Cyprus mulls new COVID measures as per capita rate tops world Cypriot authorities were meeting Tuesday to consider new restrictions to rein in a detected COVID infection rate that is now the highest in the world per capita. Jan 4, 2022 0 26
Britain faces hospital crisis as COVID cases top 200,000 British hospitals have switched to a "war footing" due to staff shortages caused by a wave of Omicron infections, the government said Tuesday, as the country's daily COVID caseload breached 200,000 for the first time. Jan 4, 2022 0 11
U.S. hospitals seeing record numbers of young COVID patients (HealthDay)—COVID-19 hospitalizations among children are surging across the United States just as students return to school and the highly transmissible Omicron variant begins to dominate the country. Jan 4, 2022 0 27
Depression screening improves care for patients with cancer Kaiser Permanente research published January 4, 2022, in JAMA showed depression screening for patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer was highly effective at identifying patients in need of behavioral health care, and ... Jan 4, 2022 0 35
Babies born during pandemic's first year score slightly lower on a developmental screening test Columbia researchers found that babies born during the pandemic's first year scored lower on a developmental screening test of social and motor skills at 6 months—regardless of whether their mothers had COVID during pregnancy—compared ... Jan 4, 2022 0 236
First time genome editing made possible on cells lining blood vessel walls The lab of Youyang Zhao, Ph.D., from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago developed a unique nanoparticle to deliver genome editing technology, including CRISPR/Cas9, ... Jan 4, 2022 0 10
Researchers find a new route for regulating blood sugar levels independent of insulin The discovery of insulin 100 years ago opened a door that would lead to life and hope for millions of people with diabetes. Ever since then, insulin, produced in the pancreas, has been considered the primary means of treating ... Jan 4, 2022 0 404
Smoking cessation after cancer diagnosis associated with improved survival Patients with lung cancer who quit smoking after their diagnosis have a 29 percent improvement in their overall survival compared to patients who continue smoking after diagnosis, according to a study published in the Journal ... Jan 4, 2022 0 23
US sets global record of 1 mn reported COVID cases Monday The United States reported more than one million new COVID-19 cases Monday after the long New Year's weekend, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, as the Omicron variant spread at a blistering pace. Jan 4, 2022 0 4
Delhi imposes weekend curfew as COVID cases surge India's capital New Delhi will lock down over the weekend as authorities grapple with a fresh surge in coronavirus cases, partly fuelled by the fast-spreading Omicron variant. Jan 4, 2022 0 16