The FINANCIAL -- Pregnant women may be especially vulnerable to developing more severe cases of COVID-19 following SARS-CoV-2 infection, but little is known about their anti-SARS-CoV-2 immune response or how it may affect their offspring.
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The FINANCIAL -- More than 1,000 members of a church in South
The FINANCIAL – It’s common practice in the United States for adults to begin some form of routine screening for colorectal cancer starting at age 50. However, a new study directed by physicians at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center suggests that
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The FINANCIAL -- As we mark World TB Day 2020, the disease remains the world’s top infectious killer. In 2018, 10 million people fell ill with TB worldwide and 1.5 million people lost their lives to this disease.A quarter of the world‘s population
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The FINANCIAL -- In the midst of a sweeping national health and economic crisis sparked by the novel coronavirus pandemic, a new KFF coronavirus poll finds two thirds of the public (67%) say they are taking precautions as a result, and large
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The FINANCIAL -- For years now, we’ve been tracking the rapid growth of telehealth as a health plan offering in our National Survey of Health of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans – along with the disappointingly slow growth in average utilization, which only reached
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The FINANCIAL -- Horse milk is beneficial in treating inflammatory diseases, tuberculosis, blood pressure, and even certain types of cancer, say researchers from Nazarbayev University.
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The FINANCIAL -- Since 31 December 2019 and as of 7 March 2020, 102 132 cases of COVID-19 (in accordance with the applied case definitions in the affected countries) have been reported, including 3 488 deaths. The deaths have been reported from
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The FINANCIAL -- Salmonella and Campylobacter are becoming increasingly resistant to ciprofloxacin, one of the antibiotics of choice for treating infections caused by these bacteria. The conclusion is part of the latest report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonoses released today by the
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In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognized water and sanitation as a human right. As such, everyone has a right to safe, sufficient, continuous, physically accessible, and affordable water for use. Sadly this feat has proved challenging to achieve with at
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The FINANCIAL — Sales of hand sanitizer in supermarkets have drastically increased amid the coronavirus outbreak. On the auction site 50ml bottles of Cien hand gel, which can be bought in Lidl for 49p listed for £39.99 and people still buy them at elevated prices. Also,
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The FINANCIAL — The prices of masks are now rocketing as shops sell out but do they really work? China confiscated 31 million counterfeit face masks during the coronavirus outbreak. Amazon is warning sellers if they’re charging too much for face masks.
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