During this past winter's COVID-19 surge, fueled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, a lot of front-line and customer-facing industries were impacted by widespread infections. Local emerge… [+4457 chars]
Zinc has been acknowledged as an essential mineral for human health since the 1970s.1 Its the second most abundant trace mineral found in the human body,2 but your body cannot store it very well, so … [+15135 chars]
Health officials in the eastern Ontario region are confirming a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1. Avian Influenza (AI) is a disease caused by a virus that mainly infects domesti… [+1970 chars]
Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have discovered that a kind of kiss between cells, called trogocytosis, plays a key role in the battle between the immune system and bl… [+2535 chars]
Overall, the researchers found that stark disparities in vaccine and booster coverage persist in the state, leaving thousands vulnerable to severe illness as increasingly more transmissible forms of … [+7523 chars]
By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Image source, Getty Images The number of people in the UK infected with coronavirus is falling, says the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Ab… [+2406 chars]
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a difficult-to-cure mental health condition that is caused by experiencing a traumatizing event, such as interpersonal violence or disaster. While sufferers o… [+5851 chars]
Can you take probiotics to lose weight? They have plenty of benefits, from keeping your digestive system healthy to improving your mood, but is weight loss one of them? Defined by the World Health O… [+5346 chars]
A groundbreaking new program from Vancouvers PHS Community Services Society will allow people to buy fentanyl instead of relying on the increasingly contaminated and unpredictable illicit supply. T… [+4620 chars]
Pediatr Res. 2022 Apr 13. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02046-3. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The P.1 variant is a Variant of Concern announced by the WHO. The present work aimed to charac… [+1929 chars]
A new University of Gothenburg study has paved the way for the first drug treatment for sleep apnea. Compared to before receiving the treatment, breathing pauses decreased with on average more than 2… [+2696 chars]
A brighter future could be in store for people with a spinal cord injury if new animal research pans out in humans. Mice that were paralyzed due to severe spinal cord damage regained the ability to … [+3851 chars]
