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Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and former CEO of defunct blood-testing company Theranos who will be tried in March on fraud charges, appears to be attempting to claim a mental health defect as part of her defense. A partially redacted, 11-page document filed in a San Jose, California, federal […]
The editor in chief of Science magazine, one of the world’s leading academic journals, published a harsh denunciation of President Donald Trump on Friday, laying into him for lying to the American people and demoralizing the scientific community about the deadliness of COVID-19. In his editorial for Science, which has been in publication since 1880, […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks and personal freedom after months in which the two states avoided the worst of the pandemic. The argument over masks raged this week in Brookings, South Dakota, as the city council […]
“There were days where I would have a complete meltdown and start clawing at it. I wanted to rip my skin off.” Anna Byard-Golds has had eczema all her life. “I was aware at the age of four or five. I noticed my hands looked different and I could feel different to other children,” she […]
Trials of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University will resume after being paused due to a reported side effect in a patient in the UK. On Tuesday, AstraZeneca said the studies were being paused while it investigated whether the adverse reaction was linked with the vaccine. But on Saturday, the university […]
The government has written to care home providers in England to warn them of a rise in new coronavirus infections within the sector. A letter from the Department of Health urged care bosses to take “necessary action to prevent and limit outbreaks”. Cases were mainly among staff but risked spreading to residents, it said. It […]
Withings devices have always stood out for the amount of fitness-tracking technology packed into svelte, stylish devices that look like regular analogue watches. That’s more true than ever with the latest device from the company, the ScanWatch, which monitors more health stats than any previous Withings watch. We’re way beyond steps and calories burned here […]
For most people, cycling is the very best way to get around London. It’s fast, cheap and incredibly liberating. It beats being stuck on the tube or in traffic hands down, and besides, active travel of this sort is a great way to fit a bit of light exercise into your daily routine. There’s just […]
In February of 2019, media consultant Pam Stevens secured an appearance for Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to appear on a “Women Rule” podcast. She billed at least $ 3,400 to arrange the appearance, according to a congressional report released Thursday. She also reportedly billed nearly $ 3,000 to […]
Life sciences startups have always been on a mission to improve human health through innovation. The global impacts of the COVID-19 crisis have made the importance of that work clearer than ever. Whether its work directly relates to virus relief efforts or not, every startup in this industry has felt the impact of the crisis. […]
When CEO Jeff LeBrun and CTO Chuks Onwuneme co-founded optimize.health back in 2015, the startup was focused on medication adherence. Their first product, Pillsy, was a smart pill bottle that chimes when it’s time to take your medicine. But they saw a big opportunity when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expanded coverage of […]
The UK is entering a “period of particular concern” as the number of coronavirus cases rise across the country, the housing secretary says. Robert Jenrick said “we all have to be very cautious” after 2,948 new UK cases were recorded on Monday. Some of the government’s scientific advisers have given stark warnings over the increase […]
image copyrightGetty Images India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Brazil. The country now has the second-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 4,204,613. It has reported 71,642 deaths, the third-highest in the world. The surge in reported infections has […]
Coronavirus: Tests ‘could be picking up dead virus’ The main test used to diagnose coronavirus is so sensitive it could be picking up fragments of dead virus from old infections, scientists say. Most people are infectious only for about a week, but could test positive weeks afterwards. Researchers say this could be leading to an […]
(Reuters) – U.S. deaths from the coronavirus will reach 410,000 by the end of the year, more than double the current death toll, and deaths could soar to 3,000 per day in December, the University of Washington’s health institute forecast on Friday. Deaths could be reduced by 30% if more Americans wore face masks as […]