With the coronavirus spiking in a number of states, a group of Texas doctors has released a ranked list on how risky certain activities are when it comes to contracting COVID-19.The Texas Medical Association’s COVID-19 Task Force and Committee on Infectious Diseases ranked 37 activities on a scale of 1-10.Opening the mail? The lowest risk…
A senior health official with the Orange County, Florida Department of Health says that asking about activism during the recent George Floyd protests, has not been a part of the coronavirus contract tracing questions in the Sunshine State.“The information that we collect is voluntarily offered to us,” Dr. Raul Pino told a local news outlet when…
WILLIAM PETRI, THE CONVERSATION 28 JUNE 2020 With over 2 million cases in the US since the coronavirus pandemic began in late December, there are now many people who have recovered from COVID-19.At the same, there have been reports of people who continue to have long-term side effects from the infection. I am a professor and…
Donnelle Eller, USA TODAY Published 9:46 a.m. ET June 27, 2020 CLOSE Scientists are beginning a new study to tell if the blood plasma of COVID-19 survivors might help prevent infection in the first place. (June 12) AP DomesticThe claim: Doctors warn COVID-19 may trigger diabetes in otherwise healthy people ScienceAlert, an independent online site covering…
The structure of SARS-COV-2 with its spike protein. (PenWin/iStock/Getty Images Plus) JULIAN HAMILTON-SHIELD, THE CONVERSATION 22 JUNE 2020 Recent studies from England and other countries have suggested that adults with both types 1 and 2 diabetes have an increased risk of death if they catch COVID-19, especially if they have poor glucose control. The weight…
The U.S. company that sold infant formula related to the most recent outbreak of infant botulism imported the product from Germany. However, Nara Organics has not named the specific manufacturer of the formula. “Nara works with a state of the art manufacturer in Germany who has over 70 years of experience making top European infant
When I started suing food companies more than thirty years ago, after E. coli O157:H7 in undercooked Jack in the Box hamburgers killed four children and sickened hundreds, proving where a pathogen came from was slow, painstaking, and often impossible. Investigators matched bacteria using crude “fingerprinting” methods that could tell you two samples looked similar
State and federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of infant botulism poisoning. So far the outbreak has sickened three babies across three states: California, Pennsylvania and Washington, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Public Health has reported that the infections are among infants who were fed Nara