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‘Any person responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president,’ said Biden in the candidates’ final debate.
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Enterprising efforts have relied on 3D printing to help out healthcare workers.
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The sinks are just the latest way Terence Lester is trying to help homeless people.
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Lyubov Nurdinova’s weight loss made her a celebrity, but she was clinically depressed.
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“It’s important to have someone to challenge you to be better every day,” says Corina Repesciuc.
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Her parents established a crowdfunding page to pay for the high-tech treatment.
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Joint Dutch-U.S. studies could have cutting-edge results in just three months.
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Animal activists’ sickening footage shows maggot-infested carcasses left to rot beside living geese.
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The sheriff in Washington state said “I feel like crap” after judge approves petition to kick him out of office.
The post Who Shopped the Sheriff? Lawman Faces Recall For Banning Masks Among Deputies appeared first on Zenger News.

Robert Paylor broke his neck in the 2017 college rugby championship game. He is paralyzed from the chest down.
The post VIDEO: Paraplegic Rugby Player Stands Up on His Own For the First Time in 1,220 Days appeared first on Zenger News.

Seeing a spider the size of most cellphones “bristle” with annoyance up close is difficult to forget.
The post Untangling Webs of Fear: ‘Therapy Tarantula’ Treats People with Arachnophobia appeared first on Zenger News.

Calls grow for a distribution plan across the continent, as well as development of an African-made vaccine.
The post With Memories of AIDS Crisis Still Fresh, South Africa Wades Into Covid-19 Vaccine Trials appeared first on Zenger News.

“Our achievements included the improvement of brain functions damaged by age, stroke or brain injury,” says Professor Shai Efrati.
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“We can not only share our ideas with the world but really change the clinical paradigm,” the Women’s Health Innovation Center’s director, Dr. Avi Tsur, says.
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The president who consistently refused to wear a mask will lead the nation from a hospital suite for at least a few days.
The post Trump Airlifted to Hospital After Announcing He and First Lady Are Infected With Covid-19 appeared first on Zenger News.

Endeavor Content spent heavily to reopen TV production for Octavia Spencer and Kate Hudson but didn’t tell them about Lucas Furst.
The post Hollywood Agency Hired Ex-Sushi Salesman with no Medical License to Test Stars for Covid-19 appeared first on Zenger News.

A group of Israeli researchers has developed new early-detection tools aimed at preventing suicide in at-risk populations.
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Parents are preoccupied with four themes: parental hardship, coping strategies, remote schooling and the role of grandmothers.
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Coroner Graham Hetrick investigates nearly 700 suspicious deaths each year. He says the Covid-19 “cure is worse than the disease.”
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Java lovers consume more than 2.25 billion cups of coffee every day.
The post Daily Caffeine Kick Can Improve Your Health: the Benefits of Coffee appeared first on Zenger News.

The influencer got fit and healthy, and built a weight-loss company to help others.
The post Ingrid Macher Came Close to Death, and It Changed Her Life appeared first on Zenger News.

A tube-fed nutrition regimen became his obesity cure.
The post South Carolina Man Says Oral Cancer Upended — Then Saved — His Life appeared first on Zenger News.

Clinical test on terminally ill patients shows microbiome transplants reprogram patient’s immune system to attack tumors.
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The visually impaired have developed creative methods to identify bills and coins.
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It has become a trend, but many people question its effectiveness.
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An alternative therapy that is not without its risks.
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The physical and psychological dangers of sleep deprivation are pronounced.
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Experts say the drug shows ‘significant’ results for those over 60.
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Despite the global pandemic, people need to keep on moving through the city.
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There are many problems with the website, and not all seniors can access it.
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Startup founders and an investor discuss why running, meditating and working out are essential to their success. 
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Depakine, produced by Sanofi, has been prescribed to pregnant women since the 1960s for epilepsy, migraines, and bipolar disorder.
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The simple tool is designed to take effect within minutes.
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The card game also helps strengthen cognition and broaden social interactions.
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This common non-motor symptom could predate diagnosis of the neurological disease by up to 20 years. 
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“Self-focused” attention leads to exhaustion and anxiety.
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By Brian Blum Walking and talking while chewing gum — it sounds like the start to a bad joke, but for older adults with mobility

By Martin M Barillas U.S. space agency NASA has big plans for sending astronauts on years-long voyages to Mars, but living in space for extended

By Peter Barker A new study has found large amounts of toxic materials including copper and lead in the North Atlantic, potentially poisoning fish that

By Martin M Barillas A 74-year-old man who lost his left leg in an accident “felt like a big wind was behind” him, “pushing” him

By Julio Guzmán Ever Arturo and Luis Fernando are almost identical twins. They were born on Aug. 28, 2021, one minute apart. But they have

By Peter Barker Though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk of animals spreading COVID-19 to people is low, nearly 700

By Abigail Klein Leichman A minimally invasive cryoablation technology for freezing cancerous and benign tumors, developed at IceCure Medical in Israel, proved safe and effective

By Naama Barak “COVID nos fastidió”, dice Ruby Edelman. “Y surgió la pregunta de qué podíamos hacer para seguir adelante”. Edelman, bailarín, coreógrafo y director

By Peter Barker A four-foot-tall humanoid robot called Robin cheers up hospitalized children by talking and playing games with them, a study found. Specialists from

By Kudzanai Abel Gerede HARARE, Zimbabwe — Spencer Mutsvairo, 44, a cleaner at a small grocery shop in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, got vaccinated against Covid-19 in

By Pallavi Mehra WATERLOO, Ontario — Athletes are better able to identify smaller moving targets than video game players, researchers reveal. Athletes still have the edge

By Pallavi Mehra WASHINGTON — Researchers have generated an atlas of the entire brain to help understand how the neural networks in our head control

By Pallavi Mehra BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Self-identified picky eaters in college students ate significantly less fibre and vegetables and reported greater levels of a social

By Pallavi Mehra CAMBRIDGE, England — Covid-19 pandemic gave us a virtual world we never imagined. With excessive use of smartphones, laptops and tablets, the risk

By Pallavi Mehra GREATER LONDON, England — Colour-coded nutrition labels and warnings found on the front of some food packaging have been impactful, reveals a new study.

By Pallavi Mehra BRUSSELS — Approximately 10 percent of new coronary heart disease cases that occur within a decade of middle age could be avoided by

By Ojaswin Kathuria DELHI, India — In October 2020, Christie Syndor, 26, learned that her father had stage three lung cancer. She was struggling financially as

By Pallavi Mehra OTTAWA, Ontario — Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) are hopeful that a new understanding of cellular defects related to Cystic Fibrosis could help pave

By Pallavi Mehra WASHINGTON — In terms of mental health, apartment-dwelling Americans, especially those living alone, might have suffered more mental health problems during the Covid-19

By Pallavi Mehra PITTSBURGH — Researchers have found a way to make deep brain stimulation (DBS) more precise through a study. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) suggest

By Pallavi Mehra URBANA, Ill. — New research suggests methods to reduce salt in baked goods that are a major source of sodium in the

By Pallavi Mehra METROPOLITAN CITY OF MILAN, Italy — Depressed patients who suffered from Covid-19 respond better to standard antidepressants than people who haven’t had Covid-19,

By Martin M Barillas A chemotherapy drug commonly used to treat kidney cancer has shown promise in treating symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers found that

By Zenger News Desk YORK, England — Nature to the rescue! Outdoor nature-based activities can be effective for improving mental health in adults, including those with

By Zenger News Desk CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. — Cleaner air may reduce the risk for Alzheimer’s and other dementias, reveals a study. Cars and factories produce

By Zenger News Desk WASHINGTON — A new study attempts to determine the size and scope of bullying that kids with food allergies experience. The findings of

By Zenger News Desk LONDON — An anti-viral gene that impacts the risk of both Alzheimer’s disease and severe Covid-19 has been identified by the research

By Zenger News Desk WASHINGTON — A new study may help doctors and people with high blood pressure to decide whether to increase the dose of

By Martin M Barillas Scientists from the University of Buffalo have developed a new treatment for inflammatory pain with minimal adverse side effects that may

By Abigail Klein Leichman Replacing sugar with artificial sweeteners is not a good idea, it turns out. While it’s known that added sugar is not

By Abigail Klein Leichman The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 loses considerable effectiveness six months after the second dose, according to new Israeli research published in

By Brian Blum People living with cystic fibrosis received encouraging news in late 2019: A new Trikafta treatment combining three drugs — elexacaftor, tezacaftor and

By Vandita Agrawal El cambio climático, la inversión en infraestructura para contrarrestar la enorme Iniciativa de la Franja y la Ruta por parte de China,

By Martin M Barillas Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — the psychoactive substance that creates the “high” experienced by cannabis users — caused birth defects in laboratory mice

By Abigail Klein Leichman Why do women tend to sleep under a blanket and bring a sweater into work, while their male partners prefer a

By Luciano Nagel PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Some call period pads a “luxury item” in Brazil. In supermarkets, a pack of 32 pads costs on average

By Martin M Barillas You’ve probably heard of what brain researchers call “flow” — the state the brain is in when a person is “in

By Joseph Golder Canadian doctors kept a pregnant woman in urgent need of a double lung transplant alive using life-support equipment developed for COVID-19 patients

By Martin M Barillas Scientists may have discovered a new way to treat obesity — a health problem affecting more than 40 percent of American

By Abigail Klein Leichman A groundbreaking point-of-care machine that determines whether an infection is viral or bacterial has received approval from the Food and Drug

By Jon Schiller White blood cells called eosinophils can be “summoned” in order to fight cancer by both destroying the cancer cells directly as well

By Martin M Barillas Improved health among black Americans has narrowed the life expectancy gap between white and black Americans by 50 percent over the

By Abigail Klein Leichman When Asaf Zviran was diagnosed with cancer, he was doing operations research and R&D in the Israeli navy and earning his

By Luciano Nagel Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro gave the opening speech at the United Nations General Assembly’s 76th session on Sept. 21. His remarks triggered strong criticism

By Brian Blum The bacteria wars are coming. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have pitted “good” bacteria against “bad” bacteria and the good guys, it

By Martin M Barillas Children’s nervous systems mature over two years later than previously believed, according to a new study that found children are at

By Joseph Golder The latest import from the Far East can’t be found on a shelf at WalMart. It’s a counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination card, complete

By Martin M Barillas The better rated a kidney dialysis center is, the more likely it is to add a patient to the transplant waitlist,

By Abigail Klein Leichman A year and a half of lockdowns, school closures and social distancing caught adolescents at a vulnerable time in their emotional

By Evan T. Henerson A veces es más fácil dejar que la tecnología hable. Una nueva e innovadora aplicación está ayudando a los adolescentes a

By Martin M Barillas Insulin resistance, obesity and hypertension can increase the risk of major depressive disorder, according to a new study. “If you’re insulin-resistant,

By Abigail Klein Leichman Israeli researchers have determined that a third (“booster”) dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is effective at preventing both infection and severe

By Evan T. Henerson Sometimes it is easier to let the tech do the talking. An innovative new app is helping teens communicate via text

By Martin M Barillas Dogs plagued by hookworms — bloodsucking parasites — may have longer to wait for relief as research has found these parasites

MEXICO CITY — Independent cannabis producers are looking to the Mexican government for help. The LXV Legislature — the current session of Mexico’s Congress — is

Vulnerable Afghani women now have reliable telecommunications access so that local mental health workers can continue supporting their psychosocial needs during the current unrest, thanks

For the first time, surgeons have successfully implanted an Aeson artificial heart in a woman facing end-stage heart failure. The surgery was performed by doctors

A new method of measuring brain activity may be able to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease up to five years earlier than current methods, leading to improved

Arachnophobia, an exaggerated fear of spiders and other arachnids, has long been treated by psychologists with desensitization and relaxation techniques, but these may now give

At least 14 people have been killed in a fire at a temporary building set up to treat COVID patients in North Macedonia, officials said.

COVID-19 is a threat to humans and animals alike. Eight animals at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., are presumed to have tested positive

A recently published study reveals that 70 percent of the children of regular smokers have nicotine particles in their hair — not resting on their

The two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 is initially effective in reducing the viral load of breakthrough infections — even with the Delta variant of the

La última importación del Lejano Oriente no es algo que encuentras en WalMart. Se trata de certificados de vacunación COVID-19 falsificados, con errores tipográficos torpes,

Israeli women’s health startup Illumigyn recently signed a memorandum of understanding to deliver 2,500 high-tech speculums to the Gulf states. Illumigyn, based in the Jerusalem

When the United States failed to reciprocate the European Union’s lifting COVID-19 travel restrictions on American travelers this summer, two Italian researchers took the fight

The latest import from the Far East can’t be found on a shelf at WalMart. It’s a counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination card, complete with clumsy typos,

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Members of the Free Brazil Movement (MBL), Vem pra Rua and other groups opposing President Jair Bolsonaro protested against the government on Sept. 12 in

Los niveles altos de azúcar en la sangre previos a la infección se han relacionado con un mayor riesgo de casos graves de COVID-19, incluso

A virus that infects black-eyed pea plants might one day be used to treat deadly metastatic cancer in the lungs if promising research proves conclusive.

When COVID-19 first broke out, a telltale sign of catching the nasty virus was loss of smell. Almost two years later, it turns out that

Mexico’s Supreme Court determined that abortion cannot be criminalized in the state of Coahuila, which sets a precedent for the entire country. Supreme Court Justice Yasmín Esquivel

Diabetes can be significantly reversed, according to a new study, with a healthy change in diet and a little help from pharmacists. A 12-week study

Almost a year into the Abraham Accords, dozens of companies, foundations and government offices from Israel and the United Arab Emirates have established ties, reached

A research team in Israel has succeeded in reversing brain trauma using hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This is the first time in the scientific world

High pre-infection blood sugar levels have been linked to a greater risk of severe COVID-19 cases, even in non-diabetics, according to a new study.  The

Lockdowns, as many have learned, do a good job preventing the spread of COVID. But they also have quite an impact on mental health —

Parents and grandparents of people with ADHD are more likely to experience dementia than those with children and grandchildren without the disorder associated with inattention,

NAIROBI, Kenya — When Covid-patients overwhelmed Kenya’s hospitals, Theophilus Wangata, the lead physician at Precise Healthcare in Nairobi, came up with an ingenious solution: take the hospital to

The Israel Ministry of Tourism will re-start its tourist pilot program from Sept. 19, allowing organized tourist groups of five to 30 tourists from “green,

A new study has found that a third of cancer drugs given accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to be

Researchers are testing an experimental vaccine to treat opioid use disorder, preventing the high associated with oxycodone use. “We have good medications to treat opioid

A landmark study unveiled this week comprehensively shows that short-term exposure to the smoke of wildfires is linked to cardiovascular- and respiratory-related deaths around the

WASHINGTON — The United States firm Novavax on Sept. 8 announced that it has initiated an early stage process to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a

The first-of-its-kind Texas law that allows citizens to police a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy may have unwittingly created a framework for

NEW DELHI — The Director-General Of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India’s governing body that regulates civil aviation in India, is set to re-start the mandatory breath analyzer

MUMBAI, India — Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor marked his “one-year anniversary” for testing positive for Covid-19 by opening up about his mental and physical struggle of regaining his

PARIS — Jean-Pierre Adams, the former French footballer, who was in a coma for 39 long years, died at the age of 73 on Sept.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — The coronavirus Delta variant is advancing rapidly through Rio de Janeiro, in southeastern Brazil, accounting already for 56.6 percent of the

BRASÍLIA, Brazil — Soccer legend and three-time World Cup champion with Brazil, Pele said on Sept. 6 that he underwent surgery to remove a colon lesion after several

PORTLAND, Ore. — Reattachment to work turns out to be a beneficial practice for leaders and managers, reads a new study. The study suggests they experienced higher

WASHINGTON — A novel approach for preventing age-related disc degeneration that may pave the way for treating chronic back pain reveals a new study. The findings of

HAMILTON, Ontario — Combination therapy of aspirin, statins, and at least two blood pressure medications given in fixed doses can slash the risk of fatal cardiovascular

It’s common knowledge that cannabis compounds, such as CBD and THC, have therapeutic uses for everything from chronic pain to COVID-19. An Israeli immigrant, pharmacologist

NEW DELHI — The Indian Council of Medical Research, on Sept. 6, said that the certificate of the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories is a must

WASHINGTON — A recent study by the North Carolina State University researchers showed how a single mechanism can trigger different behaviors from the same gene — and

MANILA, Philippines — The travel ban for all inbound travelers from India and nine other countries in the Philippines from Sept. 6 will be lifted. The

TSUKUBA, Japan — New evidence of brain refreshing during a specific phase of sleep, i.e., rapid eye movement, has been found by a team from the University

SAN FRANCISCO — If learning a new language as an adult seems like a challenge, you’re not alone. A study by neuroscientists at UC San Francisco has shed

NAIROBI, Kenya — Mercy Nandutu, 42, a single mother of two, left her native home in Chwele, western Kenya, more than a decade ago to work

GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Aug. 30 listed the Mu Covid-19 variant as a “variant of interest.” The World Health Organization on Aug. 30 added

KAUNAS, Lithuania — A group of researchers from Lithuania, a country in the Baltic region of Europe, have developed a deep learning-based method that can predict

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Chiedza Sobwe, 20, fell pregnant aged 15 while still in school. Still, her parents forced her into an abusive marriage with a 20-year-old

It was a sobering jobs report on Friday, with hiring sharply down, leaving many economists and other observers surprised at the sudden falloff in new

NEW DELHI — India is recognized as a sunrise sector in medical technology with a potential to reach $50 billion by 2025, said Jitendra Singh, Minister

NEW DELHI — The Indian Supreme Court on Sept. 2 expressed its displeasure and concern over the way a section of web portals, social networking sites, and channels

DELHI, India — Sheenam Sharma, a 24-year-old from the hill state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India, hasn’t had a decent date since the pandemic started.

WASHINGTON — A new study has sought to examine what happens to couples who seek online help for their relationship but have to wait six months

WASHINGTON — A new study, done at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania revealed that when people set their own exercise goals —

WASHINGTON — A new study has shown that people with depression and multiple sclerosis may be more likely to die over the next decade than people

NEW DELHI — India has not seen the conclusion of the second surge of the pandemic, despite a consistent decline in daily Covid-19 cases, said Rajesh Bhushan,

GENEVA — Covid-19 affected the world in every possible way, from personal to professional, in the last two years. However, after numerous measures taken by governments

WASHINGTON — Since March 1, in the United States, at least 15.1 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were thrown at a time when the world

GULU, Uganda — When Uganda closed schools in March 2020 to curb the spread of the Covid-19, the National Curriculum Development Centre, developed audiovisual and print materials to

After a year and a half of distance learning and “capsules” in classrooms — and despite a record 11,077 new COVID-19 diagnoses on Monday —

WASHINGTON — New research from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland University of Medicine and Health Sciences has demonstrated the beneficial effects of breast milk consumption on

WASHINGTON — Rock band Kiss postponed its next four concerts after one of its members, Gene Simmons, tested positive for Covid-19. Simmons updated his fans on Twitter about his

A bionic arm that allows users to think, behave and function as if there had never been an amputation has been developed by an international

WASHINGTON — A new study has found that on the days that leaders and managers were better able to reattach to work in the morning, they

WASHINGTON — In a series of studies, the researchers found that when given the option, people often chose to avoid feeling compassion for others and

GENEVA — The new Covid-19 variant of concern, Mu, has shown signs of possible resistance to vaccines. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is closely monitoring

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — By temporarily suspending retinal activity in the non-amblyopic eye of animal models, a new study restrengthened the visual response in the amblyopic eye, even at

NEW DELHI — Airflow obstruction or asthma was found to be in 29.3 percent of children in Delhi (the capital state of India) through a study.

NEW DELHI — Covid-19 pandemic affected the world in every manner, from mental to physical. However, constrained lifestyle and limited physical activities during the Covid-19 pandemic

SAO PAULO — Apart from old age, the combination of weak muscles and abdominal fat can significantly lose gait speed (walking speed) in older people, a

A system to deliver insulin through an implanted pump that could be refilled by an ingestible capsule is being developed by Italian researchers. The device

WASHINGTON — Healthy older adults who ate a handful of walnuts (about 1/2 cup) a day for two years modestly lowered their level of low-density lipoprotein

NEW DELHI – The C.1.2 variant of the Covid-19, which originated in South Africa, has not been found in India so far, as per the