A large-scale French study suggesting symptoms of so-called long COVID may be more due to psychological factors than to infection with the virus has sparked debate among patients and scientists. The report that appeared earlier this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association focused on nearly 27,000 participants across France who took antibody […]
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‘Covid Hit Us Over the Head With a Two-by-Four’: Addressing Ageism With Urgency
Earlier this year, the World Health Organization announced a global campaign to combat ageism — discrimination against older adults that is pervasive and harmful but often unrecognized. “We must change the narrative around age and ageing” and “adopt strategies to counter” ageist attitudes and behaviors, WHO concluded in a major report accompanying the campaign. Several […]
UK study of over a million births finds stark racial and social inequalities in pregnancy outcomes
A nationwide study of over 1 million births in the English National Health Service (NHS) between 2015 and 2017, published in The Lancet, has found large inequalities in pregnancy outcomes between ethnic and socioeconomic groups in England. The findings suggest that current national programmes to make pregnancy safer, which focus on individual women’s risk and […]
GPs slam health chiefs over orders to see patients face-to-face
GPs slam health chiefs over ‘tone deaf’ orders to see patients face-to-face as top medical union passes vote of no confidence in NHS bosses Matt Hancock announced patients will have the right to see their GPs in person NHS England had previously been moving to a digital and telephone system The BMA have slammed the […]
India’s disaster hangs over countries facing COVID-19 surges
Countries worldwide wrestling with new coronavirus surges are trying to ensure they aren’t hit by an India-style disaster. They face many of the same risks, including large populations that have shirked restrictions and fragile health systems shaken under the strain. In a province along the Nile in southern Egypt, hospitals have been flooded with COVID-19 […]
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 […]
Latest Neuropixels probes can track neurons over weeks
A new generation of miniature recording probes can track the same neurons inside tiny mouse brains over weeks—and even months. The new tools build on the success of the original Neuropixels probes released in 2017 and currently used in more than 400 labs. Neuropixels 2.0 are much smaller—about a third the size of their predecessors. […]
Gwyneth Paltrow and Gabrielle Union Bond Over Stepparenting 'Challenges'
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Spain extends AstraZeneca vaccine jabs to over 65s
Spain’s health ministry announced Tuesday that it was extending the roll-out of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the over-65s, after recent scientific reassurances about its safety. The vaccine, restricted until now to the 55-to-65 age group, will now be made available to over-65s in priority groups such as health workers, police officers or teachers. “In […]
Cuomo expands New York COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to 30 and over starting Tuesday
Gov. Cuomo withheld testing kits to nursing homes: New York Post Report says New York Governor Andrew Cuomo rationed coronavirus testing kits requested by long-term care facilities at peak of pandemic while securing access for his family, friends. Bryan Llenas reports from Brooklyn. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that the state’s eligibility for […]