When Apple closed its retail stores around the globe amid the coronavirus pandemic, a handful of outlets were exempt, including its six locations in Hong Kong. In fact, much of Hong Kong has felt relatively normal this year compared with its peers, which enacted strict lockdown measures. Since its first confirmed case of Covid-19 on Jan.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Jul 2 2020 A new study published recently in “BMC Pediatrics” shows a connection between the time of the month when low-income families receive their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and the number of emergency room visits due to injuries to children from those families. Childhood injuries are the leading
Heavily treatment-experienced HIV patients who failed on other antiretrovirals have a new option, as the FDA approved fostemsavir (Rukobia), a new type of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for patients who have previously tried multiple other therapies, the agency announced on Thursday. The approval of fostemsavir (ViiV Healthcare) is specifically for adults living with HIV whose infection
According to the World Health Organization, there are 18 candidate vaccines in clinical evaluation globally. Researchers at University of Oxford said this week they have vaccinated 8,000 people in the UK as part of a Phase 3 trial. Yet there are still major hurdles to jump and more work to be done. No vaccines have
On March 10, 2020, my workday as a pediatric radiation oncologist felt very normal – I saw patients and discussed complicated cases with my trusted colleagues in friendly meetings and in close quarters. Three days later, my professional world as I knew it came to a halt. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) had been working its
Dr. Ajay K Singh, Senior Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education introduces the Global Clinical Scholars Research Training certificate program.
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Happiful co-founder Aimi Maunders joins Fearne Cotton’s podcast to talk all things Happiful and shares how talking to a therapist changed everything for her Marking fifteen years since Counselling Directory – the beginning of all things Happiful – was launched, co-founder Aimi Maunders joined the Happy Place podcast line up to share the life experiences
Travis Martin, creator of the Shibboleth diet, was overweight, depressed, had high cholesterol and blood pressure at 29. As a father of two children, he decided to set a better example. He coupled healthy nutrition with his faith to make positive changes in his life. By disciplining himself, he managed to lose 44 pounds in a
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Leaders of Operation Warp Speed (OWS), the White House’s team tasked with developing a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of this year, today told a US Senate Appropriations subcommittee it is on track to meet its goal. OWS brings together
As the reality of living during a pandemic slowly starts to sink in, people are changing their expectations for what 2020 (and beyond!) looks like. Some people have delayed their weddings, or put plans for a baby on hold, and many people have lost their jobs. In the US, where health insurance is so intimately
In sufferers of Parkinson’s disease, clumps of α-synuclein (alpha-synuclein), sometimes known as the ‘Parkinson’s protein’, are found in the brain. These destroy cell membranes, eventually resulting in cell death. Now, a new method developed at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, reveals how the composition of cell membranes seems to be a decisive factor for how
pralsetinib Treatment for Thyroid Cancer Blueprint Medicines Announces Submission of New Drug Application to FDA for Pralsetinib for the Treatment of Advanced RET Mutant and RET Fusion-Positive Thyroid Cancers Print this page CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Blueprint Medicines Corporation (NASDAQ: BPMC), a precision therapy company focused on genomically defined cancers, rare diseases and cancer immunotherapy, today
Print this page Rockland, MA and New York, US, JUNE 30, 2020 – EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the US and Canada, and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Bavencio (avelumab) for
Swedish krona notes and coins sit in a cashier’s till. Linus Hook | Bloomberg via Getty Images Sweden’s currency, the krona or crown, has strengthened against the euro in the last three months, as the country went against the grain in its response to the coronavirus pandemic and kept much of its public and business
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Jul 1 2020 George Mason University Professor Dr. Kenneth W. Griffin, received $156,581 from National Health Promotion Associates for a project aimed at preventing prescription drug use among high school students. Griffin is a professor of global and community health in Mason’s College of Health and Human Services. His research focuses
Some sleep patterns in infancy were associated with psychotic experiences and borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms in adolescence, a cohort study from England found. Among 7,155 mother-child pairs, children whose mothers reported that they had irregular sleep routines in childhood, and frequent night awakenings at 18 months, were significantly more likely to have psychotic symptoms
So what happened? When states reopened to try to save the economy, the fate of this pandemic shifted from government mandates to personal responsibility. But many are not heeding that responsibility, instead letting their guard down too early due to popular misconceptions: If the economy is open, the pandemic is getting better, right? No. “This
We know that it has been harder for people to stay active over these last several weeks. Christina Lombardi, DPT PT has put together easy stretches to get you moving at home! Each Wednesday for the next several weeks we will share these stretches with you. Each stretch includes descriptive information and a video to
A doctor in Richmond, Virginia, has had his medical license suspended after misreading the mammograms of at least 18 women. They were told they were clear when the mammograms actually showed evidence of cancer. Dr. Michael John Bigg is a radiologist and the former owner of the Allison Breast Center. According to the profile for
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One and a half years after the surgery that transformed his life, Andy Sandness meets the widow of the donor.
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Research from Aston University and Loughborough University has shown free online resources for parents can help change their approach to tackling children’s fussy eating habits whilst cutting parental anxiety Who doesn’t worry about what their children eat? With around half of young children going through a ‘fussy eating’ stage, it’s understandable that many parents worry
Public health officials recommend that people wear non-medical, fabric masks in public places to help reduce the risk of COVID-19. That could help prevent an infected person from releasing droplets into the air and exposing others to the coronavirus. Now, researchers found the material that offers the best protection and can be easily used for
AMA: Federal Help Needed With PPE for Physician Practices The American Medical Association is asking the Trump administration to use the Defense Production Act to generate an adequate supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for physicians in all settings, including ambulatory care offices. The “ongoing shortages of PPE, especially N95 masks and gowns,” is the