Coronavirus May Bring Economic ‘Doomsday Scenario’, Global Economy Could See $2 Trillion Hit
The United Nations warned this week that the COVID-19 outbreak will likely cost the global economy $1 trillion this year, and in a worst-case scenario, the loss could be double that amount. “We envisage a slowdown in the global economy to under 2% for this year, and that will probably cost in the order of $1 trillion, compared with what … Continue reading
Up to 70 Percent of Humanity Will be Infected by Coronavirus Says Harvard Scientist
By now we’ve all heard about the coronavirus which was later offically named Corvid-19. I’m sure we’ve all worried about it at some point or another and wondered how bad it will get or if we should start taking precautions to avoid getting it. Here is the troubling and worrying prediction made by Harvard University epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch. via The … Continue reading
Scientists Discover a Vulnerability in Viruses that Could Lead to Universal Vaccine
New discovery may be monumental in battle against viruses! via RT: Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US have uncovered the ‘Achilles’ heel’ of most viruses which plague mankind, and could soon develop a universal vaccine. Vaccine research, development and testing takes a long time, as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak has shown, but that is because researchers … Continue reading
New Nanosensor Can Detect Cancer Biomarkers in a Single Drop of Blood
Looking for cancer biomarkers in blood is a promising method for detecting metastatic cancer. It is less demanding than imaging techniques like MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). The main challenge to overcome is the extremely low concentrations of these markers, which makes it difficult to detect them. Researchers of the University of Twente and Wageningen University developed a nanosensor that accurately … Continue reading
Man Has Egg-Sized Tapeworm Removed from His Brain, Was Embedded For A Decade
Eat clean… eat plantbased! via IFL Science: For years, a Texas man experienced episodes of headaches so severe that they caused him to vomit. The splitting pain eventually prompted him to seek care from medical experts who discovered a rare and unusual culprit. In addition to the headaches, Gerard (no last name was provided) was also suffering from brainstem compression … Continue reading
WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak an International Health Emergency
The World Health Organization has declared a “public health emergency of international concern” over the outbreak of the 2019nCoV, or the Wuhan coronavirus. The international body didn’t recommend travel and trade restrictions. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the coronavirus “a previously unknown pathogen, which has escalated into an unprecedented outbreak” at a press conference on Thursday, but said the … Continue reading
Meeting Held to Decide if To Declare Public Health Emergency Over Coronavirus
The WHO Emergency Committee held a discussion on Wednesday over concerns about the Wuhan coronavirus, but it did not come to a concrete decision whether to declare a global state of emergency and is reconvening on Thursday to consider further steps. Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros said on Wednesday that the organisation needs more information to decide … Continue reading
Sleep Scientist Warns ‘Catastrophic’ Lack of Sleep in Modern Society is Killing Us
‘I take my sleep incredibly seriously because I have seen the evidence,’ says Professor Matthew Walker A “catastrophic sleep-loss epidemic” is causing a host of potentially fatal diseases, a leading expert has said. In an interview with the Guardian, Professor Matthew Walker, director of the Centre for Human Sleep Science at the University of California, Berkeley, said that sleep deprivation … Continue reading
Antibiotic-Resistant Strain of Deadly Shigella Bacteria Discovered
Australian researchers have recently found a drug-resistant strain of shigella, a bacterial infection spread through fecal matter that kills more than half a million people each year. In a study published by University of Melbourne researchers earlier this month, 184 samples of isolated drug-resistant bacteria were identified in 12 female and 172 male patients in the Australian state of Victoria. … Continue reading
NASA Study Reveals Blood Clots, Reverse Blood Flow in Astronauts
NASA scientists have discovered an important risk to human health in spaceflight: stagnant or reverse blood flow and blood clots. Karina Marshall-Goebel, a senior scientist at NASA, authored the study, “Assessment of Jugular Venous Blood Flow Stasis and Thrombosis During Spaceflight,” which appeared last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. She found, of 11 crew members on … Continue reading
