Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a section of their website entirely devoted to COVID-19, they have been regularly updating their guidelines to represent the most recent research and developments in the battle against the highly infectious virus. On Friday, they majorly updated their guidance targeted toward people who are fighting the…
By Jessica Hamzelou Edward Jenner performing his first vaccination against smallpoxDEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini Many of the people behind the most significant medical discoveries of the past 300 years wouldn’t have got into medical school by today’s standards, because they either studied the “wrong” subjects, got low grades or didn’t follow the rules. The finding…
The CDC has revised its guidance to church leaders, deleting a warning about the risk of spreading the coronavirus through choirs and singing. In this photo from last summer, a choir sings at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County…
Coronavirus will overshadow Earth Day's golden anniversary, but the movement's successes are worth celebrating, says Gary Paul Nabhan Humans | Comment 15 April 2020 By Gary Paul Nabhan Josie Ford Earth Day, when people around the world come together to support the protection of the environment, is commemorating its 50th anniversary this year. The covid-19…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the United States, 1 in every 250 people has inherited a genetic variant that leads to dangerously high cholesterol levels from birth. If high cholesterol isn't lowered early, people with this genetic condition, called familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), have a high risk of having a heart attack or stroke as early
I was officially diagnosed with Lupus in May of 2021. I say officially because my symptoms started long before that, I just didn't know it. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation and pain in different parts of the body. Your immune system is meant to help your body fight infection. But
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