Author of the article: Jacquie Miller A health care worker checks on a woman as she administers the Covid-19 vaccination at the Bill-Durnan Arena in Montreal on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette Nearly half of the COVID-19 cases in Ontario are now caused by the highly contagious Delta variant, according…
June 16, 2021 — One of America’s top runners says eating a pork burrito probably caused a positive steroid test that resulted in her being banned from competing in the U.S. Olympic trials. Shelby Houlihan, 28, competed for the U.S. in the 2016 summer games and holds American records for the 1,500- and 5,000-meter races.…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Young people with poor mental health took a turn for the better during the pandemic but those with good mental health saw a considerable decline, new research reveals. The first nationally representative evidence regarding the diverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health in the UK was led by…
After his second daughter was born, Kao-Ping Chua, MD, PhD, was hit with a big surprise — a medical bill for $5,000. Chua, a pediatrician and health services researcher at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, switched to a high-deductible health plan right before his second daughter was born. The premium was so much…
Dr. Kingsley R. Chin was little more than a decade out of Harvard Medical School when sales of his spine surgical implants took off. Chin has patented more than 40 pieces of such hardware, including doughnut-shaped plastic cages, titanium screws and other products used to repair spines — generating $100 million for his company SpineFrontier,…
The Ministry of Health with support from Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) partners including WHO, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and other health implementing partners have completed a pre-emptive yellow fever vaccination campaign. The campaign targeting 57 443 individuals, aged 9 months to 60 years, was conducted in Morobo, Lainya and Yei River Counties in…
WASHINGTON, June 16, 2021 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture highlighted the importance of agricultural research and development (R&D) and the need for G20 agricultural science leaders to actively advocate for science-based decision making. Agricultural science leaders from around the world convened virtually this week during the Meeting of G20 Agricultural Chief Scientists (G20…
Sólo una de cada diez personas se ha vacunado contra la COVID-19 en la región, donde “los hospitales están llenos, las variantes circulan rápidamente” y “las vacunas se necesitan hoy con urgencia”. Washington, D.C., 16 de junio de 2021 (OPS) — Tras el anuncio de los países del Grupo de los 7 (G7) de donar mil…
written by Lisa Guy ,June 16, 2021 Image: Lisa Guy This super-delicious moist, gluten-free cake is packed full of dietary fibre to support digestive and cardiovascular health. It will also give you a good dose of tryptophan, which is an amino acid needed to produce serotonin — your ‘feel good’ neurotransmitter — and B vitamins…
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