The fall Covid-19 surge is here, fueled by colder weather, reopened schools and pandemic fatigue. The flu season could make the coronavirus pandemic even worse. For the next several months, new Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are expected to keep rising as the temperatures keep dropping. But that doesn’t mean your fall and winter have…
When you suffer from allergies during the coronavirus pandemic, many people wonder about the symptoms they’re experiencing. One symptom that’s common to both is a cough. But an immunologist says the key difference is where the cough originates. “Coronavirus is more of a dry cough that’s really coming from deep in the chest that’s usually…
Drugmaker Johnson + Johnson said Monday it has paused the advanced clinical trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the volunteers. “Following our guidelines, the participant’s illness is being reviewed and evaluated by the ENSEMBLE independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) as well as our internal clinical and…
Colds, flu and Covid-19 are caused by different viruses, but can have similar symptoms. It can be hard to judge which one you may have. Most people who feel ill with coronavirus will have at least one of the keys symptoms: a high temperature a new, continuous cough a loss or change to their sense…
Three scientists who discovered the virus Hepatitis C have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. The winners are British scientist Michael Houghton and US researchers Harvey Alter and Charles Rice. The Nobel Prize committee said their discoveries ultimately “saved millions of lives”. The virus is a common cause of liver cancer and…
COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, can cause lung complications such as pneumonia and, in the most severe cases, acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS. Sepsis, another possible complication of COVID-19, can also cause lasting harm to the lungs and other organs. COVID-19 Pneumonia In pneumonia, the lungs become filled with fluid and…
Since the pandemic officially began in March, we’ve been told staying home is the best way to avoid catching Covid-19. And it is. But life in confinement can cause physical ailments on its own. Being home-bound for so long contorts the body, weakens the heart and lungs and even impairs brain function. The effects of…
Աշնան շատերը կը հանդիպին ախորժակի բարձրացման խնդիրին՝ անընդհատ ուտել կ՛ուզենք ցուրտի եւ ցերեկային ժամերու կրճատման պատճառով: Ինչո՞ւ այդ մէկը տեղի կ՛ունենայ։ Աշնան, երբ օրերը կը կարճնան, օրկանիզմը շատ աւելի «մելաթոնին» կ՛արտադրէ՝ հորմոն, որ յոգնածութիւն եւ քուն կը յառաջացնէ: Միեւնոյն ժամանակ, «սերոթոնին»-ի՝ այսպէս կոչուած «ուրախութեան հորմոն»-ի արտադրութիւնը կը նուազի: Որպէսզի «սերոթոնին»-ի մակարդակը կրկին բարձրանայ, օրկանիզմը համապատասխան…
Patients who received heart transplants from severely obese donors had the same short-term outcomes and long-term survival rates as those who received hearts from non-obese donors. Such findings were published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation: Heart Failure, US News reported. “These findings were somewhat surprising because the severely obese donors did tend to…
Humanity is about to face an even more devastating pandemic than the coronavirus, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board noted. According to experts, this indicates that, despite all efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, society remains unprepared for such disasters, despite warnings about the inevitability of global outbreaks, ScienceAlert reported. The organization’s report says that…
