Category: Health & Beauty

As the coronavirus pandemic resurges across most of the US, infection rates are jumping up in those states that seemed to all but dodged the bullet earlier in the year.As most states have recently seen a significant surge in COVID-19 infection numbers, many wonder why now? Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota offers a few theories on this.Osterholm’s take is that multiple factors are converging at once and creating a sudden surge in numbers. He also adds that he feels that the [...]

The state of Wisconsin has received a new title, but it is not one that they would want to brag about. The state is now recognized as one of the US's latest hot spots for COVID-19, with a massive explosion of newly reported cases. There is the added problem that any response regarding the pandemic has been bogged down in ongoing political style trench warfare between both the Democratic governor and those Republicans currently in control of the state's Legislature.In his battle with the GOP [...]

A 25-year-old man from Nevada was infected with the coronavirus twice, with the second case becoming more dangerous than the first, scientists have confirmed.According to a study published in the medical journal The Lancet on Monday, the man had no pre-existing conditions that would make him vulnerable to the novel virus.The patient tested positive for the virus in April after having a cough and nausea. He recovered and tested negative in May. Several week later, he sought medical help again [...]

Over the last six months, health officials have seen those individuals infected by the novel coronavirus present with symptoms ranging from mild to deadly. Now, the data from two recent studies may indicate the reason for the wide range of symptoms.Researchers have found that those cases presenting as life-threatening share a common ground in that they can be traced back to the patient's immune system having what they term a “weak spot.”Of those patients studied that presented with severe [...]

According to a new poll, one in three parents do not intend to vaccinate their children against the flu this season—despite a second, and possibly even deadlier wave, of the novel coronavirus.Health officials across the nation have emphasized how vital the need is for vaccinations, especially this year. In part, the emphasis is to limit any possible additional stress on an already spread thin health care system that is fighting to control the current pandemic phase.Experts fear that if [...]

Prof. Mark Woolhouse, a UK government science adviser, said in an interview with the BBC that coronavirus lockdowns would only' 'defer the problem" rather than solve it. He also opined that it is ''doubtful" there will be a widely available vaccine in the next half a year.According to prof. Woolhouse, who sits on the Government's Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group, a third wave of infections next year, is "entirely possible." In his view, we will have to live with the virus until a vaccine or [...]

On Saturday, Texas authorities lifted a warning for all but one Houston-area community to stop drinking tap water because it could contain a deadly brain-eating bacteria, called naegleria fowleri.Naegleria fowleri is a free-living single-celled living organism mostly found in warm freshwater and soil, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explained. Typically, it infects people when contaminated water enters the body through the nose. From there, it travels to the brain can [...]

I am not sure how others may feel on the subject, but for me the scariest thing about COVID-19 isn't necessarily its infection rate, but instead, here we are six months into the pandemic and still do not have a means of combating the virus. Although this newest illness does have its roots in the coronavirus family, such as the flu, to compare the two is a big misjudgment at best. Without the proper cautions and care, the flu can more often than not be a deadly virus as well—however, we have [...]

Since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic back in March, US citizens have been instructed that staying home was the best means to avoid contracting the virus. And, along with social distancing when out, and the wearing of a mask, it does seem to work to some effect. However, what many do not realize is that life lived in confinement can cause a whole host of problems in and of itself.Science has shown that being confined and housebound, for any extended length of time, will not only [...]