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Know the signs of rare blood clot linked with J & J vaccine

While U.S. federal government experts probe potential risks of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, what do you need to know if you have had the one-dose COVID shot or hope to get it? [...]

Thousands of vaccinated people in U.S. infected with COVID-19

COVID-19 infections have occurred in about 5,800 people in the United States who have been vaccinated against the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. [...]

U.S. overdose deaths have soared during COVID-19 pandemic

There were more than 87,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States from October 2019 to September 2020, the highest of any one-year period since the nation's opioid crisis began in the 1990s, preliminary government data show. [...]

Pressure on Spain govt to extend state of emergency

With infections again on the rise and Europe's vaccine rollout delayed over clotting concerns, the Spanish government is under pressure to extend a state of emergency to fight the pandemic. [...]

COVID-19 variants FAQ: Everything you need to know about new strains of SARS-CoV-2

More and more countries around the world are struggling with a new wave of infections, with an alarming increase in COVID-19 cases. Mostly these new surges are attributed to variants of SARS-CoV-2. [...]

After early success, India's daily COVID infections have surpassed the US and Brazil. Why?

India is in the grip of a massive second wave of COVID-19 infections, surpassing even the United States and Brazil in terms of new daily infections. The current spike came after a brief lull: daily new cases had fallen from 97,000 new cases per day in September 2020 to around 10,000 per day in January 2021. However, from the end of February, daily new cases began to rise sharply again, passing 100,000 a day, and now crossing the 200,000 mark. [...]

A 'deep clean' has been ordered for a Brisbane hospital ward. What does that actually involve?

The Australian public's infection control literacy continues to expand. We know what PPE is, what "flattening the curve" means, and we are growing increasingly familiar with the term "deep clean." But what does a deep clean involve, and when is it necessary? [...]

New research finds slumped posture not such a pain in the neck after all

Curtin University research in partnership with the Raine Study has cast doubt on the popular belief that having a slumped posture while seated can lead to neck pain. [...]

Growth in home health care failing to keep up with surging demand, study finds

Recent growth in the number of health care workers providing home care for Medicare patients is "small and inadequate" compared with the increasing demand in an aging America, a new study suggests. [...]

Fighting COVID with plant products and repurposed pharmaceuticals

Chemists Kaushik Sarkar and Rajesh Kumar of the University of North Bengal in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, have investigated the potential of various natural products of plant origin that might be developed into novel pharmaceuticals for treating COVID-19, the pandemic disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. The team details their molecular docking experiments, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME), and toxicity studies. [...]