Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157 can cause severe, potentially fatal food poisoning. Symptoms include bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever. E. coli O157 and other disease-causing E. coli strains produce a potent toxin called Shiga. The National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases estimate that Shiga toxin-producing E. coli causes around 265,000 infections each year…
 to the journal mBio."A clinical trial with MMR in high-risk populations may provide a 'low-risk--high-reward' preventive measure in saving lives during this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic," they wrote. There's no serious risk to giving the vaccine to most people and the approach might be especially effective for protecting health care workers, they said."If we're wrong, well,…
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No, South Africa's alcohol ban wasn't the only thing that helped lower hospital trauma admissions recently, but it did play a substantial role, write Richard Matzopoulos and Charles Parry.South Africa's ban on alcohol sales may be over, but the controversy around it is not. It's time to set the record straight.In a 17 May Sunday Times opinion piece titled…
As you fortify yourself against the coronavirus—wearing a mask, social distancing and keeping your immune system strong—there may be one vitamin you're forgetting that might hold the key in keeping you safe from COVID-19: Vitamin K. New findings may show "a link between deficiency and the worst coronavirus outcomes," according to the Guardian. Why the…
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As the name indicates, this is a running shoe with serious pedigree and debuted in the 90s and is now in its twenty-third iteration. This new version has a plush but responsive mid-sole, and crushes both long and short tuns. Brooks added two millimeters more of cushioning to the forefoot, reducing the drop to 8