Health

Obese or very overweight increases the risk of Covid-19 death, according to Public Health England. The UK government believes that 63% of adults are above what would be considered a healthy weight. The new measures include a 9-hour ban on junk food ads, tools to help people lose weight and …

More Americans will be casting their ballots via the U.S. Post this year because of the severity and health risks of the coronavirus pandemic, but the debate over whether it is possible and remains safe to brew with just over 80 days until election day. That dispute is flowing to …

by Ej Mundell, Healthday Reporter (HealthDay) – A vaccine based on state-of-the-art RNA gene technology showed promising potential against the new coronavirus in an early trial, scientists reported. The vaccine candidate – now just named BNT162b1 – “gained a robust immune response in participants, which increased with dose level and …

De S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^ SPX) gained 12.7 points, as a solid 1%, on August 12, and joined the other major indices with a better-than-1% gain on the day, following the announcement yesterday that presidential hopefuls and former vice- President Joe Biden’s choice for running mate. Kamala Harris, the …

The composition of human tears is well known, but so far there has been very little research into the composition and structures of tears in reptiles, birds and other mammals. That lack of research could be considered a screaming shame, because understanding the makeup of tears of different kinds can …