By Parul Agrawal “How you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.” —Lemony Snicket We all know that waking up early in the morning makes us more productive. Since our childhood, we were taught to follow, “early to bed and early to rise” as a ritual….
WHO: Global COVID Cases up 11 Percent Last Week, Omicron Risk High
BERLIN—The World Health Organization says the number of COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide increased by 11 percent last week compared with the previous week, with the biggest increase in the Americas. The gain followed a gradual increase since October. The U.N. health agency said in its weekly epidemiological report released late Tuesday that there were nearly…
Autistic Boy Never Spoke a Word or Showed Emotion—Until Parents Got a Cocker Spaniel Best Friend for Life
A 5-year-old boy from the UK who was born with autism never showed any emotion nor spoke a single word until his parents, by happenstance, found him a four-legged best friend for life. Parents Hayley and Karsten Kirby-Bulner, from Andover, Hampshire, never intended for Fern the cocker spaniel to be their son Leon’s dog; it…
FDA, CDC Investigating Outbreak of Listeria Monocytogenes Infections Connected to Recalled Fresh Express Salads
December 22, 2021
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating a multistate outbreak of listeria monocytogenes infections connected to Fresh Express salads, the agency announced on Dec. 21. Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne illness that can cause short-term symptoms like high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, as per the CDC. While…
Supreme Court Could Decide Fate of Monsanto/Bayer RoundUp Cancer Suits
December 21, 2021
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On Dec. 13, the Supreme Court asked the Solicitor General to offer the United States’ views on “Monsanto vs. Hardeman”—the latest move in what could be a landmark case for multibillion-dollar litigation linking the pesticide RoundUp to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, if the Supreme Court agrees to review the case. After a call for the views of…
Bristol Myers Drug Wins First US Approval for Graft Versus Host Disease Prevention
Bristol Myers Squibb Co.’s Orencia on Wednesday became the first drug to win U.S. approval for the prevention of acute Graft versus Host Disease (aGvHD), a potentially fatal complication that could occur after a stem cell transplant. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the drug in combination with certain immunosuppressants for use in…
Erasing Women’s Abuse of Children Is Hurting Australian Kids
Commentary For the last quarter-century, our official Australian statisticians have been refusing to publish data on the gender of perpetrators of child abuse—information vital to child protection. The reason is simple. Our once world-leading reforms to family law encouraging shared parenting have been very effectively derailed by claims this puts youngsters at risk through exposing…
WHO: Omicron Could Trigger Global Pandemic Surge; Will Existing Immunity Work Against Omicron?
November 30, 2021
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Why has the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the new, heavily-mutated coronavirus variant Omicron a “variant of concern?” How is it that the next-in-line letters of the Greek alphabet, Nu and Xi, were skipped in the naming of this strain? Observing the different responses around the world to Omicron triggers recollection of the “early days”…
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Teen Anxiety
By Cynthia Weiss From Chicago Tribune Dear Mayo Clinic My 15-year-old daughter has always been anxious, but her anxiety seems to be worsening by the day. She is worried about everything from COVID-19, even though she is vaccinated, to getting accepted into a good college. There are days when she doesn’t want to get out…
Obesity Among Children in England Soars During COVID-19 Lockdowns
Obesity rates in primary school children in England have seen significant increases during the COVID-19 lockdowns, according to newly released statistics. The National Child Measurement Programme, which measures obesity prevalence among school-aged pupils in reception class and year 6, published its latest findings on Tuesday. The new data show that obesity rates increased in both…
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