Medical and historical reports suggest that 50 to 100 million people died worldwide during the 1918 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic. The disease was first identified in the summer of 1918 across several continents, peaked during the autumn of 1918, and continued till the winter of 1919. Exceptionally high mortality was reported in 20 to 40

The number of men with prostate cancer who opted for active surveillance (AS)   doubled nationally between 2014 and 2021, according to experts who say the dramatic increase reflects a growing understanding among both researchers and patients that low-grade prostate tumors can be safely watched for years without requiring treatment. Dr Matthew Cooperberg Roughly 60% of

Boris Johnson is accused of “playing politics with children’s health” after delaying new restrictions. Source link

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The dangers of using electronic cigarettes are well known when it comes to the potential for addiction and lung injury, but new research published in the Journal of Surgical Research finds another cause for concern when it comes to e-cigarettes: the potential for the vaping devices to explode during use. The

Adults aged 45 to 64 experienced a nearly doubled rate of esophageal cancer and a 50 percent increase in the precancerous condition Barrett’s esophagus between 2012 and 2019, according to a database analysis of roughly five million patients to be presented at Digestive Disease Week® 2022. “This strong growth in prevalence should be of concern

While the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 appear to be more contagious, they don’t necessarily make the people who are infected with them sicker, according to Maria Van Kerkhove, the World’s Health Organization’s (WHO) technical lead on COVID-19. Van Kerkhove gave insight into the two sublineages of the Omicron variant on Wednesday during a WHO Q&A

By reducing logging, Tasmania has become the first jurisdiction in the world to become carbon negative, according to new research from the Australian National University and Griffith University. What to know: A change in forest management has allowed Tasmania to go from being a net emitter of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to now

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc worldwide, medical experts have been taking a more active approach to better understanding long COVID. But to this day, there is still not enough research on how the condition affects children.  Because the gravity of long COVID in kids remains unknown, there is still no official guidance

U.S. COVID-19 cases are up, leading a smattering of school districts, particularly in the Northeast, to bring back mask mandates and recommendations for the first time since the omicron winter surge ended and as the country approaches 1 million deaths in the pandemic. The return of masking in schools is not nearly as widespread as