Category: Health Crisis
NYU Researchers Use Google Search Data to Predict COVID-19 Outbreaks
With the currently increasing rate of Covid-19 cases, the new waves of the infection have failed to follow previously observed patterns of spread. However, researchers from Courant Institute of …
Key Dates in the Evolution of the Coronavirus Epidemic in the United States
The United States has just passed the 500,000th death mark due to Covid-19. Let’s take a look back at the key dates that have marked the evolution of the …
The WHO Accuses Rich Countries of Undermining COVID-19 Vaccines Supplies to Poor Countries
The WHO is accusing some rich countries of monopolizing Covid-19 vaccine doses at the expense of less privileged countries. A program called Covax has been set up by the …
51% of Participants in a Canadian Study Did Not Recover Their Full Olfactory Capacity After 5 Months
Not being able to detect the taste of food or smell the odors around us is more than a crippling situation that many Covid-19 patients experience. According to the …Coronavirus Breaking News: A New Tunisian Variant Reported by the North African Country
Tunisian health authorities announced this Saturday, February 20, 2021, that they have detected a new variant of Covid-19 in the country. “Two people have tested positive for a new …
EU Ready to Finance a Production Plant in Morocco to Meet Vaccine Demand in Africa
With the huge demand for COVID-19 vaccines and the fact that the worldwide manufacturing capacity is still far from where it needs to be, more countries are considering starting …Even With Antibodies Man Still Gets Severe Form of COVID-19 From the South African Variant
Four months after having had a mild Sars-CoV-2 infection, which healed without any treatment, a man has again tested positive but this time for the new South African variant. …
NIH: Combination Treatment May Help People with Methamphetamine Addiction
A study by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has revealed that a pair of drugs can be highly beneficial to people with severe methamphetamine addiction …
A Chinese Study Shows a Significant Increase in Myopia in Children After the First Lockdown
A recent study estimates that half of the world’s population will be myopic by 2050 a logical consequence, says ophthalmologist Franck Earith. A Chinese study published Jan. 14 in …