People with Type O blood are less likely to be infected with coronavirus, Danish researchers have found. While this may play a certain role in the distribution of vaccines if they’re in short supply, citizens were still urged to maintain good hand hygiene and social distancing. A comprehensive joint research by Aarhus University and the University of Southern Denmark has identified a blood type that offers better chances of resisting Covid-19. According to the research, which featured the data of 470,000 Danes tested for the coronavirus, people with Type O blood are less like to become infected with coronavirus than people […]
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A person’s blood type could play a key role in their vulnerability to Covid-19, with type O people less likely to catch the bug while types A and AB are most at risk, freshly released research has found. Two independent studies published on Wednesday found that blood type O is something of a security blanket when it comes to coronavirus. Those with this blood type were found to be less likely to catch the disease and also had a reduced risk of suffering severe complications if they do get sick. However, people with types A and AB were not so […]
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On Sunday, Tehran called on Washington to “return to the international community and stop the rebellion” following the US’ claims about the reinstatement of all UN anti-Iran sanctions. Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has lashed out at the US in light of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent move to declare “the return of virtually all previously terminated UN sanctions” against the Islamic Republic. “Today Iran is still fighting a war. America has waged a war against Iran with no blood”, Zanganeh was cited as saying by the Iranian news agency SHANA, in an apparent nod to the US’ anti-Iran sanctions. […]
In 2013, J.K. Rowling explained how she chose her now-controversial pseudonym, “Robert Galbraith.” The first name, she said, was a nod to her political hero, Robert Kennedy. And the last name? “When I was a child, I really wanted to be called Ella Galbraith, I’ve no idea why.” It’s a charming anecdote—but unfortunately, Rowling shares her pseudonym with real-life psychiatrist Robert Galbraith Heath, who in the 20th century pioneered what we now call conversion therapy using techniques including electroshock and “brainwashing” drugs. Rowling’s anecdote, issued before her alternate name choice had stirred much mainstream controversy, casts this tie as sheer, if […]
President Donald Trump’s advisers warned him as early as late January that the coronavirus pandemic, then taking root in China, could cost countless lives in America. Despite this stark warning, revealed by Bob Woodward in his new book Rage and first reported by CNN, Trump downplayed the pandemic—the exact opposite of what any responsible leader should do, experts told The Daily Beast. As a result, tens of thousands of Americans have died unnecessarily, the same experts said. “This will be case study for decades to come in schools of health for how things can go wrong,” Anthony Alberg, a University of […]
President Trump was expected to use a press conference on Sunday to announce emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for convalescent blood plasma to treat COVID-19, according to media reports. The treatment, which hinges on injecting antibodies from COVID-19 survivors into other patients to boost their body’s defenses against the virus, has been used on at least 97,000 patients. So far, though, the plasma treatment has only produced middling data to support its efficacy. The expected announcement would come just days after the FDA reportedly pulled back from issuing the same authorization over concerns from Dr. Anthony Fauci […]
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Javier Alvarez donating his plasma at Houston Methodist Hospital in July after his grandmother died from the virus.Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Last week, just as the Food and Drug Administration was preparing to issue an emergency authorization for blood plasma as a Covid-19 treatment, a group of top federal health officials including Dr. Francis S. Collins and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci intervened, arguing that emerging data on the treatment was too weak, according to two senior administration officials. NEW from @noahweiland @SharonLNYT @sherifink — FDA was set to do an emergency approval of blood plasma […]
Researchers at Russia’s Tomsk Polytechnic University have developed a new technology for creating artificial vessels, which are used in the treatment of acute vein thrombosis. When treating thrombosis, doctors attempt to restore the functionality of blood vessels medically or surgically. When impossible, the vessel is removed and replaced with an artificial one. The new method enables artificial vessels to easily take root in the body while providing optimal blood flow. “The uniqueness of the new domestic technology is that it is much simpler and 90 percent cheaper than existing methods of producing artificial vessels,” said Sergey Tverdokhlebov, head of the Plasma […]
After a decade of research and development, a new blood test has been produced which can detect five types of cancer years before currently available tests can, greatly increasing the future survivability of patients. The creators of the test, dubbed PanSeer, caution that it is unlikely to predict cancer, but can warn asymptomatic people of cancerous growths far earlier than current methods allow. The new test is based on a biological process called DNA methylation analysis, which hunts down specific DNA signatures that correspond to different forms of cancer, including in the stomach, esophagus, colon, lungs and liver. Also on rt.com […]
A pair of shoes and blood on the pavement outside Traders’ bar on Argyle Street in Glasgow, where police are dealing with an incident this afternoon. It’s reported a man was covered in blood and screaming. #HeartNewspic.twitter.com/mj6xbfW5ss — Heart Scotland News (@HeartScotNews) June 28, 2020 Source link
The French branch of the climate change movement Extinction Rebellion (XR) used a hose to spray fake blood on the facade of the office of the biggest employers’ organization in the country, accusing them of cynicism. A handful of XR activists gathered at the headquarters of the Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) on Friday to “call out these lobbies on their cynicism,” as one of the participants put it. The protesters showed up outside the building dressed in business suits, some holding cigars and 500-euro bills. They carried a banner reading: “Glory to MEDEF.” At the peak of the […]
www.youtube.com Genes, Blood Type Tied to Risk of Severe COVID-19 NIH/Dr. Francis Collins Many people who contract COVID-19 have only a mild illness, or sometimes no symptoms at all. But others develop respiratory failure that requires oxygen support or even a ventilator to help them recover [1]. It’s clear that this happens more often in men than in women, as well as in people who are older or who have chronic health conditions. But why does respiratory failure also sometimes occur in people who are young and seemingly healthy? A new study suggests that part of the answer to this question […]
Former Atlanta Police Department officer Garrett Rolfe conducts a field sobriety test on Rayshard Brooks Leaked Video of #RayshardBrooks Justice for #RayshardBrooks after the shooting and killing. pic.twitter.com/5yNliZWbk4 — Layersea+2349032729703 (@Layersea2) June 15, 2020 Russia Today: A medical examiner officially confirmed that Rayshard Brooks died as a result of an officer-involved shooting during a botched DUI arrest. The incident reignited protests against racism and police brutality in Atlanta, Georgia. How police treat ‘white folks…’ Police shot Rayshard Brooks in the back as he was running away, killing him, because he was sleeping in his car in a Wendy’s parking lot. Contrast […]
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) joined Judge Jeanine on Saturday night following the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta on Friday night. Brooks resisted arrest, beat police, wrestled with police, stole a taser gun and aimed it at police before he as shot dead. Tonight all hell is breaking lose in Atlanta. Rep. Gaetz accused cop-hating leftists of having blood on their hands. TRENDING: Atlanta Police Chief Resigns After Deadly Police Shooting of Black Man Resisting Arrest at Wendy’s Drive-Thru Rep. Matt Gaetz: I certainly think those shrill voices on the left who’ve been calling for violence against our police have […]
People With O Blood Type Appear to Have a Lower Risk of Catching Coronavirus, Preliminary Study Says by Kashmira Gander/Newsweek Having the O blood type may reduce a person’s chances of catching the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to preliminary research by biotechnology company 23andMe. Early data from over 750,000 people taking part in an ongoing study suggests that those with the O blood type are between 9 to 18 percent less likely to test positive for the coronavirus than others. In individuals who had likely been exposed to the virus, such as healthcare and essential workers and those with known contact with cases, […]
Searching for Ways to Prevent Life-Threatening Blood Clots in COVID-19 NIH Director’s Blog: Six months into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, researchers still have much to learn about the many ways in which COVID-19 can wreak devastation on the human body. Among the many mysteries is exactly how SARS-CoV-2, which is the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, triggers the formation of blood clots that can lead to strokes and other life-threatening complications, even in younger people. Recently, I had a chance to talk with Dr. Gary Gibbons, Director of NIH’s Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) about what research is […]
The Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine Runs on Horseshoe Crab Blood by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com Humans owe a debt to the strange-looking, ancient horseshoe crab. Its blue blood is used in medicine to ensure that anything that gets injected or implanted into the human body is free of potentially life-threatening bacterial contamination. A special compound in the crab’s blood quickly clots in the presence of endotoxins, microbial byproducts that can be harmful, supplying a perfect natural test for purity. In the race to find a COVID-19 vaccine, horseshoe crab blood is very important. But an estimated 50,000 crabs die during the annual blood harvest, […]
First Molecular Profiles of Severe COVID-19 Infections Dr. Francis Collins/NIH To ensure that people with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) get the care they need, it would help if a simple blood test could predict early on which patients are most likely to progress to severe and life-threatening illness—and which are more likely to recover without much need for medical intervention. Now, researchers have provided some of the first evidence that such a test might be possible. This tantalizing possibility comes from a study reported recently in the journal Cell. In this study, researchers took blood samples from people with mild to severe […]
New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo, Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, MD and Executive Deputy Commissioner Sally Dreslin Have Coronavirus Blood on Their Hands. Their actions led to thousands of deaths in New York state. Yaacov Apelbaum at the Illustrated Primer drafted a post on the recent actions of New York’s governor and Department of Health Commissioner and Executive Deputy Commissioner. They are accountable for thousands of nursing home deaths because of their insane directives related to the China coronavirus. Below are some of the observations from Apelbaum. Apelbaum first points out the ludicrous directive from New York’s Department of Health, including: TRENDING: […]
Can plasma from COVID-19 survivors help save others? by Kai Kupferschmidt/Science Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. On 13 March, with the COVID-19 pandemic exploding and drugs elusive, Arturo Casadevall published what he considers “maybe the most important paper” of his long career. In The Journal of Clinical Investigation, the infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins University and Liise-anne Pirofski of Albert Einstein College of Medicine argued that one effective treatment might already be at hand: the blood plasma of people who have recovered from the disease, rich in antibodies against the virus. The strategy seems to have worked in other […]
UK 12:57 GMT 14.05.2020Get short URL Leading politicians have lauded the key workers on the frontline tackling the coronavirus pandemic. A Labour Party branch, however, reposted artwork over the weekend showing Tory ministers clapping with blood on their hands – pointing blame at the government for Covid-19 deaths. A branch of the UK Labour Party issued an apology on Thursday after posting cartoons depicting Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Matt Hancock with blood on their hands on their Facebook page. The macabre illustrations show the Prime Minister, Cabinet Office Minister, and Health Secretary all clapping for carers with distorted and bloody hands. “Boris […]
COVID Survivors’ Blood Plasma Is A Sought-After New Commodity by JoNel Allecia/Kaiser Health News Diana Berrent learned she had tested positive for COVID-19 on a Wednesday in mid-March. Within a day, she had received 30 emails from people urging her to donate blood. Friends and acquaintances, aware of her diagnosis, passed along a pressing request from New York’s Mount Sinai Health System, one of the first centers to seek plasma, a blood component, to be used in a therapy that might fight the deadly disease. Berrent, 45, said she immediately recognized the need for the precious plasma — and the demand that would […]
Former US Attorney Joe diGenova was again on the Monday morning radio show – Mornings on the Mall and he dropped some shocking statements about former President Obama and his Administration. This week he was interviewed by Mary Walter and Tony Schaffer, who appeared as a guest host. Right after the 3:10 mark, diGenova says the following: TRENDING: Breaking Update: DNI Richard Grenell Declassifies List of Obama Officials Involved in “Unmasking” Flynn in His Conversations with Kislyak When you put together the last 24 hours, the comments by former President Obama, that ‘this is a threat to the rule of law’, […]
The CDC is going to send 15 teams of scientists from the CDC to collect blood in Atlanta this weekend.The teams will be going door-to-door asking for blood. This may not go over so well with some folks.FOX News reported: Fifteen teams of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be fanning out across Atlanta this weekend, going door-to-door to ask members of 420 randomly selected households from 30 census blocks for blood samples. The goal is to get enough vials to help scientists study how far the novel coronavirus has traveled in metro Atlanta, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution […]