The Covid-19 pandemic has not served as a lesson in preventing future zoonotic diseases, warns an international team of researchers who identified several dangerous viruses in fur farms in China. Among these viruses, a coronavirus that has been shown to affect humans has been detected in nocturnal animals, animals raised in Asia for their fur … Read more
Did the vaccination against Corona save lives or was it disproportionately risky given the side effects that occurred in some cases? Researchers from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) have now presented an estimate based on data. According to this, around 1.6 million lives were saved in Europe by the vaccinations between December 2020 and … Read more
Summer, sun, sea, corona. The Covid variant KP.3.1.1 is wreaking havoc in one of the most popular holiday destinations. The sub-variant is also spreading rapidly here. It has recently been increasingly measured in Berlin’s wastewater. Since mid-June, the virus load here has increased by 40 percent. But in Italy the situation is different: the Corona … Read more
This story was printed in English on June 19, 2024. Some viruses, just like the flu, are in a single day: They infect our cells, our immune system fights again – making us sick with flu-like signs – after which sends from the virus, till the subsequent an infection. Different viruses by no means go … Read more
The winter with few low temperatures ensured that more green peach aphids survived the winter than last year. In practice, this causes more yellowing disease in the beets and possibly much earlier, the IRS warns. According to the IRS, aphids can survive the winter at temperatures higher than minus 7 degrees. If the temperature gauge … Read more
Researchers in the US have discovered how ‘leaky’ human mitochondria – the cells’ energy factories – can lead to inflammation in autoimmune diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. The new finding published in the journal “Nature Cell Biology” may lead to the development of better treatments for these diseases, to an improvement in the … Read more
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health, concluded that vitamin D supplements do not improve bone strength or reduce the risk of fractures in children with vitamin D deficiency. The study results were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. In the study, researchers instructed more … Read more
News Article | Highly Respectable News “With great sadness, I must inform you all that our beloved friend, mentor and daughter Hydeia, passed away today,” her father confirmed. Hydeia Broadbent, HIV Activist, Dies at 39 Hydeia Broadbent, a lifelong AIDS and HIV activist, has tragically passed away at the age of 39, her family announced. … Read more
Norovirus: The Highly Contagious Stomach Bug Sweeping Across the Northeast By Best Editor Published Feb. 23, 2024, 4:15 p.m. ET A hypercontagious stomach bug — the norovirus — is sweeping across the Northeast, causing schools to shutter, and citizens to suffer from violent diarrhea and other alarming symptoms. Spread of the Norovirus The Northeast region, … Read more
