April 7, 2022 – A red fox responsible for biting at least nine people on Capitol Hill tested positive for rabies, according to the District of Columbia Department of Health. The animal, which was captured early this week by Capitol Hill police, was euthanized Wednesday, a procedure that is required under Washington, DC, law for … Read more
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, wrote William Shakespeare. It appears he was correct. The smells that people like or loathe are determined not by cultural experiences but mostly by the structure of the odor molecule, according to … Read more
Sri Lanka’s opposition on Monday dismissed the president’s invitation to join a unity government as “nonsensical” and instead demanded he resign over the country’s worsening shortages of food, fuel and medicines. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa‘s overture came as armed troops looked to quell more demonstrations over what the government acknowledges is the country’s most severe economic … Read more
The latest data from the ONS suggests some 4.9 million people in the UK are infected with the virus. Source link
As Covid continues to spread rapidly, are many people catching Omicron for a second time? Source link
Baroness Jane Campbell, who has campaigned for many years for reform on how disabled adults are charged for their care, says the proposals mean young disabled people who have had little or no opportunity to save money, will get less protection than non-disabled people, who might not need social care until much later in their … Read more
Prof O’Neill said the large-scale Co-Space study,, which tracked the mental health of parents, children and young people between March 2020 and July 2021, suggested “behavioural, emotional, and attention difficulties decreased as restrictions eased”. Source link
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For those waiting during the pandemic for a new kidney or liver, new research is reassuring: Organs from deceased donors who had COVID-19 did not cause infection in recipients and posed no risk to health care workers. In a study that began in September 2021, the Duke University … Read more
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Older adults may not only be living longer, but better as well, according to a new U.K. study. Researchers found that since the 1990s, British adults age 65 and up have been enjoying more years living independently, free of disability. That’s despite the fact … Read more
March 8, 2022 Young people of color are not getting COVID vaccine booster shots at the same rate as young white people, USA Today reported. That alarms federal health authorities. In an attempt to close the gap, the Biden administration plans to turn to churches and community health centers for help, USA Today said. “We … Read more