Healthy blood donors are needed to keep a strong supply and this month’s Town of Queen Creek Community Blood Drive in partnership with Vitalant will be on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Donation appointments are available from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. that day in the Zane Grey Community Room at the Queen Creek Library, located at 21802 S. Ellsworth Road. These […]
Blood clots feature near the top of most doctors’ “I hope I never miss that” list. One in 12 people in the UK will develop at least one deep vein thrombosis (DVT), typically in their leg, or pulmonary embolism (PE) in their lungs during their lifetime and they are often missed. The consequences can be […]
Pablo Larraín is fast becoming cinema’s foremost purveyor of cockeyed biopics. Joining Neruda, Jackie and Spencer there now comes The Count, a pitch-black (and white) portrait of Augusto Pinochet that imagines the Chilean dictator as a 250-year-old bloodsucker longing to die. We begin in a shabby room lined with fascist tchotchkes, the Radetzky March playing […]
Vibrio vulnificus is a rod-shaped bacterium that can cause life-threatening infection (Image credit: BSIP/Contributor via Getty Images) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert warning people about the risks of flesh-eating bacteria across the U.S. East Coast after five people died following infection. One person in Connecticut, another in […]
By Amanda Parr and Rachel Candlin BBC News People are being encouraged to take home blood pressure monitors with their books from their local library. The NHS is loaning out the monitors to try and help prevent heart attacks and strokes, as it warns one in three adults in the UK have high blood pressure […]
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a national health alert Friday to warn clinicians to be on the lookout for infections with the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. Web Editor : Heather Leah Posted 2023-09-04T10:59:18-0400 – Updated 2023-09-04T10:59:18-0400
SINGAPORE — A new Covid-19 virus strain BA.2.86, also known as “Pirola”, is raising eyebrows among global health experts due to its numerous mutations that could have implications on its infectivity. While research is ongoing, vaccines are expected to remain effective in mitigating severe complications from infection. Pirola is a newly recognised variant of Omicron, […]
Data shows UK Covid cases have increased by 50,000 since the start of August UKHSA officials labelled Pirola ‘notable’ due to its ‘high number of mutations’ Experts believe Pirola, or BA.2.86, is derived from the Omicron subvariant BA.2 By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Updated: 10:52 EDT, 4 September 2023
Netflix has unveiled a new slate of programming at TV conference MIP Africa. The line-up includes the fourth season of hit drama “Blood & Water” plus a new feature-length rom-com, “Soweto Love Story.” The streamer also revealed a number of partnerships with South African filmmakers and production outfits. Among them are a deal with Akin […]
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