It wouldn’t be an overstatement to call the HPV vaccine a medical miracle. “It’s like the gift that keeps giving,” says Mark Jit, a professor of vaccine epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Not only is it the sole vaccine that can prevent cancer, “we discover it’s an even better vaccine … Read more
LONDON — Health ministers in the Western Pacific nominated a surgeon from Tonga, Dr. Saia Ma’u Piukala, to lead the World Health Organization’s regional office at a meeting in Manila on Tuesday. Piukala’s nomination for WHO’s top job in the Western Pacific comes months after the U.N. health agency fired its previous director, Dr. Takeshi … Read more
And even if a dog can sniff the insects out, it can’t get rid of them. This has to be done by humans. Parisian pest control companies are doing a healthy trade too. For Hygiène Premium, which specializes in insect and rat control, traditionally about 40 to 50 percent of people calling them have trouble … Read more
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But the degree to which people accept the new shots might control whether and when a winter surge arrives. “We know from this virus, year over year, people’s immune response to each vaccine or boost starts waning at that six- to eight-month time point,” says Mark Cameron, an associate professor of population and quantitative health … Read more
The marketing campaign was a lasting success, even a century later. Last year, the global deodorant market was valued at $24 billion, and it’s on track to grow to $37 billion by the end of the decade, in part because of global warming, according to the market research firm Fortune Business Insights. Today, some cultures … Read more
Another Covid-19 variant is spreading, but there’s an updated vaccine and four more free tests are available for every household in the US—including US territories and military addresses—starting September 25. While you don’t need to panic, it’s good to have tests on hand so you can find out if you have Covid. That way, you … Read more
On the morning of September 11, critical care specialist Anoop Kumar was presented with an unusual situation. Four members of the same family had been admitted to his hospital—Aster MIMS in Kozhikode, Kerala—the previous day, all similarly sick. Would he take a look? He gathered his team of doctors to investigate. Soon they were at … Read more
It’s scariant season—once more. A brand new offshoot of Omicron, BA.2.86—nicknamed Pirola—has popped up in Israel, the US, South Africa, and the UK after it was first recorded in Denmark in late July. Pirola initially set off alarm bells as a result of it was noticed in 4 international locations on the similar time—and since, … Read more
It is extremely essential to get a masks that matches your face. A giant a part of the rationale material and even surgical masks could be much less efficient is as a result of gaps between the masks and the face. These areas can enable unfiltered air to get by way of and enter your … Read more
OKUMA, Japan — At a small part of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s central management room in northeastern Japan, the handled water switch change is on. A graph on a pc monitor close by reveals a gradual lower of water ranges as handled radioactive wastewater is diluted and launched into the Pacific Ocean. Within the … Read more