Thu 28 April 2022: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 151 cases of salmonella have been related to the consumption of Kinder chocolate products in at least 11 countries. During inspections at the Kinder factory in Arlon, Belgium in December 2021 and January this year, bacteria with the same genetic structure as salmonella, which […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: A team of Yale-led researchers can now quantify the factors causing changes in the DNA that contribute most to cancer growth in tumors of most major tumor types. They write in a new paper, published in Molecular Biology and Evolution, that their new molecular analysis approach brings clarity to a longstanding debate […]
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Mon 25 April 2022: According to reports, a Japanese antiviral tablet demonstrated “rapid clearance of the infectious COVID-19 virus.” Phase two results revealed improvement in respiratory and feverish symptoms, according to Shionogi & Co Ltd, with the phase three study slated for worldwide testing with US government backing. The pill, S-217622, “demonstrated rapid clearance of […]
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Sun 24 April 2022: According to the World Health Organisation(WHO), one child has died due to acute hepatitis after cases were detected in at least 12 countries. Children in the US, UK and Europe had earlier reported cases of inflammation of the liver, however, the health authorities have been unable to understand the exact cause […]
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Fri 22 April 2022: The numbers of new COVID-19 cases and fatalities worldwide have continued to decline since the end of March, the World Health Organization said Thursday, with more than 5 million infections and 18,000 deaths reported in the last week. “During the week of April 11 to 17, over 5 million cases and […]
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Mon 18 April 2022: It seems every few weeks we hear about a new COVID variant, and it’s hard to know how concerned we ought to be. A “recombinant” variant has emerged, dubbed “Omicron XE”, which is the result of two Omicron strains merging together in a single host and then going on to infect others. […]
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Sat 16 April 2022: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization Thursday for the first ever COVID-19 diagnostic test using breath samples. Through the InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer, the test “can be performed in environments where the patient specimen is both collected and analyzed, such as doctor’s offices, hospitals and mobile testing […]
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Tue 05 April 2022: Two years after a pandemic was declared, scientists continue to debate how the coronavirus behind COVID-19 came to infect humans. Even as COVID-19 enters its third year as a pandemic, the world is no closer to knowing the source of the virus that sparked it all. Just six weeks after declaring […]
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Sun 27 March 2022: Artificial sweeteners reduce added sugar content and corresponding calories while maintaining sweetness. A study publishing March 24th in PLOS Medicine by Charlotte Debras and Mathilde Touvier at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and Sorbonne Paris Nord University, France and colleagues suggests that some artificial sweeteners are associated with […]
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Wed 16 March 2022: With South Africa currently facing a heightened rate of mental health cases, experts have urged people to open up about mental health, while educating those who do not understand it. The experts were speaking during a webinar on ‘Destigmatising Men’s Mental Health’, hosted by the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), […]
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