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3 min read This story is part of a series on 10 life-saving medical breakthroughs. Click here to read the rest. ANTONIO TORRES, A 24-year-old from Denver, used to spend six hours each day bathing and meticulously wrapping the red, raw skin along his shoulders and spine. “My wounds take up a large percentage of

HEARING ABOUT YET another food recall is enough to make you never want to eat again. Unfortunately, here we are again. This time, it’s due to listeria. Here’s what you need to know about that bacteria and this recall. Four people are dead and another 19 have been hospitalized after precooked pasta meals were contaminated

April marked the most dramatic and, some would say, dangerous phase of the Covid-19 crisis in the US. Deaths were increasing, bodies were piling up in refrigerated trucks outside hospitals in New York City and ventilators and personal protective equipment were in desperately short supply. The economy was falling off the proverbial cliff, with unemployment…

Share on PinterestNew research suggests that SARS-CoV-2 may be more dangerous than other coronaviruses because it reduces specific microRNAs.The perspective appears in the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology.Coronaviruses (CoVs) are single-stranded RNA viruses that experts originally considered to be relatively mild. They include the viruses that cause the common cold. However, researchers…

The Eastern Cape premier's office and national health department have slammed the dumping of Covid-19 specimens on the N2.So far, 88 sampled have been collected after they were discovered along the highway near Mdantsane.The health department labelled it "dangerous", "criminal", and said the specimens could have infected someone.The Covid-19 test samples that were found strewn…