New details about last week’s encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Abujhmad have emerged with the police claiming on Tuesday that the Naxals had used villagers, including minors, in an unsuccessful bid to save the life of their senior cadre, Karthik. Karthik was among seven Naxals killed in the encounter on December 12 and at least four civilians … Read more
FRIDAY, Feb. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Just having a chat in a hair salon can spread the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a new study finds. The same is likely true in many health care settings, the same research showed. Most research on exhaled air and the spread of the virus has focused … Read more
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Working from home during the pandemic significantly reduces your risk of catching COVID-19, U.S. health officials say. The option to work remotely, however, appears to be available mostly to college-educated white employees with health insurance who make $75,000 a year or … Read more
The mask with the valve performed as expected — sending unfiltered droplets into the surrounding air. “Over time, these droplets can disperse over a wide area in both lateral and longitudinal directions, albeit with decreasing droplet concentration,” researcher Manhar Dhanak, a professor at FAU, said in a statement from the university. The standard mask, on … Read more