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Health 17 August 2020 By Alice Klein Social distancing in Domino Park in Brooklyn in New York City.William Volcov/Shutterstock Reports of pets being infected with the coronavirus have been growing, but how worried should owners be? And could pets be spreading the virus between people? The first confirmed case of a pet infected with SARS-CoV-2 –…

sleep deprivation is associated with worse mental and physical health.The National Sleep Foundation in the United States recommend that teenagers get 8–10 hours of sleep a night and that adults under 65 years of age get 7–9 hours.However, almost one-third of adults who responded to the 2012 National Health Interview Survey reported that they slept…

“Wait. I can catch Covid twice?” my 50-year-old patient asked in disbelief. It was the beginning of July, and he had just tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, for a second time — three months after a previous infection. While there’s still much we don’t understand about immunity to this new illness,…

President Cyril Ramaphosa during a visit to assess Mpumalanga's Covid-19 response. President Cyril Ramaphosa conducted an oversight visit in Mpumalanga to assess the province's preparedness to deal with Covid-19.Mpumalanga has recorded 1 478 positive cases of Covid-19 and is one of the least-affected provinces in the country.The president was also impressed with the province's focus on…

Six months. That's all it took for a new virus to circle the globe and infect more than 10 million people, including 2.5 million in the U.S.That period of time could have been enough to slow or even stop the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Some countries, such as New…