Burying Black Death Victims in Tournai, Belgium. Gilles Li Muisis, Annales, Bibliothèque Royal de Belgique, MS 13076-77, f. 24v. In popular imagination, the Black Death is the most devastating pandemic to have ever hit Europe. Between 1346 and 1353, plague is believed to have reached nearly, if not every, cornerContinue Reading
illpaxphotomatic/Shutterstock We’ve known since early on in the pandemic that COVID reinfections could occur. One of the first reinfections reported was in a 33-year-old man from Hong Kong. His initial infection was diagnosed on March 26 2020, with his second infection, with a genetically distinct virus, being diagnosed 142 daysContinue Reading
Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday said they were delaying their request for the Food and Drug Administration to authorize their Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5 until early April, waiting on more data on the effectiveness of a third dose. “Given that the study is advancing at a rapid pace,Continue Reading
SAGE scientists urged Boris Johnson to keep free Covid testing as he plans to scrap isolation rules in a bid to live with the virus. The PM hopes to ditch the remaining Covid laws in just two weeks’ time but his top medical advisers warned the swabs are vital inContinue Reading
Arguments to suspend ECT are based on selective and poor-quality assessments of the evidence. Micolas/ Shutterstock Around 2,500 people in England receive electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) every year. This is a last resort treatment, used to help alleviate severe depression in people who have failed to respond to other treatments. ECTContinue Reading
Teacher Jennifer Hogan, a reading specialist in the Lynn Public Schools, had tears in her eyes when she got her COVID-19 vaccine at a CVS in Medford, MA on March 5, 2021. Suzanne Kreiter | Boston Globe | Getty Images CVS Health said Wednesday that demand for Covid vaccines and at-homeContinue Reading
Everyone wants to live longer. And we’re often told that the key to doing this is making healthier lifestyle choices, such as exercising, avoiding smoking and not drinking too much alcohol. Studies have also shown that diet can increase lifespan. A new study has found that eating healthier could extendContinue Reading
A lack of research means we still know very little about whether pre-workout supplements work. Stockmedia Sweden/ Shutterstock When it comes to getting in shape, many people are willing to try any tricks they need to reach their goals faster. For many years, protein shakes were seen as essential afterContinue Reading
After South African scientists sounded the alarm about the new omicron variant, countries around the world closed their borders. Kim Ludbrook/EPA What is it like to discover a new coronavirus variant? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear the inside story from one of the South AfricanContinue Reading
Moderna’s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine is associated with a higher risk of heart inflammation than Pfizer’s, but the benefits of both companies’ shots outweigh the risks, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel of outside experts. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met Friday to debate theContinue Reading
