WHO says coronavirus situation 'worsening' worldwide The World Health Organization said Monday that the coronavirus pandemic situation was worsening around the globe, as it warned against complacency. Jun 8, 2020 1 10
S.Africa records over 1,000 virus deaths, more than 50,000 cases South Africa's coronavirus deaths passed 1,000 on Monday and infections spiked to over 50,000 just a week after the continent's worst-hit country further eased lockdown restrictions, official statistics showed. Jun 8, 2020 0 1
Can tear gas and pepper spray increase virus spread? Police departments have used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters in recent weeks, raising concern that the chemical agents could increase the spread of the coronavirus. Jun 8, 2020 0 1
Kawasaki-like syndrome linked to COVID-19 in children is a new condition A study on children suffering from severe inflammatory symptoms shows the condition is new and distinct from Kawasaki disease. Jun 8, 2020 0 7
Health disparities prove to be multidimensional Hollings Cancer Center researcher Chanita Hughes-Halbert, Ph.D., said this is illustrated in two recent health disparity studies, both reported online in April in the medical journal Ethnicity and Disease. These two studies ... Jun 8, 2020 2 30
Global oncology pharmacists face restricted access to essential PPE items Oncology pharmacy practitioners around the globe are fighting to provide cancer patients high quality cancer care with increasingly limited and sometimes restricted personal protective equipment supply as well as impaired ... Jun 8, 2020 0 1
Research uncovers connections between psoriasis and joint disease A team led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers has made two major discoveries involving psoriasis, a chronic and debilitating skin disease with no known cure. Jun 8, 2020 0 37
Study finds our visual world of color is largely incorrect Color awareness has long been a puzzle for researchers in neuroscience and psychology, who debate over how much color observers really perceive. A study from Dartmouth in collaboration with Amherst College finds that people ... Jun 8, 2020 1 2002
Better detection of a type of ovarian cancer could lead to better treatments Scientists have found that a specific type of ovarian cancer could possibly benefit from existing platinum-based chemotherapy and new DNA repairing treatments, following better testing. Jun 8, 2020 0 7
Appetite can be increased by cells in the brain Tanycytes are glial cells, which communicate with neurons in the brain to inform it of what we have eaten. Researchers from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick have found when tanycytes are selectively ... Jun 8, 2020 0 260
