9 Weeks Pregnant
You are now 9 weeks pregnant! You are now well and truly into your first…
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Omicron: Viral Load Can Be At Its Highest At Day Five So Cutting Isolation Period Doesn’t Make Sense
A few studies have suggested a slightly shorter period of viral shedding in people with…
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UN-backed COVAX mechanism delivers its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
With a 1.1 million jab delivery in Rwanda this weekend, the World Health Organization’s multilateral…
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Here’s Where (And How) You Are Most Likely To Catch COVID — New Study
Two years into the pandemic, most of us are fed up. COVID case rates are…
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Alternative health care available to those without insurance in Tallahassee – WTXL ABC 27
Alternative health care available to those without insurance in Tallahassee WTXL ABC 27 Read Original Article:…
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WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Thursday two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for…
UN-backed COVAX mechanism delivers its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
With a 1.1 million jab delivery in Rwanda this weekend, the World Health Organization’s multilateral…
Repeated exposure to major disasters has long-term mental health impacts
Repeated exposure to major disasters does not make people mentally stronger, a recent study found:…
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Genetic strategy reverses insecticide resistance
Using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, scientists have genetically engineered a method to reverse insecticide resistance. The gene…
Horrors of Hiroshima, a reminder nuclear weapons remain global threat
Despite the annihilation of two major Japanese cities in 1945, atomic bombs have not been…
Coronavirus vaccination during pregnancy lowers risk of hospitalization, newborn death, study says – The Washington Post
Coronavirus vaccination during pregnancy lowers risk of hospitalization, newborn death, study says The Washington Post Skipping…
Do your pregnant employees feel supported? – Hr Morning
Do your pregnant employees feel supported? Hr Morning Read Original Article: Do your pregnant employees feel…
Pregnant? Here’s How Often You’ll Likely See Your Doctor – Health Essentials from Cleveland Clinic
Pregnant? Here’s How Often You’ll Likely See Your Doctor Health Essentials from Cleveland Clinic Read Original…
New Designs of Active Birth Pool Range
The new designs of our active birth pool range are being released. Active Birth Pools…
News in Brief 14 January 2022
$150 million released to help underfunded humanitarian emergencies Tigray: aid operations ‘are about to grind…
New study overturns popular theory on evolution of termite size
Researchers have completed a comprehensive analysis of the head width of over 1500 modern and…
HIV and AIDS: The Basics
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Stages of HIV Infection
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What Is a Latent HIV Reservoir?
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HIV Testing
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Aniridia
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Anisometropia
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Blowout Fracture
Source: American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and StrabismusRelated MedlinePlus Pages: Eye Injuries, Facial Injuries and…
Cataract
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Coats’ Disease
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Corneal Abrasions
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CDC encourages more Americans to consider N95 masks
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Friday encouraged more Americans to wear the…
STAT+: Martin Shkreli is ordered to pay $64 million and is banned from the pharma industry for life
“Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli was ordered to pay $64 million in profits and was banned…
Opinion: Eliminating the FDA’s blood donation ban on men who have sex with men would help ease the U.S. shortage
For the first time ever, the American Red Cross this week declared a national blood…
Earth’s interior is cooling faster than expected
Researchers have demonstrated in the lab how well a mineral common at the boundary between…
UK Borders Bill increases risks of discrimination, human rights violations
A new bill being debated by lawmakers in the United Kingdom increases the risk of…
UN rights office warns against rising hate speech in Western Balkans
Authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in neighbouring Serbia, must condemn and refrain from any…
Meet a colorful but colorblind spider
An international team of researchers found that the brightly colored jumping spider Saitis barbipes could…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Senate committee advances Califf FDA nomination; bedraggled Biogen writes a shopping list
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Kenneth Francis Robinson
bmj;376/jan14_10/o22/FAF1faKenneth Francis Robinson (“Ken”) grew up in Reigate, Surrey. He was educated at Charterhouse and…
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bmj;376/jan14_9/o25/FAF1faSajidah Asmat Hussain (“Saj”) was possibly the first student at Raund’s Comprehensive School to obtain…
David Samuel Filer
bmj;376/jan14_8/o65/FAF1faDavid Samuel Filer was a GP in Shepherds Bush, London, and a forensic medical examiner…
Past eight years: Warmest since modern recordkeeping began
Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on…
When I use a word . . . . Lexicographical anniversaries
AnniversariesWe celebrate past events when the years turn round. That is what “anniversary” literally means….
Recognising how big a problem we currently have in the NHS is the beginning of trying to solve it
There has been a lot of discussion about whether the NHS will be overwhelmed this…
Sixty seconds on . . . covid-19 and sex
Let’s get it onSteady on there. Although you might have expected rates of sexual activity…
“Wrongful conception” ruling against UK general practitioner
In December 2021, Evie Toombes successfully sued Philip Mitchell, her mother’s general practitioner, arguing that…
Here’s Where (And How) You Are Most Likely To Catch COVID — New Study
Two years into the pandemic, most of us are fed up. COVID case rates are…
Automatic registration for UK trials
Public registration of studies before they start (prospective registration) is an effective way to reduce…
The BMJ appeal 2021-22: “Doctors must raise their voices to advocate for those in Afghanistan”
For an organisation funded entirely by private donations, the scale of Médecins Sans Frontières’s humanitarian…
What is driving all cause excess mortality?
The first purpose of using non pharmaceutical interventions to control the spread of an infectious…
Opinion: Public health is missing crucial data on LGBTQIA+ people. It’s not hard to collect
The importance of capturing demographic data in health care settings and population surveys can’t be…
Opinion: STAT+: Patient engagement: The true benchmark in clinical trials
Patient engagement and community outreach may be hot topics in today’s clinical trial landscape, but…
No one has any idea how much money seniors could pay for new Alzheimer’s drug
WASHINGTON — Medicare has outlined how it plans to cover the controversial, pricey new Alzheimer’s treatment…
Scientists are making CAR-T cells more clever. Here’s what the next generation could look like
CAR-T cell therapy has been a boon for treating blood cancers. Since the technology was…
HBAC: The Difference For ME
My first daughter’s birth was a scheduled caesarean section. I was told by my obstetrician…
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva: Tech solutions to relieve typhoon-hit Philippines
In this week’s show, the latest on the emergency relief effort in the Philippines after…
News in Brief 13 January 2022
UN’s Bachelet welcomes crimes of humanity verdict against Syrian officer Africa’s fourth pandemic wave flattens…
Unusual team finds gigantic planet hidden in plain sight
An astronomer and a group of eagle-eyed citizen scientists have discovered a giant gas planet…