#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } On Wednesday, the Green River District Health Department, which covers a seven-county area, reported it had investigated 1,203 new COVID-19 infections during August, a significant increase from the 182 cases reported for July. According to GRDHD, 468 cases were […]
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Police Department has partnered with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive Sept. 11, 9/11 Remembrance Day. Alli Schultze, dispatch supervisor, has assisted in coordinating UNLPD’s fourth American Red Cross Blood Drive that will take place 12:30-6:30 p.m. Sept. 11 in the north interior bus lobby of UNLPD. “There is always […]
Family/NHS Blood and Transplant By Andrew Dawkins BBC News Three members of a family with sickle cell are backing a call for more black blood donors to help those with the condition. Rebecca Solomon-Henry, 39, stated her blood was “becoming harder to match”, as NHS Blood and Transplant said patients on an exchange programme need […]
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Anyone at risk of high blood pressure is being urged to get it checked by the NHS in Cornwall. NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) said it was working with partners such as Cornwall Council on a year-long campaign. It is hoped 10,000 extra people […]
What would you guess are the two biggest killers in the world? Based on media coverage, maybe you guessed gun violence, accidents, or COVID-19. But the top two killers are actually cardiovascular disease and cancer. These two diseases combined account for nearly 50 percent of deaths in the US. Cardiovascular disease and cancer seem to […]
On Aug. 28, Sen. Ted Budd of North Carolina tweeted that he was “closely following the tragic situation at UNC Chapel Hill” and that his team’s “hearts go out to the victim’s family and the UNC community.” Bullshit. Ted Budd and the millions of hardline gun rights advocates who offer empty condolences have made it […]
1Department of Gastroenterology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People’s Republic of China; 2Institute of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, […]
The first major staging of Dracula with an all-woman and non-binary cast aims to “reclaim and subvert” gothic tropes of fragile and corruptible females by retelling the genre classic through the eyes of Mina Murray. In Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, Murray’s fiance, the solicitor Jonathan Harker, clumsily embroils Mina and her friend Lucy in Dracula’s […]
An uncommon number of deaths on the East Coast this summer have been caused by a “flesh-eating” bacteria, prompting federal health officials to warn people to take precautions. The bacteria responsible for these fatalities, Vibrio vulnificus, most commonly causes infections in states that border the Gulf of Mexico. But warming waters have led to a […]
In a recent study published in The Lancet Global Health, researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to understand the regional and global pooled, overall, and type and age-specific prevalence estimates of genital human papillomavirus infection in males. Study: Global and regional estimates of genital human papillomavirus prevalence among men: a systematic review and meta-analysis. […]