Twenty-five people have been treated for burns in northern Switzerland after they walked across hot coals as part of a team-building exercise.
Thirteen of them were taken to hospital and treated for more severe injuries after the incident on Tuesday evening, the BBC reports.
A large emergency response, including 10 ambulances, arrived at the private event around 18:00 local time.
The group walked over a bed of coals that was several metres long, police said. Officials have opened an...
Early-phase clinical trials in a pandemic: learning from the response to COVID-19
Alex Horsley, Chris Brightling, Jane Davies, Ratko Djukanovic, Liam G Heaney, Tracy Hussell, et al.
The Lancet
The first cases of the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus emerged at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. Within 2 months, WHO had declared a public health emergency and the first cases were detected in the UK. The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 caused widespread disruption across society and health care, and...
A new study from Tel Aviv University offers a new and unique treatment for AIDS which may be developed into a vaccine or a one-time treatment for patients with HIV. The study examined the engineering of type B white blood cells in the patient's body so as to secrete anti-HIV antibodies in response to the virus.
The study was led by Dr. Adi Barzel and the PhD student Alessio Nehmad, both from the school of...
Most of us have been told by a friend that we have a doppelganger – some stranger they passed on the street who bore an uncanny resemblance to you.
But imagine if you could create your very own twin, an exact copy of yourself, but one that lived a purely digital life?
We are living in an age where everything that exists in the real world is being replicated digitally – our cities, our cars, our...
For the first time in the last 30 years, the consumption of ultra-processed foods among teenagers in the United States declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study presented at ENDO 2022, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga.
The decline in junk food consumption among teens took place in the wake of several unprecedented changes brought by the pandemic, including the closure of schools, social restrictions, and the shift to working from...
A woman may be in for a $5.2-million payout after she allegedly contracted a sexually transmitted infection while having sex in a car.
The U.S. woman, identified in court files as 'MO', said she caught the human papillomavirus (HPV) from having sex with her then-partner in his car, the BBC reports.
This week, the Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a judgment that awarded MO a hefty settlement – to be paid by Geico, which insured the...
People don't trust the CDC, writes Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor Marty Makary in a Newsweek opinion piece:
Here's one example illustrating why. Two weeks ago, with no outcomes data on COVID-19 booster shots for 5-to-11-year-olds, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) vigorously recommended the booster for all 24 million American children in that age group. The CDC cited a small Pfizer study of 140 children that showed boosters elevated their antibody levels – an outcome known to be...
More than ever before, women are reaching new heights in various fields. However, success comes at a cost – one that could have significant repercussions on their careers and personal lives.
A recent McGill University-led study on the relationship between gender, fame, and media coverage examined how journalists cover women when they break through the glass ceiling, reaching positions of power and status. The researchers examined millions of media references to thousands of women and men in various...
A tortoise from a Galápagos species long believed extinct has been found alive. The tortoise, named Fernanda after her Fernandina Island home, is the first of her species identified in more than a century.
The Fernandina Island Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis phantasticus, or "fantastic giant tortoise") was known only from a single specimen, collected in 1906. The discovery in 2019 of a female tortoise living on Fernandina Island provided the opportunity to determine if the species lives...
Social isolation is linked to lower brain volume in areas related to cognition and a higher risk of dementia, according to research published in the June 8 online issue of Neurology. The study found that social isolation was linked to a 26% increased risk of dementia, separately from risk factors such as depression and loneliness.
"Social isolation is a serious yet under-recognized public health problem that is often associated with old age," said study author Jianfeng Feng, PhD.,...
