Drinking plenty of both green tea and coffee is linked to a lower risk of dying from any cause among people with type 2 diabetes, suggests research published in the online journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. Drinking 4 or more daily cups of green tea plus 2 or more of coffee was associated […]
Coronavirus outbreak at North Carolina hair salon tied to at least 1 death: officials
Fox News Flash top headlines for October 7 At least one person has died following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus at a hair salon in North Carolina, officials announced this week. Haywood County Health and Human Services in a news release on Tuesday announced that the person died on Oct. 1 at a local […]
US coronavirus death toll tops 200K as officials quarrel over vaccine timeline
Will at-home coronavirus tests be reliable? Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat reacts. The United States hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus epidemic on Tuesday when the death toll surpassed 200,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The country leads the world by far in both the number of deaths and […]
Iran reports record 162 COVID-19 single-day death toll
Iran reported on Monday 162 more deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest single-day toll since the country’s outbreak began in February. “This increase in numbers is in fact a reflection of our overall performance, both in terms of reopening and in compliance with health protocols,” health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said at a […]
Mexico records 3rd highest daily death numbers
Even as Mexico announced plans for reopening churches and religious events, the country posted near-record numbers of newly confirmed cases and deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday. The Health Department reported that confirmed cases rose by 4,599, the second-highest daily increase to date, to reach an accumulated total of 154,863. Deaths rose by 730, the third-highest […]
Exercise levels can help doctors predict risk of heart disease and death among elderly
Asking elderly patients how much they exercise can help predict their risk of heart disease and death, Mount Sinai and collaborative researchers say. Their study, published in the Monday, June 5, issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality and Outcomes shows that a simple assessment of exercise activity during appointments for atherosclerosis screening can lead […]
Stark disparities in COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates among New Yorkers
With more than a million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States, there is growing concern that low-income communities and racial/ethnic minorities may be disproportionately shouldering the burden of the pandemic. A new study, led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) […]
Global virus death toll passes 94,000, but some signs of hope
Another horror day of the coronavirus pandemic saw the global death toll pass 94,000, although there were tentative signs of hope that the crisis was peaking in the United States and Europe. The picture of the unfolding economic catastrophe also became clearer with the IMF warning of a Great Depression and data showing 17 million […]
Global death toll from coronavirus passes 15,000
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient, emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. Credit: NIAID-RML Deaths from the coronavirus pandemic have topped 15,000 across the globe, according to an AFP tally compiled at 1100 GMT on Monday from […]
New Orleans Bounce Deejay Dies at 44 After Contracting Coronavirus
Popular New Orleans bounce artist Go DJ Black N Mild died Thursday after testing positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office confirmed with Billboard on Friday. He was 44. The deejay, born Oliver Stokes Jr., was a major New Orleans radio personality and was the first deejay in the area to create […]