HEALTH NOTES: Britons have an average of seven fillings and DIY eye checks… on a phone app By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:00 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 27 February 2021 The average UK adult has had no fewer than seven fillings, according to new research. It’s more than twice the number … Read more
Dr Fauci declares April ‘open season’ for any American adult to get a COVID-19 vaccine and predicts the ‘majority’ of Americans will have two doses by fall Dr Anthony Fauci predicted anyone in the US who wants one will be able to get a coronavirus vaccine by April in a Today show interview He said … Read more
Early in the pandemic, many experts predicted that lockdowns at stay-at-home orders would lead to a surge in births. In fact, the opposite happened. As it turns out, Americans have not been getting pregnant. There are five U.S. states that have provided preliminary birth data for 2020: Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii and Ohio, all of … Read more
JO ELVIN: Five years ago, I started adding a teaspoon of flavourless, powdered magnesium to a glass of water an hour before bed, and drinking it and within three months I had fewer migraines.
Some recipients of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine say a rash has appeared on their arm seven to 10 days after being immunized. Called ‘COVID arm,’ the rare side effect leaves people with itchy and swollen skin, sometimes accompanied by red lumps or hives. Doctors say the splotch is a harmless response from the immune system … Read more
The Biden administration is considering sending masks to every single household in the U.S., a new report says. Officials told NBC News that the White House‘s COVID-19 Response Team is currently assessing different ways of mailing face coverings to 328 million Americans. It is currently unclear how much the plan will cost, how many masks … Read more
The US is only sequencing about 2,300 coronavirus genomes a week in search of variants, and aims to sequence 7,000 weekly. The far smaller UK sequences 12,000 genomes a week.
BREAKING NEWS – South African ‘super-covid’ is in the US: Two South Carolina residents with NO travel history or link to each other test positive for highly-infectious variant Fauci warned may escape vaccines Two people in South Carolina are the first US cases of the South African variant Neither has a known history of travel … Read more
‘Best sleep had in years’: Over 8,000 shoppers say this £13 Himalayan Salt Lamp helps you stress less and sleep better – and it’s on sale By Emily Knott For Mailonline Published: 12:37 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 12:37 GMT, 28 January 2021 Described as natural air purifiers that can help induce a peaceful … Read more
Wearing three layers of face coverings can help protect you against infection with the novel coronavirus. Public health experts say this does not mean wearing three masks at a time. Multiple masks may offer a measure of protection, but you will also be more likely to fiddle with an additional mask, and it makes it … Read more
Moderna Inc said it is on track to deliver the U.S. 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine by March and 200 million doses by June after President Biden promised that any American who wanted a shot would have it in the spring. This supply will be enough to immunize 100 million people – about one-third … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Brazil’s ‘super-covid’ arrives in the US: Minnesota resident becomes first American with highly-contagious variant that vaccines may not be able to protect against Minnesota health officials identified the first case of the Brazilian P1 variant in the US on Monday The Twin Cities resident recently traveled to Brazil and returned this month They … Read more
A few years ago, I wrote a book about confidence and how to achieve it. ‘Oh great,’ a pal scoffed when I told him about it. ‘You’re writing a training manual for annoying people.’ The actual word he used to describe the sort of people he thought my book was aimed at was rather stronger. But … Read more