The U.S. authorized the first major makeover of the Covid-19 vaccines this week in an effort to stem an expected tide of infections and hospitalizations this fall. But it’s unclear how much protection the new booster shots will provide. The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease ControlContinue Reading
This common testing technique was first invented in 1887. Babul Hosen/ Shutterstock If you’ve ever had a urinary tract infection (UTI) before, you know what a pain it can be. Not just because of the physical pains it causes, but because it can also be such a pain to goContinue Reading
People walk past a COVID-19 walk up testing site on July 28, 2022 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images Fall is on the horizon and public health officials are again bracing for another wave of Covid cases. Over the past two years, fallContinue Reading
A comforting myth. tommaso lizzul/Shutterstock On average, happiness declines as we approach middle age, bottoming out in our 40s but then picking back up as we head into retirement, according to a number of studies. This so-called U-shaped curve of happiness is reassuring but, unfortunately, probably not true. My analysisContinue Reading
Forty is the new thirty. Leonard Zhukovsky/ Shutterstock Serena Williams has announced she’s retiring. The tennis star has had a long and decorated career, winning 23 grand slams and establishing herself as one of the most well-known professional athletes in the world. Williams, who is 40, joins a host ofContinue Reading
WITH such busy lives, feeling frazzled and stressed can become the norm. But that can affect our wider health — as is the case for one reader this week, whose gut is playing up, causing them even more worry. The Sun Dr Zoe Williams answers some common questions sent inContinue Reading
fizkes/Shutterstock The scale of the response to our recent study finding that there was no support for the idea that low serotonin causes depression – the so-called “chemical imbalance” theory of depression – was enormous. Our paper is one of the 400 most shared of the 21 million papers thatContinue Reading
Fatigue, brain fog, heart palpitations and breathing difficulties. Those are just some of the common symptoms of “long Covid” that can affect people in the long term after recovery from infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control. However, according to Dr. Greg Vanichkachorn, director of the Mayo Clinic’s CovidContinue Reading
A “new virus” called tomato flu has been reported in Kerala, India. According to an article in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, the first case of this mysterious illness was reported on May 6. There have now been over 80 cases, with the disease spreading to other parts of India. MostContinue Reading
COVID jab maker Moderna is suing Pfizer — claiming it copied its vaccine. American firm Moderna says it was the first to devise tech that has saved millions. Reuters Covid jab maker Moderna is suing Pfizer — claiming it copied its vaccine[/caption] Yesterday the pharma giant said it patented itsContinue Reading
