Monthly Archives: September 2023

In brief: One Blood; Extinctions; Hysterical

One Blood Denene MillnerBorough Press, £16.99, pp432 Millner’s multigenerational saga tells the lives of three Black American women and their struggles with the social, political and emotional forces that limit their opportunities and freedoms. In the 1960s, Grace is separated from her beloved grandmother and falls pregnant. Lolo, a victim of sexual violence, is determined […]

COVID numbers are rising again, but Fauci not predicting another ‘tsunami’ of deaths

Amid a rise in COVID-19 infections — as seen by first lady Jill Biden’s recent bout with the virus — public health experts are tracking the numbers but aren’t “predicting that this is going to be a tsunami of hospitalizations and deaths the way we saw a year or more ago,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said […]

Infection expert calls for return of free Covid tests

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. An infection expert has called for lateral flow tests to become free again as a new Covid variant spreads. Unofficially called “Pirola”, the new BA.2.86 variant is a mutated version of Omicron, which triggered a surge in […]

Fauci: We ‘need to be prepared’ for likely Covid uptick this winter

Anthony Fauci, then-director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies in Washington, on Sept. 14, 2022. | Cliff Owen/AP Photo Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former top infectious disease expert in the U.S., isn’t sounding alarm bells on the rising number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. yet, but he did caution that […]

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Season 2 ‒ Episode 22

© 久保帯人/集英社・テレビ東京・dentsu・ぴえ Okay, yeah, the fatigue for this season has officially set in. Last episode, even with its faults, was a pivotal turn in this story arc. With Ywach and his retainers taking the express elevator up to the Soul King’s house, we should be hurtling forward into a new stage of this war, where […]

Is It Dangerous to Kiss Your Pet? Disease Experts Explain the One Real Risk

Our relationship with pets has changed drastically in recent decades. Pet ownership is at an all-time high, with a recent survey finding 69 percent of Australian households have at least one pet. We spend an estimated $33 billion (in Australia) every year on caring for our fur babies. While owning a pet is linked to […]

Clinical Trial Shows Drug Developed to Treat Uncontrolled Hypertension Significantly Lowers Blood Pressure

Findings from a clinical trial led by a Cleveland Clinic cardiologist showed that lorundrostat – a new type of blood pressure medication — safely decreased blood pressure in patients with uncontrolled hypertension.   Findings were presented today during a late breaking science session at the American Heart Association’s annual Hypertension Scientific Sessions in Boston and simultaneously published […]

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2 Finale to premiere with a bang

ByPrapti Upadhayay Sep 10, 2023 04:21 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2 – The Separation” anime gears up for intense finale; special hour-long episode on September 30th in Japan. Get ready, anime fans! Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2 – The Separation is building up to its epic conclusion […]

NeurologyLive® Brain Games: September 10, 2023

Welcome to NeurologyLive® Brain Games! This weekly quiz series, which goes live every Sunday morning, will feature questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics, written by physicians, clinicians, and experts in the fields of neurological care and advocacy. Test your mettle each week with 3 questions that cover a variety of aspects […]

COVID in Ohio deer ‘seems to be moving between people and animals quite easily’

While most people are done with COVID, recent numbers suggest COVID isn’t done with people. Nor, for that matter, with Ohio’s deer. Deer, it turns out, are susceptible to COVID infections. While the outcome of human infections can range to hospitalization, long-term health effects and death, whitetails barely show symptoms, if they show any. Most […]