Even in a year of horrendous suffering, what is unfolding in Brazil stands out. In the rainforest city of Manaus, home to 2 million people, bodies are reportedly being dropped into mass graves as quickly as they can be dug…more: theatlantic
Category: Health and safety
health and safety
And We have already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muhammad]; then We seized them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves [to Us]. Then why, when Our punishment came to them, did they not humble themselves? But their hearts became hardened, and Satan made attractive to them that which they were doing. So when they forgot that by which they had been reminded, We opened to them the doors of every [good] thing until, when they rejoiced in that which they were given, We seized them suddenly, and they were [then] in despair…more: Tafseer of Ibn Kathir
China starts using anal swabs to test ‘high-risk’ people for Covid!
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Nipah Virus is Another Emerging Infectious Disease That Causes Great Concern,”
The world’s biggest pharmaceutical firms are little prepared for the next pandemic despite a mounting response to the Covid-19 outbreak, an independent report has warned. Jayasree K Iyer, executive director of the Netherlands-based Access to Medicine Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation…
COVID-19 vaccination locations for individuals in eligible groups and phases
This page has a map of COVID-19 vaccination locations with contact details and sign-up information for individuals currently eligible to be vaccinated. Sites will be added in the coming weeks and appointments will be released on a rolling basis. Individuals will need to provide proof of their eligibility at the site. All sites require appointments….more: mass.gov
New Novavax vaccine is “highly effective” against UK Covid variant – BBC News
Avoid preventive pain relievers before getting a COVID vaccine: Experts
COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are being offered to an increasing number of people. Vaccine recipients typically experience minimal side effects — the most common being temporary pain and swelling at the injection site, fevers, chills, tiredness, muscle aches and pains and headaches…MORE:abcnews
Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan Wins Nobel Prize for Study of ‘Self-Eating’ Cells
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Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese cell biologist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for his discoveries on how cells recycle their content, a process known as autophagy, a Greek term for “self-eating.”nytimes
New nasal spray proven to kill 99.9% of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 is being trialled in the UK
The importance of nitric oxide within the human body and its healing properties was first discovered by Professor Ferid Murad of Stanford University, among others, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1998. Prof Murad is a member of the board of SaNOtize. The strategy is to use the Nitric Oxide spray as a multi-stage defence against infection and to provide an effective treatment for mild and moderate cases with the goal of preventing severe inflammatory response and infection of the lungs….more:royalholloway
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Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system
…Prolonged fasting forces the body to use stores of glucose, fat and ketones, but it also breaks down a significant portion of white blood cells. Longo likens the effect to lightening a plane of excess cargo.
During each cycle of fasting, this depletion of white blood cells induces changes that trigger stem cell-based regeneration of new immune system cells..more:usc.edu
