If someone has high blood pressure, they have two times the risk of dying from COVID-19 if they become sick, a new study shows. The new study, published by the European Heart Journal this week was conducted by a team of international researchers. » RELATED: Experts warn summer heat may not slow spread of coronavirus "Soon after…
Hydroxychloroquine is used to treat autoimmune diseases like lupus and is being studied for use in treating and preventing COVID-19. GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images Hydroxychloroquine is used to treat autoimmune diseases like lupus and is being studied for use in treating and preventing COVID-19. GEORGE…
Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images) Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says they will study the High Court judgment that declared lockdown regulations under alert level 3 and 4 unconstitutional and invalid. He says government will look to see which regulation needs to be corrected to help with government's aim to contain…
Medical journal The Lancet on May 29 issued a correction to a recent study which found that antimalarial drugs Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were linked with an increased risk of mortality in hospitals, and an increased frequency of irregular heart rhythms. The study, titled, “Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis,” and published…
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
The recalled product was distributed nationally through the online platforms, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Target, and the company's websites, tnvitamins.com and doctorspride.com. Published: June 12, 2026, 10:11 pm Total Nutrition Inc. of Deer Park, NY is voluntarily expanding its recall of TNVitamins and Doctor's Pride Ultra Potent Complete Green Superfood Moringa Capsules because they have