Fox News Flash top headlines for October 6 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A Washington woman succumbed to a rare clotting syndrome after receiving the J&J COVID-19 vaccine, marking the first such death confirmed in the state, health officials announced. The woman, whose name was not revealed […]
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After its first suspected delta variant community case, New Zealand goes into short, sharp nationwide lockdown
New Zealanders are back in their bubbles after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a three day alert level 4 lockdown for the entire country, and a seven day period for Auckland, following the confirmation of a community case—most likely infected with the Delta variant. This is the first community case since February and it’s more […]
California boy dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba while swimming
Fox News Flash top headlines for August 16 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A California boy who was on life support after he contracted a brain-eating amoeba likely while swimming in a lake has died, his family recently told news outlets. David Pruitt, 7, had been flown […]
Immunity after COVID-19 illness may last at least 1 year
Long-term data from northern Italy—an area hit hard during the early days of the pandemic—suggests that reinfection after recovery from COVID-19 infection is very rare, and immunity in former patients could be long-lasting. “Natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2 appears to confer a protective effect for at least a year, which is similar to the protection reported […]
After lull, cases spread in Vietnam’s cities, provinces
After over a month with no local infections, Vietnam has recorded 176 confirmed coronavirus cases from several outbreaks that have spread to 19 provinces during the past 10 days, the Health Ministry said. The National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, which has been at the front line treating COVID-19 patients, has been sealed off […]
After a Deadly Year on the Roads, States Push for Safety Over Speed
As more Americans start commuting to work and hitting the roads after a year indoors, they’ll be returning to streets that have gotten deadlier. Last year, an estimated 42,000 people died in motor vehicle crashes and 4.8 million were injured. That represents an 8% increase over 2019, the largest year-over-year increase in nearly a century […]
Drunk friends left with swollen penises after injecting with cream
Two drunk friends were left with swollen penises after injecting each other with a cream they heard could give them extra girth French men, both in their thirties, were inspired by dodgy YouTube ‘tutorial’ Injected their penises with anti-hematoma cream – sometimes used to treat piles Medics in Strasbourg believe cream clogged the lymph vessels […]
Deep Learning model to maximize lifespan after liver transplant
Researchers from University Health Network have developed and validated an innovative deep learning model to predict a patient’s long-term outcome after receiving a liver transplant. First of its kind in the field of Transplantation, this model is the result from a collaboration between the Ajmera Transplant Centre and Peter Munk Cardiac Centre. The study, published […]
New biosealant can stabilize cartilage, promote healing after injury
A new biosealant therapy may help to stabilize injuries that cause cartilage to break down, paving the way for a future fix or—even better—begin working right away with new cells to enhance healing, according to a new animal-based study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Their research was […]
COVID-19: Men create more antibodies after asymptomatic infections and keep them longer
As COVID-19 has swept across the globe, it seems that high transmission rates have partly been driven by a large number of people catching the virus, not experiencing symptoms and then unknowingly passing it on. Despite this, the screening of asymptomatic people for signs of infection hasn’t been widespread, due to costs and limits on […]