Health

Oxford coronavirus vaccine elicits immune response in early test

LONDON: Scientists at the University of Oxford say that their experimental coronavirus vaccine was shown in an initial trial to provoke a protective immune response in hundreds of people who received the vaccine. British researchers began testing the vaccine in April on about 1,000 people, half of whom received the …

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Bad diets in the US are a threat to national security

Diet-related illnesses are a growing burden on the United States economy, worsening health disparities and affecting national security, according to a document published Monday in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Poor nutrition is the leading cause of disease in the US, with unhealthy diets killing more than half a …

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