China’s vaccine-development system has been busy during the pandemic. Two Chinese vaccines are now being used around the world: the Sinopharm vaccine and the CoronaVac vaccine....
Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK’s chief scientific adviser, has announced that 40% of people admitted to hospital with COVID in the UK have had two doses...
With the highly infectious delta coronavirus variant spreading at an alarming rate, the World Health Organization in late June 2021 urged people to again wear masks...
Do you ever feel like the light of your computer screen is burrowing into your eyes and making your head pulse? Or feel dizzy or nauseous...
Alzheimer’s disease, a type of neurodegenerative dementia that affects memory, is well known in Canada, where more than half a million people live with it. This...
Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, recently announced that the delta variant is no longer of concern because it now comprises 98% of new...
Every summer we invariably deal with at least one heat wave. With global warming, they are becoming longer, more intense and more frequent. Heat waves are...
MANILA – The nation’s total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 1,449,579 after 5,326 more recoveries were reported on Wednesday. In its latest case...
Recognizing that millions of U.S. children are at risk of hunger, Maine and California have approved funding to offer free school meals to all students within...
Antibiotics treat infections caused by bacteria. But they can also destroy the good bacteria in your gut. For some people, this results in an upset stomach...