The World Health Organization has urged the public to come up with a new name for monkeypox, calling for help in finding a less stigmatizing designation for the fast-spreading disease amid concerns over the name. Experts warn that the name can be stigmatizing for the primates whose name it bears but who play little role … Read more
A Georgia woman diagnosed with monkeypox has said she didn’t contract the “painful” virus through sex – and is using TikTok to fight “misinformation” about the disease. Camille Seaton, 20, started feeling unwell in mid-July and rushed to hospital when she noticed blisters on her face. The young mother was then stunned when she tested … Read more
Bar-Ilan University has developed a new technology that helps the body’s immune system fight cancer cells. With research that began in 2016, Professor Mira Barda-Saad and her team have made a “scientific breakthrough” in the fight against cancer, she told The Media Line. Research published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine revealed for the first … Read more
The Langya virus, which can cause fever, fatigue and nausea, has been found in 35 people in eastern China, researchers said. Asian scientists have identified a new virus that can cause high fever and was likely transmitted to humans from animals in eastern China. Henipavirus Langya (LayV) was found in 35 people in China’s Shandong … Read more
The Langya virus, which can cause fever, fatigue and nausea, has been found in 35 people in eastern China, researchers said. Asian scientists have identified a new virus that can cause high fever and was likely transmitted to humans from animals in eastern China. Henipavirus Langya (LayV) was found in 35 people in China’s Shandong … Read more
Lie on your right side to better absorb medication, new research suggests The researchers used a state-of-the-art “StomachSim” based on the human stomach Scientists say swallowing tablets is the most complex way for humans to absorb them A new study found the impact of gravity was huge when taking tablets Leaning left slowed drug release … Read more
Elton John’s musical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada was gutted by critics after it premiered at Chicago’s Nederlander Theater on Sunday. The Devil Wears Prada, The Musical, is currently in world premiere ahead of a slated Broadway premiere in 2023, but its top reviews say it’s nowhere near ready for the New York stage. … Read more
Researchers are looking for thousands of volunteers in the United States and Europe to take part in a test of the first potential Lyme disease vaccine in 20 years – in hopes of better tackling the tick-borne threat. Lyme disease is a growing problem, with cases rising and global warming helping ticks expand their habitat. … Read more
A four-year-old born to a woman officially announced his transition to boyhood with a blue gender-revealing barrel during Vancouver’s Pride Parade – with his grandmother by his side. Charlie Danger Lloyd, from British Columbia, Canada, was born female but now identifies as male after expressing her desire to be a different gender from an early … Read more
A four-year-old born to a woman officially announced his transition to boyhood with a blue gender-revealing cannon at the Vancouver Pride Parade – with his grandmother by his side. Charlie Danger Lloyd, from British Columbia, Canada, was born female but now identifies as male after expressing her desire to be a different gender from an … Read more
