Speaking about the Covid-19 pandemic and a potential vaccine, Pope Francis said on Wednesday that the richest in the world should not be given priority over the poor. “And what a scandal it would be if all the economic assistance we observe – most of it with public money – …
Read More »Pharmacists can provide shoes for children, U.S. officials say
NEW YORK (AP) – Pharmacists in all 50 states are now allowed to give vaccinations to children under a new guideline aimed at future outbreaks of knives and other preventable diseases. Alex Azar, the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, took the step using emergency forces …
Read More »Trail of bubbles leads scientists to new detection of coronavirus
Doctors checking comatose COVID-19 patients for signs of a stroke instead of a new indication on how coronavirus can damage the lungs Due to LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical writer 19 August 2020, 16:03 hours 4 min reading Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article A doctor who checks comatose COVID-19 …
Read More »Wearing face masks can be ‘very dangerous’
Sweden’s top infectious disease expert has opposed recommending face masks to the general population – claiming it is “extremely dangerous” if people believe the coverage will only stop the spread of the coronavirus. Anders Tegnell, chief epidemiologist at the Swedish Public Health Agency, has repeatedly expressed skepticism that face masks …
Read More »A new study suggests a possible disease vector: Germy Dust
For the past A few years, until the pandemic hit, Bill Ristenpart, a chemical engineer at UC Davis (and coffee-geek at the next level) had brought a team of researchers and boxes of expensive instruments across the country to New York City each summer and into the lab of Nicole …
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