Ginger for digestion may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you feel a belly ache, but you may want to keep it on hand at all times when you learn about its amazing health benefits. You could find yourself free from digestive discomfort and other ailments with this simple and healthy food! [...]
A race against the clock to contain the outbreak before it spreads too fast The spread of contagious diseases is an exceedingly complex phenomenon influenced by everything from the science behind a virus, the sociology that governs how it spreads, the pubic policy that dictates the medical and political response, and the transportation measures taken [...]
It comes as Hong Kong records another positive reading of the virus, which if confirmed will bring the city’s total to 27 Carrie Lam says more masks are on their way with supplies just weeks away from running out The number of people entering Hong Kong fell sharply on Saturday as a 14-day mandatory quarantine [...]
Five British nationals including one child tested positive for the new coronavirus after staying at a ski chalet in France, health officials said on Saturday. The five people were staying in the same accommodation as a British man who was in Singapore from Jan. 20 to Jan. 23. That man became infected with the coronavirus. Read more… The post [...]
China added nearly 3,400 new novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases today, a pace that the World Health Organization (WHO) said has been stable over the past 4 days. Outside of China, concerns are growing about possible sustained transmission in Singapore. In other developments, France today reported a case cluster in a British family who stayed at [...]
Forget face masks and rubber gloves. The best way to avoid the coronavirus is frequent hand washing, according to a medical adviser to the world’s airlines. The virus can’t survive long on seats or armrests, so physical contact with another person carries the greatest risk of infection on a flight, said David Powell, a physician [...]
(CNN) A study published Friday in the medical journal JAMA found that 41% of the first 138 patients diagnosed at one hospital in Wuhan, China, were presumed to be infected in that hospital. This is big news. In plain English, it means that nearly half of the initial infections in this hospital appear to have been [...]
One of the new patients appears to have no links to previous confirmed cases, said the Ministry of Health. SINGAPORE: Singapore confirmed two new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday (Feb 6), bringing the total number of people infected in the country to 30, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. One of the cases is a [...]
The repatriation of 565 Japanese citizens from Wuhan, China, in late January offered scientists an unexpected opportunity to learn a bit more about the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) raging in that city. To avoid domestic spread of the virus, Japanese officials screened every passenger for disease symptoms and tested them for the virus after they landed. [...]
Take Action to Lower Your Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Knowing your cancer risk and being proactive about your health may help you take steps to lower your risk for getting breast or ovarian cancer, or find it at an early stage. African American women under the age of 35 have breast cancer rates that [...]
