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The obesity and covid-19 pandemics have been shown to be interlinked, and both urgently require more research to provide clear evidence on how best to beat them Health | Leader 22 July 2020 CandyBox Studio/Alamy FOR months now, UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his ministers have been repeating a mantra for tackling the coronavirus…

A healthcare worker wears PPEs. Binnur Ege Gurun Kocak/Anadolu Agency via Getty Im The latest weekly mortality report finds an estimated 17 090 excess deaths occurred from natural causes between 6 May and 14 July.Not all of these excess deaths are attributed to Covid-19 – but could be related to the outbreak.The weekly death reports…

Weekly deaths from all causes. The SA Medical Research Council has recorded an excess of almost 11 000 deaths between 6 May and 7 July.This means there were almost 11 000 more deaths than predictions suggested based on historical data. It is still unclear how many of these deaths can be attributed to Covid-19 or the…

author of an earlier study describes it as “a condition caused by intense emotional or physical stress leading to rapid and severe reversible cardiac dysfunction.”Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.Individuals who experience stress cardiomyopathy display similar symptoms to a…

“Yet another terrible disease is about to yield to patience, persistence and outright genius,” Heckler said.Those decades of research into HIV have taught scientists an enormous amount about the immune system, honed vaccine technologies now being repurposed against the coronavirus and created a worldwide infrastructure of clinical trial networks that can be pivoted from HIV…