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A lot of bats fell to the ground during the cold snap.
Over 1,300 Mexican free-tailed bats have been returned back to their colony under the Pearland Fite Road Bridge in Houston, US after they were rescued from the cold by wildlife rescuers. The humane society is trying to upgrade its facility so it can have a bat room. The bats were warmed in an incubator and…
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One mother stopped trying for a child because of the Wisconsin abortion ban.
Doctors and lawyers in US’ Wisconsin have said that state’s abortion ban is affecting their medical decision-making and their “ability to provide necessary and appropriate care”. “It creates a…climate of fear where people want to avoid even the perception that they’re involved in any abortion care or in miscarriage management,” a lawyer said. A doctor…
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Four Palestinians were killed in West Bank, an Israeli soldier was shot and killed in Jerusalem.
Two Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Saturday. The ministry added that a 14-year-old Palestinian was shot dead on Friday near the separation wall between Israel and the West Bank. On Saturday, two 17-year-old Palestinians were killed in an Israeli military…
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The law should not force me to hurt my patients.
Proponents of the Ohio abortion law said they are worried that a lawyer who is “not versed in a complicated case will not understand a patient who needs an abortion”. “I worry that a lawyer who is not versed in a complicated case will not understand a patient who needs an abortion,” they added. “It’s…
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Travelers from China are considered by the US to have Covid measures.
China will no longer require international arrivals to have a visa from January 8. China’s health commission said that steps would be taken to make it easier for some foreigners to enter the country, though it didn’t include tourists. Italy’s Malpensa airport has asked Milan’s Malpensa to conduct PCR tests for all arrivals from China…
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People who helped shape science in the 20th century.
Climate scientist and monkeypox watchman Svitlana Krakovska has been appointed as the chair of the World Health Organization’s International Advisory Group on Vaccination against COVID-19. She is a former director of the World Health Organization’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. She has previously served as the chairman of the US Centers for Disease Control…
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You are stuck at the airport.
Amid a coronavirus outbreak in the US that has led to the cancellation of over 2,200 flights on Thursday, airline giant Southwest Airlines said it would “honour reasonable requests for reimbursement for meals, hotel and alternate transportation”. The airline added that it had offered vouchers in some cases. Earlier, the US government had declared a…
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Reports say that the NFL players’ union terminates the consultant involved in the evaluation of player concussions.
The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) has said that Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a lower back injury during the team’s game against the Buffalo Bills last Sunday. Tagovailoa had been listed as out on the team’s injury report, which was later upgraded to “concussion-like” after it was examined by a neurotrauma consultant.
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shiba inu is seriously ill with leukemia.
The creator of shiba inu meme, Kagosu, has said that her 17-year-old dog is in a “very dangerous condition” after being diagnosed with acute cholangiohepatitis and chronic lymphoma leukemia. She further added that she has been diagnosed with an inflammation of the digestive system and chronic lymphoma leukemia. The shiba-inu meme first emerged in 2010,…
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The US is vulnerable to the flu because of vaccine fatigue.
Fewer than one in seven eligible people in the US have received a new COVID-19 vaccine booster, according to CDC data. Researchers said that the new shots may be better than the original vaccine, but it is not known whether they are any better than the original vaccine. The new shots also don’t cause the…
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Chaos is creating ahead of the top meeting as a result of covid defies.
China’s National Health Commission has said that COVID-19 cases in the country have exceeded 1 million for the first time since the pandemic began. China has now reported over 8 lakh cases of coronavirus, a rise of over 2 lakh cases from last week, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. China’s coronavirus death toll…
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The ‘tripledemic’ drives demand and forces drugstores to limit sales of children’s medication.
The US has said that home COVID-19 testing is available on its website but only about 2% of results are reported. The White House said in the first week after it restarted the free home test programme, 11 million households took part. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 1.75 million…
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Should you attend a party on New Year’s Eve?
People who have a “high-risk” event, such as a social event, New Year’s Eve or a school exam, should get tested for coronavirus five days after the event, a US doctor said. “If you are asymptomatic, you should test at least five days after the event,” he added. People with symptoms of COVID-19 should also…
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A study says that China could see over one million deaths as the country leaves zero-covid.
China’s National Health Commission scaled down its daily COVID-19 report starting Wednesday in response to a decline in PCR testing since the government eased anti-virus measures after daily cases hit record highs. “Chinese diaspora has played a very useful role here to share with people back in China about their personal COVID-19 experience,” Chen said.
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Experts say ‘rainbow Fentanyl’ isn’t a threat to your kids.
Fentanil, a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine, is a new threat for teens, according to a US official. “We’re foregoing good…basic public health and safety information that could be used to Reverse overdoses, link people to treatment and save lives,” he added. DEA has seized…
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Being obese and telling people to kiss it.
Parents should create an “emotionally healthy narrative” around the eating habits of their children during the holiday season, a Los Angeles-based parent coach said. “Teens and tweens are growing into their adult bodies, and that growth requires weight gain,” said Oona Hanson. “Parents are often made to feel helpless in the face of TikTokers, peer…
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There has been a rise in mental health visits and revisits among children.
A US Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday recommended that doctors screen all children under the age of eight for anxiety and depression. The task force wants to reduce the number of children whose mental health conditions cannot be seen. Mental health distress among children has intensified in the last few years, a research showed.
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Russia-Ukraine news in November 25, 2022,
The Deputy Head of the region’s military administration has said that a hospital in Ukraine is on the verge of removing patients after losing water supply due to the Russian missile barrage. He added that the Kyiv Regional Clinical Hospital was about to move patients undergoing dialysis treatment, which requires an uninterrupted water supply.
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Children’s hospitals prepare for impact of holiday gatherings amid a vicious season of flu andRSV infections.
US President Joe Biden has said that the COVID-19 pandemic is the country’s “greatest public health emergency in history”. Biden added that his administration will “work tirelessly” to contain COVID-19, which he said “is already causing havoc” in the US. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that the total number of cases…
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Knocking at the door doesn’t mean what it used to be in China.
China’s Health Commission on Thursday reported 1,476 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the country, a significant number in the country where even one infection can trigger a city-wide lockdown. The country has reported over 3 lakh coronavirus cases so far, with over 8,800 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker.
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Neuroscience scientists say that there could be a new era in mental health treatment using the power of idiocy.
A study of the effects of psilocybin, a substance found in marijuana, on schizophrenia patients with treatment-resistant depression found it had a “very promising” effect. In the study, there were 233 participants who had treated-resistant depression and can only be diagnosed when someone fails to respond to two courses of antidepressants. Two people in the…
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Maternal deaths in the United States are very much common.
A study found that women with mental health conditions are three times more likely to die in the first year after childbirth compared to women with no mental health conditions. “Some of the things that I hear about being the most challenging in pregnancy are access to affordable housing and child care…and mental health support,”…
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Reports say the NFL players’ union terminates a consultant involved in evaluating a player’s concussion.
Miami Dolphins starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who suffered a head injury during the fourth quarter of the team’s game against Buffalo on Sunday, said it was scary and “very disturbing” after the incident. Tagovailoa was taken off the field when he was sacked by Cincinnati Bengals’ Josh Tupou in first half of the game. Tagovailoa…
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There is a story about scientists who are working on a way to measure depression.
Researchers have found that electrostimulation of the vagus nerve could reduce stress and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in some patients. A study, which was led by researchers at US’ Emory University, found that stimulation of neck skin near the vagus reduced inflammatory responses to stress and was associated with a decrease in PTSD…
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Some Chinese students are going to return to their home country.
China has said that the fight against COVID-19 is “winnable” and the country’s top priorities now should be booster shots, particularly for the elderly and others most at risk. China’s National Health Commission said the daily report about COVID-19 was scaled down by the commission after the government stopped anti-viruses measures after record highs.