A coronavirus travel ban between Turkey’s worst affected cities is being lifted while restaurants, cafes and sports facilities will reopen on June 1, the country’s president said Thursday, under the next phase of plans to roll back pandemic restrictions. In a televised address following a weekly Cabinet meeting, Recep Tayyip…
Pier 1 just announced sad news for fans
A combination of shelter-in-place and social distancing orders have planted the nail in the coffin of a high profile home goods retailer. After examining its options, Pier 1 Imports says it will close all its shops and end retail operations “as soon as reasonably possible.” Their decision to throw in the…
Fewer than 1,000 virus patients in intensive care in Italy
Italy on Monday reported fewer than 1,000 people in intensive care treatment for the novel coronavirus for the first time since March 10 when the country went into confinement, the civil protection agency said. The number of daily deaths rose slightly to 179 from the last report of 165, but…
US records 1,997 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins
The number of coronavirus deaths in the United States rose by almost 2,000 in the past 24 hours to reach 40,661 on Sunday, a tally from Johns Hopkins University showed. The rise in deaths, by 1,997, is marginally above the 1,891 which Johns Hopkins data showed a day earlier for…
World’s first artificial pancreas app licensed for people with type 1 diabetes in UK
The world’s first licensed, downloadable artificial pancreas app for people with type 1 diabetes launches today, based on over a decade of research by Professor Roman Hovorka at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The CamAPS FX app works with an insulin pump and a…
Over 1,000 People Love These Comfy Sneakers That Feel Like a ‘Comfort Pod for Your Foot’
If you’re in the market for a pair of super comfy shoes, Cyber Monday is the perfect opportunity to score a popular pair for *way* less than retail value. And if you’re wondering what’s on the top of our comfy shoe wishlist, look no further than the Adidas Cloudfoam Pure Running…
Resistant bacteria in animal feed (copy 1)
Every other dog food out of raw meat in multi-resistant bacteria. A study by the University of Zurich in roughage samples, so-called “Barf”menus shows. The resistant bacteria in the raw feed can be transmitted to Pets, and therefore on the people. Today, meat-eating domestic animals are dogs, especially, increasingly, portions…
More predictive genetic risk score sought for type 1 diabetes
Paul Tran is working to develop a highly predictive genetic risk score that will tell parents whether their baby is at significant risk for type 1 diabetes. The ultimate goal, says the MD/Ph.D. student at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, is to prevent a condition that typically…
New stats show dementia causes 1 in 8 deaths in England and Wales
Alzheimer’s Research UK is calling on the Prime Minister to back worldwide commitments to invest in more dementia research as new data out today shows deaths due to the condition continue to rise. According to the Office of National Statistics, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias remain the leading cause of…
FDA warns of infections from fecal transplants after 1 death
(HealthDay)—Fecal transplants—transferring fecal matter from a healthy person into an ill person with a compromised “microbiome”—is an increasingly used new treatment for a variety of ills. But on Thursday federal health officials announced that a patient died after such a procedure, highlighting the potential for severe infections linked to fecal…
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo tops 1,000 cases
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo tops 1,000 cases as death toll hits 600 A total of 1,022 people have been infected and 639 killed in the African nation Nearly two thirds of everyone who has caught the virus since August has died Experts warn the outbreak is…