A woman in Japan got more than she bargained for after visiting the doctor with an irritated throat, as she was told that a worm was living inside her tonsil. The 25-year-old woman underwent a physical examination at Tokyo’s St. Luke’s International Hospital after being left with throat pain and irritation five days after eating…… MORE
Clouds whizzed by as US Air Force Pilot Richard Merrill flew through the air. The ground moved quickly beneath him while he soared faster and faster through the sky. When it came time to land some 10 minutes later, Merrill removed the virtual reality headset from his head, blinked, and he was back in his…… MORE
1. Wake up. 2. Make coffee. 3. Write this story. In a time when it seems like we may have less to do, a to-do list actually could be quite helpful. As the days blend together for many people living in lockdown, crossing things off a to-do list can feel even more satisfying. To-do lists…… MORE
With more than 2,000 patients hospitalized and hundreds in Intensive Care Units, “Miami is now the epicenter of the pandemic,” one infectious disease expert said, comparing the South Florida metropolitan area to the city where the pandemic originated. “What we were seeing in Wuhan — six months ago, five months ago — now we are…… MORE
What used to be the country’s epicenter of Covid-19 has now reached a promising milestone. “For the first time in months, we have a 24-hour period where no one in this city died from the coronavirus,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday. “Let’s have many more days like that.” The test positivity rate in New…… MORE
What should be a booming tourist destination this time of year is now riddled with coronavirus, dwarfing other states and even entire countries in some metrics. Here’s what the situation in Florida looks like: Florida had more new cases in 1 day than the entire US did in about 2 months Florida reported its highest…… MORE
After people are infected with the novel coronavirus, their natural immunity to the virus could decline within months, a new pre-print paper suggests. The paper, released on the medical server medrxiv.org on Saturday and not yet published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, suggests that antibody responses may start to decline 20 to 30 days after…… MORE
Amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases across the United States, public health officials are asking everyday Americans to do their part. Their message? A face mask is more than a piece of cloth. It’s a sign of respect. “Wearing a mask, ladies and gentlemen, is respect,” Dr. Padmini Murthy, professor and global health director at…… MORE
Health care systems in many places struggle in winter. Conditions such as asthma, heart attacks and stroke tend to worsen in colder temperatures, and some infectious diseases like influenza spread more easily, which means facilities face a greater patient load. This year, the coronavirus pandemic could create the perfect winter storm, and scientists say countries…… MORE
One in three young adults is at risk of severe Covid-19, and smoking plays a big part in that risk, according to new research published Monday in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, looked at more than 8,000 participants ages 18 to 25 who had participated in the…… MORE
