Month: June 2021

There is a palpable feeling of excitement in the air that a return to ‘business as usual’ might actually be within our grasp. It’s understandable, after all, we have felt incarcerated in our homes as a result of the lockdown, waiting for what feels like an eternity to experience the joy associated with once again being free. We yearn for life to return to how it was. But my advice is to embrace normal life slowly — not in the context of the risk of spreading the virus, but because, speaking as a psychiatrist, I am concerned that rushing back into our old way of living risks harming our mental wellbeing. We need to be mindful that many of us have already sustained psychological wounds — some are grieving loved ones, others are mourning their lives as they were before Covid hit — and we may...

With more than 40% of the country fully vaccinated, and the seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases falling to about 12,000 per day — numbers not seen since March 2020 — Americans are revving up for post-pandemic life. The Indianapolis 500 became the largest sporting event since the pandemic began, with 135,000 fans in the stands on Sunday. But as America starts to return to normal, there are reminders the pandemic isn't over. Vietnam's health ministry says it has detected a new variant that appears to be a hybrid of the India and U.K. COVID-19 mutations. "It's more infectious and divides more rapidly," said Dr. David Agus, CBS News medical contributor and a professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. "I think all of the data poi...

"She couldn't do the basic things. She couldn't reach for a toy, which was five centimetres away. We couldn't leave her alone, Even on the sofa, where she was all surrounded by cushions and pillows because everything was too dangerous," she says. "We couldn't relax for a second, and she couldn't enjoy her life."

Antibody from common cold can neutralize COVID-19 and could lead to vaccine that protects against all coronaviruses, new study suggests A new study compared blood samples collected before the pandemic to those from people infected with COVID-19  Levels of an antibody generated by immune system cells called  memory B cells were higher in the samples from the COVID-19 survivors These antibodies circulate in the bloodstream for years and 'remember' diseases and are called back into action if the threat returns Researchers say the findings could help scientists develop a vaccine or antibody treatment that protects against all coronaviruses By Mary Kekatos Acting U.S. Health Editor For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:55 EDT, 31 May 2021 | Updated: 17:25 EDT, 31 May 2021 ...