60 minutes of endurance training is enough to shift body clock in mice New research published today in the Journal of Physiology shows that just one 60 minutes bout of exercise shifted the muscle clocks of mice by around an hour in either direction. If this research is replicated in humans, ... Jun 16, 2020 0 4
Rifampin regimen found to be cheaper than isoniazid for latent tuberculosis A 4-month rifampin regimen was found to be cheaper than a 9-month course of isoniazid for the treatment of latent tuberculosis in a cost-comparison study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Currently, isoniazid ... Jun 16, 2020 0 0
Study finds evidence that loneliness makes it harder to quit smoking In a study published today in Addiction, University of Bristol researchers have found evidence for a causal link between prolonged experience of loneliness and smoking. Jun 16, 2020 0 213
Israeli firm monitors sewers in fight against coronavirus An Israeli company is monitoring coronavirus traces in a coastal city's sewers and hopes to deploy its technology more widely to provide early warning of future concentrations of the respiratory disease. Jun 16, 2020 0 2
New virus cases in China, N. Zealand sound pandemic alarm More than two dozen new coronavirus cases in China and the first New Zealand infections in almost a month on Tuesday underlined the immense challenges still ahead in containing the deadly pandemic, even as some EU nations ... Jun 16, 2020 0 4
German virus hunters track down corona outbreaks A team of medical students pressed into service by Cologne's public health office are scrambling to cut off potential new chains of coronavirus infections by endlessly repeating the same questions. Jun 16, 2020 0 1
'Still scared': Health workers feel the toll of virus fight Outside a back door to a hospital where the coronavirus hit like a hurricane, a half-dozen staffers gathered recently to look back, and look inward. Jun 16, 2020 0 1
Haiti says virus infections have peaked Haitian health officials said Monday that COVID-19 infections had peaked and the number of cases being detected was going down, leading them to voice cautious hope the epidemic might not be as bad as some of the more alarming ... Jun 16, 2020 0 2
Mexico begins reopening even as cases, deaths remain high Mexico began more re-openings of businesses shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, even as deaths and new cases continued at an unbroken pace. Jun 16, 2020 0 4
UK begins coronavirus vaccine trial; France pledges funding (Update) Scientists at Imperial College London will start immunizing people in Britain this week with their experimental coronavirus shot, while pharmaceutical company Sanofi and the French government announced more than 800 million ... Jun 16, 2020 0 6