Coronavirus: Do I need to start taking vitamin D during lockdown?
Public Health England has updated its advice on vitamin D
Coronavirus: Half of health workers experiencing increased levels of stress and trauma
Less than a third say government is doing enough to help healthcare workers
'We don't do apart': Elderly couple who fought coronavirus together in hospital heap praise on NHS staff
'We've never been apart for sixty plus years, we don't do apart,' says Sidney Moore
Adverts which claim IV drips can help fight coronavirus banned by watchdog
No treatments for the coronavirus have yet been approved, meaning companies cannot make medical claims about their products
Coronavirus: Miss England who returned to work as NHS doctor 'concerned' about lack of PPE
'Nurses are constantly in contact and unwittingly the virus can be spread to other parts of the hospital due to this appalling lack of PPE'
Coronavirus: Increased alcohol consumption during lockdown could lead to 'second health crisis', warn researchers
It is feared that daily drinkers could be most at risk
Dentists warn 'desperate' people will try 'DIY dentistry' if the government doesn't give access to emergency treatment
'It's inevitable many desperate patients will resort to 'DIY dentistry'
Coronavirus: NHS hospitals using Amazon Wish Lists to ask for donations of basic items
NHS hospitals are asking for basic items such as toothbrushes and sanitary products
Coronavirus: NHS doctor returning to help during pandemic cheers up colleagues by singing opera
Dr Alex Aldren has returned to the NHS after leaving to become an opera singer
Hipadeedooda! Here’s a way to help with your hip pain
Karen Cumming is finding a way to deal with delayed hip surgery
Keys for happiness: Three tips to get started on an exercise routine
Three tips to use this time to get started on a routine
Get ready for spring with this fitness tune-up
Five exercises to make you enjoy the outdoors even more
Interest for ‘good news’ grows amid coronavirus pandemic
Instagram accounts dedicated to good news, such as @TanksGoodNews and @GoodNews_Movement, have seen follower counts skyrocket in recent weeks.
Get moving, your brain will love you for it
It’s amazing what happens if you just get out there, writes Ernie Schramayr.
Vital, enlightening and precious windows on our world
Sending in the clowns just when we need it the most
Exercise, but do it for the right reasons, the right way
Your workout should help you diminish stress, not add to it
Let’s venture out on a limb: Can we go for a walk?
Asked about sometimes conflicting COVID-19 advice, experts generally say yes, if you avoid busier areas and keep your distance. But there are key exceptions.
Fitness Solutions: The joy you feel when your ‘outside matches your inside’
Jessika Floyd said ‘enough is enough’ and never looked back, writes Ernie Schramayr
For this 29-year-old, the fear and anxiety sparked by coronavirus are everyday battles. Here’s her advice for coping.
Jam Gelua says now more than ever people need to remember that mental health supports are available and they should reach out to anyone who can help. It makes a difference, she says.
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EU countries take up interim rules on official controls during pandemic
More than a dozen countries have taken advantage of temporary rules to tackle disruption in official control systems in Europe because of the coronavirus pandemic. As of May 6, 15 nations had informed the European Commission that they are applying the measures in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466. Countries wishing to use them have to tell... Continue Reading
Sonny Perdue’s predictions about meat production recoveries could be coming true
Meat production this week is up about 3 percent compared with the previous week, according to market reports by SiriusXM’s Rural Radio. That’s still off by as much as a third from a year ago. The numbers are causing some retailers to ration fresh meat purchases or risk selling out their entire supplies. The beef,... Continue Reading
Beach Beat: FDA posts less than half the number of food recalls during pandemic
Opinion A few weeks ago many government agencies announced they would be following public health recommendations and have non-essential employees stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Among the staff activities and services suspended by the FDA were certain random tests of food and inspections of domestic and foreign food facilities, which includes the entire... Continue Reading
Study reveals foodborne illness burden in Taiwan
One in six Taiwanese people suffered from foodborne illness annually during a four year period studied by researchers. From 2012 to 2015, almost 3.9 million foodborne illnesses and 50 deaths occurred annually in the country. Scientists said the study, published in the Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, provided the first national estimates on the... Continue Reading
Perdue and federal judge both play the OSHA card on meat and poultry industries
Coronavirus illnesses to date may touch as little as 4 percent of meat and poultry employment, but it been enough to roil the industry over how much protection the plants need to be safe. Actions taken in tight proximity to one another by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. District Court Judge Greg... Continue Reading
Israel’s food safety inspections found equivalent to USA for poultry exports
Israel exports ready-to-eat fully cooked and not shelf-stable poultry products to the United States. And those exports may continue, according to a report by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. That’s because Israel has passed its latest foreign equivalency audit by the United States. The audit did not turn up any deficiencies that might... Continue Reading
Two labs hit problems in Salmonella typing test
Two laboratories did not achieve a good performance in the initial 2018 quality control test on Salmonella typing, according to a new report. The National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) of EU member states participate in quality control tests which consist of proficiency tests on Salmonella. Performance is assessed annually by testing ability to identify 20 Salmonella... Continue Reading
Canned foods, seafood, supplements among revised alerts
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click on the links to view the full alerts. Import Alert Description URL... Continue Reading
Publisher’s Platform: “Where is the Beef?”
As you read this, remember FSIS’s Mission Statement: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation’s commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. And, remember that none of our food... Continue Reading
Norway looks at metals in seafood; assesses local meat producers
An analysis by Norwegian scientists has found a low level of heavy metals in processed fish products in the country. Commercially available items were collected from 2015 to 2018 and analyzed as composite samples for mercury, lead, arsenic, and cadmium. Levels of cadmium, lead, and arsenic were low and human exposure to these metals would... Continue Reading
Human Urine Could Help Make Concrete on the Moon, Says European Space Agency
“Thanks to future lunar inhabitants, the 1.5 liters of liquid waste a person generates each day could become a promising by-product for space exploration,” the ESA says
Insect Experts Say People Should Calm Down About the Threat of ‘Murder Hornets’
They say the hornet “hype" reminds them of the “killer bees” scare of the 1970s
Astronomers Identify New Black Hole, Closest Ever to Earth
Experts theorize there are between 100 million to 1 billion black holes in the Milky Way
Will Coronavirus Be the Death or Salvation of Big Plastic?
It was supposed to be a blockbuster moment for the U.S. plastic industry. With an abundance of cheap natural gas at hand, thanks to the country’s fracking boom, U.S. energy giants were pouring billions of dollars into building new plants to turn that gas into plastic. As the world was poised to slowly turn away…
NASA’s Biggest Space Launch in Years Is Coming Up — But It Wants You to Stay Home to Watch
Top officials warned the public against traveling to Florida for the May 27 launch of two NASA astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station
NASA Chooses Three Landers to Return Americans to the Moon
The U.S. space agency selected Blue Origin, SpaceX, and Dynetics as contenders to design and manufacture the next moon-landing spacecraft.
Alabama High School Student Names NASA’s First Mars Helicopter
Around 28,000 names were submitted to NASA’s “Name the Rover” essay contest for K-12 students
James Beggs, NASA Administrator Who Resigned After Challenger Disaster, Dies at 94
Beggs was on a leave of absence from the post when the Challenger space shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after launch on Jan. 28, 1986, killing all seven aboard
Astronomer Files Trademark Lawsuit Against American Girl, Alleging Astronaut Doll Copies Her Likeness
Lucianne Walkowicz says the American Girl doll 'Luciana Vega' stole her name and likeness
Meet Violet, the Robot That Can Kill the COVID-19 Virus
In just a few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has crossed borders and oceans, killing thousands, sickening millions, and forcing millions more to reckon with the economic and personal chaos of closures and lockdowns. Yet as the global infection count rises, the crisis has also given rise to acts of ingenuity. The pandemic has set off…
New Zealand is close to wiping out covid-19 - can it return to normal?
New Zealand is on track to eliminate covid-19 altogether, but keeping the virus out for good will be a challenge, and the economic impacts are likely to hurt
Black people in England and Wales twice as likely to die with covid-19
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic
Brain cells reach out to each other through miniature cages
Mouse neurons trapped inside cages grow long appendages to connect to each other. Trapping the cells allows us to precisely control their growth
BCG vaccine helps fight infections by boosting immune cell production
The BCG tuberculosis vaccine boosts the production of immune cells and this may explain how it protects newborns from dying of sepsis
Common herpes virus causes signs of Alzheimer's disease in brain cells
A study of brain cells in a dish adds to growing evidence that Alzheimer’s disease can be caused by herpes viruses, but antiviral treatment may help stop it
How the covid-19 pandemic has led to a flood of misleading science
Amid the global coronavirus outbreak, a second epidemic of preliminary, unverified and misinterpreted research has broken out. Can it be fixed?
Why countries should start weekly covid-19 testing for key workers
Many countries are focusing coronavirus testing on people who have covid-19 symptoms. But regularly testing all essential workers would have more of an impact
Covid-19 shows why an infodemic of bad science must never happen again
Once the coronavirus pandemic is over, we must work out how to stop the spread of poor information that has helped make a bad situation that much worse
Why is coronavirus deadly for some, but harmless in others?
To figure out what makes some people more vulnerable to severe cases of covid-19, we need to rethink what we know about infection