The surge of new coronavirus cases appears to be slowing in Germany and France, generating hopes that the two European heavyweights are beginning to regain control over the pandemic. But authorities said Thursday that hospitals are crowded and are likely to face further strain in the coming weeks. Countries across Europe have implemented lockdown measures […]
Where to live in Germany at the longest?
The average life expectancy in this country varies in women by almost four, and in men more than five years – depending on the Region you live in. Really old, the Germans are more likely to be in the South of Germany. The two researchers from the Max Planck Institute for demographic research (MPIDR) in […]
Ragweed: This Plant teaches Allergy sufferers, the Fear
Note: This article first appeared on 7. June 2017 and was published in the occasion of an Ambrosia-warning again. According to birch, hazel and grasses, many Allergy sufferers have in this country is already set, that they are tortured every year from the Pollen of new, immigrant species. In the case of the already hated […]
Blood groups-Chaos: Only A is considered Covid-19-risk – now contradicting studies
Physicians are continually discovering new factors that can mitigate the Covid-19-the course or aggravate. In June, researchers found that the blood group could have a massive impact on the Severity of the disease. New studies now, however, is in question. During a Covid-19-disease failure in some people, to Breath, to death, to feel others barely […]
Children and young people have too many long-lasting chemicals in the blood
Children and young people in Germany have many long-lasting chemicals in the blood. The President of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Dirk Messner, warned on Monday in Dessau, the damage caused by them are often still unexplored. Specifically, it is the so-called per – and polyfluorinated chemicals, short-PFAS. They are used for example for the […]
Hendrik Streeck: “There are many questions that can’t be answered by a physician.”
The role of the virologist, it must be limited, the calls, of all things, one of Germany’s chief virologists, Hendrik Streeck, the University of Bonn. “There are many questions that can’t be answered by a physician.” For example, if it was a matter of the proportionality of the means. Streeck wants a pragmatic approach to […]
Ding Dong, the doctor is here! Like Cuba, with a house to visit Covid-19 fights
In Germany, the government wants to curb the rampant Corona pandemic with a mobile App, other countries rely on large-scale testing or thermal imaging cameras for measuring temperature of passers-by. Cuba has a different approach: day-to-day to go on the Caribbean island of thousands of Doctors and medical students, door-to-door looking for Infected. “We ask […]
As the Corona-Warning App works, where you can download and what you can really do
For the way from the Corona-crisis in the normality a lot of people hope on for months, announced Corona-Warning-App. Now the App is actually available. To help, the chains of Infection to detect at an early stage and to break through. Where can you download the App? After week-long preparations for the official German Warning […]
The race to the vaccine: It’s about people’s lives – and a lot of money
It is the big question in the Corona of a pandemic when a vaccine on the market that can protect billions of people against the disease? And which pharmaceutical company makes the breakthrough? It’s about people’s lives, a lot of money and the struggle to find a lead: Which country first gets the vaccine? Without […]
Cloth, disposable or FFP3: With a mask you can breathe the best?
You can see in the Video: cloth, disposable or FFP3: With a mask you can breathe the best?