(HealthDay)—Teenagers have followed the vaping trend into marijuana use, with recent studies chronicling a boom in pot vaping among adolescents in the United States and Canada, researchers report. The percentage of teens who’ve experimented with vaped pot has more than doubled in recent years, and vaping among frequent marijuana users…
Scale identifies who is water insecure globally
As the world struggles to stop a global pandemic and reel in climate change, globally comparable information about water insecurity is crucial for action. A new study by Sera Young, associate professor of anthropology and a fellow at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research, research associate Hilary Bethancourt and colleagues…
WHO more doubtful about vaccines ending pandemic
The head of the WHO Europe was Friday pessimistic about vaccines’ ability to put an end to the COVID pandemic, as new variants dash hopes of reaching herd immunity. Faced with the possibility that the virus may be around for many years, health officials must now “anticipate how to gradually…
Tips For People Who Want To Get The Most Out Of Virtual Therapy Sessions
When America first began locking down itself due to the coronavirus outbreak, therapists and their patients started virtual therapies with the use of their cellphones and webcams to sustain their sessions as stresses rose all over the country. However, as the lockdown remains, that temporary virtual fix has now grown to become…
Most Americans who wanted COVID vaccine have already gotten one
In another sign that coronavirus vaccination rates have plateaued in America, a new poll shows that most adults who wanted a COVID-19 vaccine have already gotten one. Released Wednesday, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) report shows 65% of adults polled have received at least one dose of the vaccine, up…
People who eat a healthy diet including whole fruits may be less likely to develop diabetes
A new study finds people who consume two servings of fruit per day have 36 percent lower odds of developing type 2 diabetes than those who consume less than half a serving. The research was published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Diabetes is a disease…
WHO, GAVI seek 190 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by end-June to fill gap
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine” sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File PhotoGENEVA (Reuters) – The COVAX vaccine-sharing facility urgently needs 190 million doses by the end of June to fill a gap left…
WHO says COVID likely passed from bats to humans through another animal: AP
FILE PHOTO: Bats fly in a cave in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv July 31, 2012.REUTERS/Nir Elias (Reuters) – A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak…
WHO: Global coronavirus deaths rise for 1st time in 6 weeks
A top World Health Organization expert on the coronavirus pandemic said Monday the weekly global count of deaths from COVID-19 is rising again, a “worrying sign” after about six weeks of declines. Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead on COVID-19 at the U.N. health agency, said the growth followed a fifth…
A year on, WHO still struggling to manage pandemic response
When the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic one year ago Thursday, it did so only after weeks of resisting the term and maintaining that the highly infectious virus could still be stopped. A year later, the U.N. agency is still struggling to keep on top of the…
WHO expert in Wuhan says lab leak 'very unlikely' as COVID source
Peter Ben Embarek, a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), attends the WHO-China joint study news conference at a hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Aly SongWUHAN, China (Reuters) – The head of the World…