Covid-19: India red list add ‘may be too late’, Prof Mark Walport says
[unable to retrieve full-text content]There are “good reasons” for keeping the new variant out of the UK, scientist Prof Mark Walport says. BBC News – Health
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CPSC Warns Against Using Peloton Treadmill After Child’s Death
MONDAY, April 19, 2021 — Users with small children and pets should stop using Peloton Tread+ exercise machines immediately, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The warning comes after one child died and dozens of others have been sucked underneath the home treadmill. One family pet also was injured, CPSC said. Less… Read More »
Nighttime noise can affect your health—even if you’re asleep
When I chose an apartment with a bedroom on a major street in Manhattan, I didn’t worry about noise: I figured this was one instance in which my hearing loss was a plus. Sounds that didn’t wake me up couldn’t affect me, right? Wrong. Waking up and losing sleep because of noise is bad for… Read More »
Chile has one of the world’s best vaccination rates. Covid is surging there anyway
A health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19, to a man at the Medalla Milagrosa Church in Valparaiso, Chile, on April 6, 2021. JAVIER TORRES | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Chile’s vaccination campaign against the coronavirus has been one of the world’s quickest and most extensive, but a recent… Read More »