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People with Omicron suffer unusual symptom linked to their toilet habits

People with Omicron suffer unusual symptom linked to their toilet habits

Have you been nipping to the bog more frequently than usual? As coronavirus cases are still on the increase across the UK and Europe, information surrounding signs of infection are just as important as ever. Most poignantly, given the variant’s prevalence among the total number of cases across the globe, scientists, health experts and recent […]

4 years ago

CDC cuts isolation time in half from 10 days to 5 in US

CDC cuts isolation time in half from 10 days to 5 in US

America has overhauled their isolation rules The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has cut Covid isolation time from 10 days to just five days amid surging Omicron cases. The guidance, issued across the US on Monday, follows evidence that suggests Covid is most infectious in the two days leading up to showing symptoms […]

4 years ago

Most common first Omicron symptom reportedly found in 90 per cent of new cases

Most common first Omicron symptom reportedly found in 90 per cent of new cases

Unvaccinated people are said to experience more intense symptoms like headaches and myalgia In a bid to better prepare the public in the continued fighting against Omicron, scientists have revealed the first symptom found in 90 per cent of new cases. The one consistency across our time living with covid has been the symptoms. For […]

4 years ago

Deadly drug-resistant fungus spreading in America

Deadly drug-resistant fungus spreading in America

As if Covid wasn’t enough to worry about A deadly fungal infection that is resistant to all existing drug treatments is currently spreading throughout nursing homes and hospitals in the United States, according to reports. Outbreaks of Candida auris – an emerging yeast infection first identified in Asia back in 2009, were reported at a […]

5 years ago

Pfizer 100% effective in South African variant trial

Pfizer 100% effective in South African variant trial

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is ‘100% effective’ according to the latest results As per an official statement, Pfizer and BioNTech have confirmed their vaccine is “100% effective in preventing severe disease” and “in preventing COVID-19 cases in South Africa, where the B.1.351 lineage [variant] is prevalent”. The pivotal third stage study was completed on the 13th […]

5 years ago