Omicron variant 'almost certainly' less severe than delta, Fauci says

anthony-fauci” target=”_blank”>Dr. Anthony Fauci< expert, said Tuesday that early indications suggest the infectious-disease is potentially milder than previous strains.  While much is still unknown about omicron, Fauci told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) it “almost certainly is not more severe” than the delta variant.  MIXING PFIZER AND MODERNA VACCINES GIVES A BETTER IMMUNE SYSTEM RESPONSE AGAINST…

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eLife can't confirm many cancer research findings

Eight years ago, a team of medical-research” target=”_blank”>researchers< research. They recreated 50 experiments, the type of preliminary research with mice and test tubes that sets the stage for new cancer drugs. The results reported Tuesday: About half the scientifica> claims didn’t hold up.<. By the time cancer drugs reach the market, they’ve been tested rigorously in…

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COVID-19 spread more by men, loud talkers: study

Men and people who speak at louder volumes more easily spread infectious-disease, according to researchers at us-regions. In a November study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters, a multidisciplinary team at the education examined respiratory aerosol emissions from a panel of healthy individuals of varying age and gender while talking and singing…

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Fauci says officials feel 'very badly' about African travel ban, will reevaluate policy

Dr. anthony-fauci” target=”_blank”>Anthony Fauci< ban on several southern world-regions countries after a dozen other countries confirmed cases of the infectious-disease omicron variant.  The United States – along with dozens of others across Europe and Asia – implemented travel bans against travelers from seven southern African nations after the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed the existence…

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Omicron in the US: Where is it?

Cases of the infectious-disease are being confirmed around the country this weekend.  California The first case of the “variant of concern” was identified in a California resident and public health officials in the Golden State said Friday that at least five people in Alameda County were infected by the strain after attending a wedding in…

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Stroke contributing factors may include losing temper, extreme exercise: study

Losing one’s temper or nutrition-and-fitness too rigorously could be contributing factors for a stroke, according to new research.  In a study published Wednesday in the European Society of Cardiology’s “European Heart Journal,” a team of international researchers looked at more than 13,000 stroke patients in 32 countries as part of the INTERSTROKE study. 10 DIETARY…

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Minnesota reports second US omicron COVID-19 case

The us-regions Department of Health said Thursday that lab testing had confirmed the state’s first omicron infectious-disease case. The news comes a day after U.S. officials announced that the nation’s first case of the variant had been confirmed in a resident of San Francisco, California, who had recently returned to the Bay Area from south-africa”…

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