Antibiotics save lives — but using them also helps antibiotic-resistant strains evolve and spread. Each year, antibiotic-resistant bacteria infect some 2.8 million people in the United States, killing more than 35,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infections by multidrug-resistant — or MDR — bacteria, which are resistant to two or more… Read More »
If you suffer with arthritis, finding a supplement right for you isn’t always the easiest task. There’s a lot of pills and potions that claim to relieve you of your symptoms, but which ones really work? Arthritis and other joint conditions affect around 10 million of us in the UK and contrary to popular beliefs,… Read More »
Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street to take charge of the UK’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. The prime minister will chair the regular morning cabinet meeting on Covid-19 before holding talks with senior ministers and officials. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who has been standing in for the PM, said Mr Johnson was “raring… Read More »
The outbreak of COVID-19 at a restaurant in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou was a puzzle. The suspected index patient was a visitor from the coronavirus’s epicentre in Wuhan. But the eight other customers who later tested positive were not sitting close enough for droplet transmission, and most of the patrons and staff avoided… Read More »