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[ad_1] Khartoum (AFP) It seemed little to worry about: Sudanese farmer Khadija Ahmad was planting onions when she stepped on a thorn that pierced her sandal and cut off her foot. But the thorn brought with it a carnivorous infection, a bacterial and fungal disease called mycetoma, which runs through …

[ad_1] The COVID-19 pandemic is still raging in India, with more than 4.37 million cases and almost 90,000 new cases a day today. There are few effective therapeutic options, which means that healthcare providers face ongoing challenges in managing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A new study based …

[ad_1] An alarming new study finds that a growing percentage of Americans have uncontrolled high blood pressure, further evidence that the nation is losing ground in the fight against heart disease. Hypertension, often called the “silent killer,” is also one of the top risks for serious illness from COVID-19. An …

[ad_1] Waze, the Google-owned mapping and navigation service, will lay off 5 percent of its global workforce, or about 30 people out of 555 total employees, the company’s CEO said in an email to employees. Waze will also close several of its offices in the Asia-Pacific and Latin America regions …

[ad_1] NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE) – Today, Private Division and Obsidian Entertainment announced The Outer Worlds: Danger on Gorgon, the first narrative expansion for the critically acclaimed, darkly humorous sci-fi role-playing game, is now available for release. Play station®4, PlayStation®4 Pro, across the entire family of Xbox One devices, including Xbox …

[ad_1] Each year, around 800,000 people around the world die by suicide. Some are from large extended families, others feel so alone that they feel they have no one to turn to. Each death affects an average of 135 additional people, equivalent to 108 million people who are affected each …

[ad_1] The number of under-five deaths worldwide fell to its lowest point on record in 2019: to 5.2 million from 12.5 million in 1990, according to new mortality estimates released by UNICEF, the World Organization for Health (WHO), the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social …

[ad_1] This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it during the week. Mark Zuckerberg is the most powerful unelected person in the world, and he drives me crazy when he misrepresents what is happening on Facebook. In an interview that aired …

[ad_1] There are more than 175 COVID-19 vaccines in development, but only a few are in end-stage clinical trials.Credit: Joe Raedle / Getty When it comes to developing vaccines, Peter Palese is not far behind. Virologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, he …

[ad_1] A medical worker draws a flu vaccine as an elderly woman waits to be vaccinated at the Ministry of Health in Asunción, Paraguay, on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Health authorities are encouraging people over 60 to get vaccinated against influenza. , also a respiratory disease. , to reduce complications …