MEDICINE & HEALTH

Lambda Variant: Is This COVID-19 Strain Something We Should Worry About?

MEDICINE & HEALTH 07.23.2021 06:35 AM

While the delta variant of COVID-19 has rapidly become the prevalent strain in the United States, another strain, the lambda variant is also making the headline after it was recently identified in Peru.

Breakthrough Infections: What You Should Know When You Get Infected Even After Getting Vaccinated

07.23.2021 06:00 AM

Breakthrough infections are rare but not impossible even after getting vaccinated. So what should fully vaccinated people do when they were exposed to infected COVID-19 patients?

WIV Workers Not Infected With COVID-19; China Not Participating in Next Stage of WHO’s Investigation on the Virus’ Origin, Health Official Says

07.23.2021 01:50 AM

A Chinese government health official recently denied that the Wuhan Institute of Virology or WIV workers were not infected with COVID-19 shortly before the virus first occurred.

Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Proven 88% Effective Against COVID-19 Delta Variant

07.23.2021 00:50 AM

A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine confirms that the Pfizer vaccine works effectively against the COVID-19 delta variant, with a whopping 88% efficacy.

AI Innovation 'AlphaFold' May Lead to Human Proteome Revolution!

07.22.2021 23:11 PM

DeepMind and EMBL developed a new AI-powered 3D modeling system to predict protein structures for future biological and medical studies. The protein modeling system, AlphaFold, will be free for public usage.

Neuroscientists Explain How Dynamic Visual Stimuli is Processed Accurately in Human Perception

07.22.2021 06:20 AM

Prestigious institutions collaborate to elaborate the how our visual perception process. Neuroscience experts from various institutions have collaborated to conduct a study regarding the human visual system.

CBP Seizes 15 Giant Land Snails at Houston Airport, Saying These Could Cause a Rare Form of Meningitis

07.22.2021 05:40 AM

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 15 live giant land snails at Houston Airport from an airline passenger's luggage earlier this month.

Monkeypox Spreading in 27 US States; Over 200 People Possibly Exposed to the Virus and the CDC Says It Could Be Fatal

07.22.2021 05:30 AM

Over 200 people across 27 states in the United States might have possibly been exposed to monkeypox, recent reports showed.

'Aeson' Artificial Heart Transplant: 39-Year-Old Man Becomes First US Patient to Undergo the Surgery

07.22.2021 01:12 AM

A team of surgeons has recently completed the first human implantation in the United States of the 'Aeson', an artificial heart device which the CARMAT French company developed.

Immune System Could Be Fine-Tuned at the T-Cell Level to Produce Better Immune Response

07.22.2021 00:59 AM

Scientists at Cardiff University discovered a new technique to fine-tune the immune system at the level of T-cells to produce a better immune response against bacteria and viruses, like SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19.

Coffee Drinking Won't Harm Your Health, New Study Reveals Caffeine Lowers Arrhythmia Risk

07.21.2021 12:04 PM

A large new study recently showed that most people can now enjoy coffee drinking, or their diet cola san all the worries as caffeine does not appear to increase the risk of arrhythmia's of most people.

Fact Check: Mothers' Breast Milk Doesn't Carry Traces of Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines

07.21.2021 07:10 AM

A small study from the University of California San Francisco shows the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant and lactating women by presenting evidence that mRNA from the mother is not transferred to the babies.

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Less Effective Against Delta Variant With Only 33% Efficacy Rate

07.21.2021 04:25 AM

A study claims that one dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the Indian Delta variant compared to other vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna.

One of Nine Lions Infected by COVID-19 in Indian Zoo Dies, Study Says Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Human to Animals Possible

07.21.2021 03:56 AM

A recent report published in CDC confirms COVID-19 transmission from humans and animals, following the coronavirus-related death of a lioness at a zoo in India.

Wildfire Smoke Concentration Enhances SARS-CoV-2, Makes Our Health Vulnerable to Coronavirus

07.21.2021 00:29 AM

A new study confirms that wildfire smokes enhances the coronavirus, which was evident through the spike of COVID-19 cases in Reno's heavily exposed areas.

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