In a normal season, influenza affects 5-20% of the population. That’s tens of millions of people in the United States alone. And the severity of the virus varies: some people have mild symptoms, while others die of the flu. According to the World Health Organization, seasonal flu kills between 290,000 and 650,000 people a year. …
Around the world, rates of COVID deaths and hospitalizations continue to drop. But our successful mitigation of the worst results of the 33-month pandemic belies a growing crisis. More people are surviving COVID and staying out of hospital, but more people are too living with long-term symptoms of COVID. Fatigue. Heart problems. Stomach problems. Lung …
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If you’re considering getting an omicron-specific Covid booster shot, you might be wondering what its side effects are – and how serious. Rest assured, they shouldn’t be much different from what you may have experienced with previous vaccine and booster doses. “We just don’t have any data on that. [yet]essentially giving two vaccines in one …
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The Sun has been on some pretty intense shenanigans lately, but a recent flare on the other side seems like absolute scientific gold. On the evening of September 5 GMT, a huge coronal mass ejection (CME) was recorded exploding on the far side of the Sun, sending a storm of radiation through the solar system. …
A gigantic solar flare has just emerged from the far side of the sun Read More »
