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WHO warns against COVID-19 vaccine 'mix and match' approach

A top scientist at the world-health-organization” target=”_blank”>World Health Organization< infectious-diseaseamid uncertainty over safety and efficacy. Mixed vaccine regimens refer to vaccinations from different manufacturers, such as a Pfizer vaccine followed by the AstraZeneca shot, or vice versa. “It’s a little bit of a dangerous trend here,” Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, WHO …

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Coffee consumption linked to lower risk of COVID-19 infection

Regular coffee consumption of at least one cup daily was associated with a lower risk of infectious-disease infection, according to a study. Researchers with Northwestern University published findings in the Nutrients journal, stemming from an analysis of nearly 40,000 participants in the U.K. Biobank. The team studied participants’ dietary habits …

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Flu shot protects against some severe COVID-19 effects, study claims

New research suggests that patients who received their annual respiratory-health infectious-disease before contracting coronavirus may have some degree of protection against severe effects associated with infectious-disease, such as stroke, sepsis and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).  Data collected from patients around the world and presented at the European Congress of Clinical …

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Inside the grisly practices of grave-robbing doctors

In April 1788, a medical student named John Hicks was dissecting a body at new-york-city” target=”_blank”>New York Hospital,< At one point, Alexander Hamilton intervened to try and calm the crowd. Eventually the militia was called in and opened fire, killing 20 in some accounts.  This so-called “Doctor’s Riot” was just …

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Overall cancer death rates declining in US, report finds

Overall cancer” target=”_blank”>cancer< found, with the most notable decreases found among lung cancer and melanoma. For other cancers, the news was not as promising, as the report found previous declining trends in death rates for prostate, colorectal and female breast cancers had slowed or disappeared.  Still, data reflected a decrease …

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