recognize outstanding contributions towards the […]
KEY HIGHLIGHTS Official UN General Assembly side-event: Progress and Multisectoral Action towards achieving global targets to end TB Nearly 5000 people virtually joined the official UN General Assembly side-event: “Progress and Multisectoral Action towards achieving global targets to end TB” co-organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Russian Federation on 23 September. Held […]