Greenville Mayor Knox White says he is very concerned about the spike in coronavirus cases, especially in our area.On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control designated Greenville a hot spot for coronavirus."A core purpose of our statewide testing strategy is to help identify hot spots, and it's working," Dr. Brannon Traxler…
A staffer in Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo's office has tested positive for Covid-19.The staffer tested positive after travelling to the Western Cape for a funeral.Makhubo tested for the virus on Monday and has decided to go into self-isolation until he receives his results.Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo has gone into self-isolation after a staffer in his…
Ekhuruleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina. (OJ Koloti, Gallo Images) The test was conducted after he had interacted with more than 100 stakeholders at the Ekurhuleni Covid-19 Food Bank.The mayor did not experience any symptoms.Regular testing for essential services providers is important to protect the communities in which they work, Masina said.Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina has tested…
As longevity science has entered the wellness zeitgeist, experts have worked to popularize the idea of healthspan over lifespan—the number of years you thrive, not just survive. And when it comes to the components that drive long-term health, muscle plays an outsize role, Gabrielle Lyon, DO, a family medicine physician and author of Forever Strong
3 min read HEART FAILURE. RECTAL cancer. Brain bleeds. Each of the people in this package of stories might not be alive today without a key medical innovation that took many years, millions of dollars, and countless setbacks and breakthroughs to get quite right. Who are the next people to be saved? Survivors Stories 1.
When the hair rises on the back of your neck through a process called piloerection or something hurts so much your primitive response prompts you to run away, your body can completely block out pain to deal with the survival scenario at hand. “Beautiful” is the word Luke Henderson, PhD, uses to describe this process