A medical worker collects a swab sample from a woman at a COVID-19 testing site in New York, the United States, March 29, 2022. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The U.S. has extended the Covid public health emergency through Jan. 11, a clear demonstration that theContinue Reading
The combined pill contains both oestrogen and progestin. Image Point Fr/ Shutterstock Women who are obese and taking the combined oral contraceptive pill have 12 to 24 times greater risk of developing a leg-vein blood clot than those not taking the pill and who are not overweight, according to aContinue Reading
Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, August 29, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a vaccine for use in the third trimester of pregnancy to prevent whooping cough in newborn infants. The vaccine,Continue Reading
COVID cases are creeping up in the UK once more, new data has revealed. Figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that in the last week, 1.3 million Brits have been infected with the bug. That’s up from 1.1 million the week before and medics have now urgedContinue Reading
COVID infections in England had been falling since July. But the proportion of people testing positive started to rise again in the first few days of September. At its July peak the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated that roughly 3.1 million people in England (1 in 17 people) testedContinue Reading
Lecanemab is the first drug to help improve the symptoms of Alzheimer’s by slowing the disease. These are very promising results, although the only data we have at the moment is from the drugmaker’s press release. Lecanemab is an antibody that finds and removes a protein called amyloid that buildsContinue Reading
VIRUSES have a magical ability to mutate into different more deadly and more infectious versions of themselves. And Covid is no exception. ? NEXU Science Communication 2020 | No re-sale. No redistribution allowed without prior wr The new strain has the ability to evade the immunity provided by current vaccines[/caption]Continue Reading
US President Joe Biden addresses the nation at the White House in Washington, DC on June 24, 2022 following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the GOP’s push to rollContinue Reading
A vaccine candidate, called R21, has been shown to be up to 80% effective at preventing malaria in young children, according to the latest trial results. This follows from a study published in 2021 from the same team at Oxford University which showed that the three-dose vaccine was up toContinue Reading
Hailey Bieber experienced a 'mini-stroke', aged 25. NINA PROMMER/ EPA American rapper Kid Cudi shared recently that he suffered a stroke in 2016 at age 32, while in rehab for his mental health. You can listen to more articles from The Conversation, narrated by Noa, here. His stroke resulted inContinue Reading
