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As the death toll climbs, search teams try to find survivors
World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday said that the recent earthquake in northern Syria has been termed as “the disaster of the century”. Ghebreyesus said, “This is the first earthquake of the century in the world and it is a major problem for us.” The death toll in the earthquake rose…
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Experts debate who is to blame for gun violence in America
Gun violence is the second leading cause of death in the US after heart disease, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Gun Violence Archive. “Gun violence…is the third-leading cause of death in the US,” it added. According to Johns Hopkins, there are over 2 million deaths from gun violence in the US every year.
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Western aid to fight a disease is backfiring
African countries should train field epidemiologists, Ph.D. scientists and frontline health-care workers to build capacity on the ground to fight the African monkeypox epidemic, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) has said. This comes after South Korea donated 50,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine to the African Union. According to ACDC, monkeypox causes death…
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There’s a lawsuit trying to ban medication abortions
Texas has become the sixth state with an abortion ban after Idaho, Michigan, Tennessee, South Carolina and Rhode Island. The US Supreme Court had earlier ruled that a key part of the Texas law was unconstitutional. “If…doctors…don’t speak up, who’s going to provide…evidence about the effect [abortion bans are] having on patients?” Dr Werner said.
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More than 20,000 people have been killed in a major earthquake in Turkey and Syria
The death toll from the earthquake in Syria and Turkey has risen to over 21,000, Turkish Health Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan said. At least 1,200 people have died in Syria’s Hama and Idlib province, the Syrian Health Ministry said on Thursday. The US Geological Survey said that the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Damascus on…
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The assignment was done with Audie Cornish
Talking about the death of NFL tight end Damar Hamlin who collapsed on the field after sustaining a cardiac arrest, former NFL player Daniel Kilgore said, “I believe kids who are drawn to the game of football end up being the best players.” Kilgore added that it’s easier to justify playing football when athletes take…
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The league denied former players disability benefits
A former US football player has sued the National Football League’s (NFL) Players’ Disabilities Plan, alleging it failed to utilise full medical records of ex-players during its review of disability claims. The lawsuit claimed when the plan and the Board of Supervisors reviewed players’ disability claim, they chose to only use case summaries prepared by…
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Immune cell hacking increases the effectiveness of cancer treatments
A team of scientists, led by Ahmad Khalil at Boston University, has wired a system of 11 DNA sequences into CAR T Cells to help them recognise and kill cancer-associated proteins. Researchers can use drugs that are already approved to Control when and where the T cells are active, as well as the production of…
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Polygenic architecture of rare coding variation across exomes
Researchers have said that genetic variation from polygenicity in genome-wide association studies can lead to significant risks of cardiovascular diseases and other diseases. Dajiang Liu at the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine said that tobacco and alcohol consumption are influenced by environmental and social factors and there is evidence that genetics can affect tobacco and…
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Athletes in Florida won’t have to report periods after the emergency vote
The board of Florida High School Athletic Association has voted to remove questions about menstruation from the medical form, which is typically filled out by a physician and submitted to schools. “The intent of this proposal is to provide an updated…form which protects a student-athletes’ privacy while including pertinent medical information a health care provider…
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There is an easy way to fix the Supreme Court legitimacy crisis
The Supreme Court of the US will hold a hearing on the constitutionality of a law introduced by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, which imposes restrictions on abortions. The law has been criticised by rights groups who argue that it violates women’s access to abortion services in Texas. The law requires doctors who perform abortions to…
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There is a proposal that divides US scientists
The US has asked people this year to get not just one vaccine but to get the annual influenza vaccine, as well as the Covid-19 booster, Dr William Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases said. “The public health message…was, you can’t protect yourself against COVID-19 right now, but you can definitely…
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Hidden harms of indoor air pollution can be exposed with five steps
The World Health Organization has warned that indoor air pollution kills over 3 million people every year across the world and accounts for more than half of all deaths from heart disease, stroke and respiratory diseases. The WHO added it is essential that decarbonization, building improvement and gains in indoor air quality are delivered equitably…
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The increases in mental health emergency department visits are on the rise among children
Mental health revisits increased by 6.3% annually between 2010 and 2019, according to a study. Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital, University of Southern California and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles said that the factors associated with revisit did not change substantially during the study period, even as the pediatric mental health crisis worsened.
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The pharmacy giants have announced settlements totaling $10 billion for their opiate business
CVS Health has announced that it will acquire Oak Street Health for $10.6 billion in a deal that will give it one of the largest Medicare Advantage health plans. Oak Street Health has 160 health clinics in 21 states. The deal marks the third-largest acquisition in the US health care sector so far this year…
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700 flights have been canceled as winter weather moves in
Southwest Airlines on Monday cancelled all its flights for the second day in a row due to the coronavirus outbreak in California. The airline, which has now cancelled over 7,000 flights this year, has apologised to its customers and said that they’ll work the whole night and day to repair its relationship with them.
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The US mid-term elections have three ways science is on the line
The US’ National Institute of Health released a plan to change how it scores its research grant applications. Under the new system, reviewers would no longer rate researchers’ access to resources or expertise, and there would be fewer scoring criteria. In addition to considering race and gender of reviewers, ensuring that Panels have representation from…
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The illegal fishing and eight billion people are related
Developing coronavirus variants need to be sequenced to avoid detection in Europe, Vitali Sintchenko, a microbiologist at Sydney’s University of Sydney said. The study’s authors suggested that molnupiravir treatment has sparked the evolution of viral lineages carrying numerous mutations that, in at least some cases, have the capacity to spread to other individuals.
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Changes in teens’ blood pressure are associated with the types of air pollution
A study found particle pollution exposure may affect the ability of the kidneys to excrete salt in the daytime and lead to a higher nighttime blood pressure level. There is a higher risk of Stroke or heart attack for adolescents with high blood pressure, said the study by UK Biobank. It is possible that pollution…
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Scientists warn that the XBB. 1.5 may be the most transmissible subvariant of Omicron to date
The WHO’s Covid-19 response technical lead, Maria Van Kerkhove, said that the large mix of new variants is becoming more difficult for the organisation to assess because countries were dialing back on their surveillance. “We’ll soon have data on how well vaccines neutralise XBB.1.5,” Jha said, suggesting research to determine vaccine effectiveness against the new…
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The study found that ultraprocessed foods were linked to ovarian and other cancer deaths
A new study has found that people who eat more ultraprocessed foods also tend to “drinkmore fizzy drinks and less tea and coffee, as well as less vegetables and other foods associated with a healthy dietary pattern.” Researchers at Aston Medical School in Birmingham, UK, said reducing ultraprocessed foods in our diet could provide important…
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There is a possibility to order free COVID tests again
The US government has announced that it would provide free COVID-19 tests to the general public. The government is also providing free tests to private insurance plans for people who meet certain eligibility criteria. This comes after the US House of Representatives passed a bill to end the COVID-19 public health emergency last week without…
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In New York City the vaccine mandate for employees of the government is being removed
A US judge has ruled that New York City’s vaccine requirement for public employees was ” irrational and unconstitutional” and ordered city to reinstate 16 sanitation workers who were fired over not getting the vaccine. The city filed a notice of appeal indicating its intent to fight the ruling. If the court ruling is upheld,…
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An elementary student describes the horror of being locked in a Virginia classroom where police say a child shot a teacher
A lawsuit filed against Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, the former police chief of the school and Oasis Outback has said that the shooter’s background check was clean. “Oasis Outback sold him the guns…knowing he was suspicious…and likely dangerous,” it added. The lawsuit further alleged that the Uvalde school’s former principal created a dangerously unsafe…
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Girl Scout cookies should not be served with a side of shame
A teen girl in the US has asked if she should hire a health coach after her mother’s weight loss journey. “It’s important to remember this…parents are influencers, too,” a parent coach said. “I believe…making healthy choices… starts when you feel good about yourself,” the coach added. “To be that raw…in front of…camera, I think…
