Month: July 2020

The first coronavirus vaccine may arrive soon, but it’s unlikely to be the knockout punch you may be hoping for. Why it matters: The end of this global pandemic almost certainly rests with a vaccine. Experts caution, however, that it’s important to have realistic expectations about how much the first vaccines across the finish line will — and won’t — be able to accomplish. Where it stands: Work on a coronavirus vaccine is moving at an unprecedented pace. There are nearly 200 candidates in development, 27 are being tested in humans and a handful are already in an advanced phase of clinical trials. Each new bit of positive news out of that effort makes the pie-in-the-sky best-case scenario — that one of these products will prove out and win at least an initial nod from the FDA by early next...

LONDON (Reuters) - Evidence emerging around the world suggests that people who are overweight or obese are at increased risk of getting more severely ill with COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: A passenger waits for a delayed flight at Heathrow airport's terminal four in London August 12, 2006. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Scientists are still learning about which specific mechanisms might explain this link, but they say some likely factors are: FAT ADDS STRAIN - Obesity leads to fat accumulation in vital organs like the heart, and leads to insulin resistance and high blood pressure. This means obesity often coincides with other health conditions, including diabetes, a weaker heart, and less well-functioning liver and kidneys. - Excess fat ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Here are the latest updates about COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in North Carolina. What can we help you with? View our COVID-19 information and resources page here MONDAY MORNING STORYLINESState health officials reported more than 1,600 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday with the positive test rate at 9 percent. Seven more deaths were reported Sunday, bringing the coronavirus death count in North Carolina to 1,785. There are currently 1,170 people hospitalized. The latest figures are expected to come out Monday around noon. President Donald Trump is expected to visit FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies' Innovation Center in Morrisville on Monday afternoon. Trump's visit is his public event in North Carolina since the eve of the March 3 presidential prim...

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Children keep safe distancing as they queue at a food distribution organised by the grassroots charity Hunger Has No Religion, in Westbury, Johannesburg, on May 19, 2020.As coronavirus infections surge, at ferocious speed, across South Africa, I've spent the last couple of weeks driving through this huge country trying to understand where and why things are going both right and wrong. Here, in seven points, are some early conclusions and, perhaps, some more lessons for the rest of the continent. 1)The fog of war Be wary of statistics, even here in South Africa, which has some of the best data collection on the continent. And be even more wary of anecdote-based assumptions. Some observers have rushed to celebrate figures appearing to show an impressively low fatality rate for Covid-19 pa...

With all the hysteria, misinformation and just overall questionable coronavirus-related media coverage out there these days, have you ever wanted to just get in front of a nationally prominent physician who has studied the issue – someone who knows what the heck they are talking about – and ask the questions you’ve always wondered about but don’t see the media asking? Well, I sure have, and you’ll find responses to several of my own burning questions below. Dr. David Samadi is a urologic oncologist who specializes in robotics and minimally invasive surgery for prostate cancer. A former Fox News contributor and member of the network’s “Medical A Team,” he currently serves as Director of Men’s Health at St. Francis Hospital in New York. Dr. Samadi has also made various media appearances...

"I've always wanted to lose weight for ages and ages," he said in the clip posted Monday. "I think many people, I struggle with my weight." Johnson says in the video that since recovering from the virus, he starts each day by going for a run with his dog, Dilyn, and talks effusively about the personal benefits of losing weight as well as the societal benefits of protecting the UK's National Health Service (NHS). The video has been released alongside the launch of the UK government's strategy to lower obesity rates in the country. According to government figures, 63% of adults are above what would be considered a healthy weight, with around half of those people being obese. Equally alarming is the fact that one in five children aged 10-11 are living with obesity, with children livin...