Health

Considered Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO, midwifery has contributed much to obstetrical knowledge. In Mexico, it is a centuries-old tradition. Midwives were highly respected figures in pre-Hispanic Mexico and still are among indigenous communities. The […]

By CALEB MCCLUSKEY, Enterprise-Journal MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) _ Neither rain, snow nor waterless pipes could prevent Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center from helping patients in need, as employees carried buckets of water drawn from a […]

A 71-year-old Mississippi judge has died of complications of COVID-19, the state Administrative Office of Courts said in a statement Tuesday. Circuit Judge Eddie H. Bowen of Raleigh died Sunday, about three weeks after he […]

In what is believed to be a global first, Israel’s Tel Aviv University has launched a new initiative to better understand the novel coronavirus and battle future pandemics. Despite tens of millions of COVID-19 cases […]

After just one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, those who become infected with the coronavirus before their second dose still present a much lower transmission risk. The vaccine appears to lower the viral load […]

JERUSALEM — As pandemic restrictions ease and more workers return to their workplaces, employers are seeking a way to detect when someone infected with Covid-19 is on site. VizibleZone, an Israeli startup whose original product is […]

EXO-CD24, an experimental inhaled medication developed at Israel’s Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, cured all patients with moderate-to-severe coronavirus cases in a Phase I clinical trial. Developed over the past six months at the hospital, EXOCD24 […]

Looking for an intense home workout to make up for your favorite gym that’s closed because of Covid-19? Israeli startup BlazePod has developed what it dubs “Flash Reflex Training,” which uses small lighting pods that […]