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Monday, 28 October 2024

How to repair your gut

In a world first, Monash University researchers have identified a key biomolecule that enhances the repair of your gut lining by prompting stem cells to regenerate damaged tissue. A strong cellular lining is essential for a healthy gut as it provides a barrier to the billions of microbes and harmful…

13-Year-Old California Boy Suddenly Dies After Experiencing COVID-19 Symptoms

A 13-year-old boy from Claremont, California, suddenly died on Thursday after weeks of experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, per several reports. Maxx Cheng first began experiencing symptoms of the virus on the Fourth of July. His family told both ABC News and CBS Los Angeles that a COVID-19 test came back negative, but that…

Guidance issued for elective orthopedic surgery during COVID-19

(HealthDay)—In new guidelines from the International Consensus Group, published in the July 15 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, recommendations are presented for the reintroduction of elective orthopedic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Javad Parvizi, M.D., from the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute in Philadelphia, and colleagues developed recommendations…

Russia’s COVID-19 strain did not come from China

Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Life Sciences (CLS) and their colleagues from the Higher School of Economics (HSE), Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza (RII) in St. Petersburg and the Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems of RAS (IITP RAS) in Moscow undertook the first study of COVID-19 genomic epidemiology…

German vaccine maker includes first supply agreement with the UK

The Mainz-based company, Biontech, and the US group Pfizer, have partnered with the UK’s first supply agreement to a possible, just in-development-Corona vaccine. Subject to regulatory approval, or authorization of 30 million doses of the vaccine candidates &quot to;BNT 162" be delivered, expected in the years 2020 and 2021, as…

Germany’s Bavaria plans free coronavirus tests at airports

The German state of Bavaria will soon start offering free coronavirus tests at airports for people returning from holiday, state premier Markus Soeder said Sunday. Germany has fared better than many of its neighbours in suppressing the virus but concerns are mounting that travellers returning from abroad could bring a…