A health worker administers a dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to a resident, during mass vaccination at the Ilha Grande island, one of the most famous tourist spots in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, July 10, 2021. REUTERS/Lucas LandauSAO PAULO, Aug 7 (Reuters) –…

Videos being shared online falsely suggest the Canadian province of Alberta dropped COVID-19 restrictions after failing to produce evidence in court that the SARS-CoV-2 virus exists. The office of the health minister of Alberta said the lifting of public health measures was in no way connected with the case referenced…

For his part, Ball doesnt seem to have much trouble maintaining perspective. Its always funny to me because theyre like, Ugh, my Achilles hurts, Ball said. OK, well, they cut part of my eye out last week. Everybodys got their problems. Ball grew up in Davenport, Iowa, where his father…

A new report from the Commonwealth Fund provides a sobering if unsurprising assessment of the health care system in America. Compared to similarly wealthy countries, the U.S. scored dead last in most measures of decent health care, which included having the highest infant and maternal mortality rate. Since 2004, the…

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A poster alerting for the wearing of masks is seen on a 42nd Street subway entrance as cases of the infectious coronavirus Delta variant continue to rise in New York City, August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew KellyWASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) – A possible cold is coming onto a healthy U.S.…

ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government ruled on Thursday that teachers must have proof of immunity from COVID-19 before entering the classroom, and also made the so-called Green Pass mandatory for travellers on trains, planes, ships and inter-city coaches. A man receives a dose of the Moderna vaccine against the…

New research looks at one of the health impacts from the Port of Beirut explosion of August 2020one of the most powerful blasts of its kind in recorded history. The study found that survivors who endured eye injuries were most often harmed by the shrapnel and debris that came from…

Millions of dollars are being spent to develop artificial intelligence software that reads x-rays and other medical scans in hopes it can spot things doctors look for but sometimes miss, such as lung cancers. A new study reports that these algorithms can also see something doctors dont look for on…

A person receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Havelhoehe community hospital in Berlin, Germany, January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschBERLIN, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Germany plans to give vulnerable people a COVID-19 vaccine booster in September, the Health Ministry said on Thursday, ignoring a World Health Organisation appeal to…