[ad_1] BRIAN WOLFER, Special to Standard Examiner Red lights illuminate the exterior of the Ogden Eccles Conference Center on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 (Brian Wolfer, Special for the Standard Examiner) OGDEN – Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, local doctors wanted to plan a big medical conference focused on infectious disease. But then the virus … Read more
[ad_1] (News) – If you find yourself regularly gassed, you are in good company, or so indicates a new poll. Using an online health survey, scientists from the Rome Foundation Research Institute in the United States and Danone Nutricia Research in France interviewed nearly 6,000 adults in the United States, the United Kingdom and the … Read more
[ad_1] Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has called parliamentary elections for October 31 and vowed to strengthen the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, shortly after being officially confirmed by lawmakers as head of government. Kishida, a 64-year-old former foreign minister with a consensus-builder image, earlier on Monday unveiled a cabinet composition dominated by … Read more
[ad_1] CHICAGO (WLS) – Illinois Department of Public Health officials reported 1,822 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 12 related deaths on Monday. There have been 1,638,003 cases of COVID in total, including 25,076 deaths in the state since the start of the pandemic. The statewide seven-day test positivity rate from September 27 … Read more
[ad_1] COLUMBUS – Lawyers in one of three lawsuits against the new Ohio legislative district maps on Monday asked the state’s High Court to appoint a senior commissioner to oversee the disputes. Voter attorneys represented by the National Democratic Redistricting Committee told the Ohio Supreme Court that special oversight is needed to resolve discovery disputes … Read more
[ad_1] News File Photo A Michigan State Police cruiser is seen in Alpena. ALPENA – On Monday, Alpena courts indicted a man linked to the owner of the property where police last week found the body of missing Alpena teenager Brynn Bills. Brad Srebnik, 35, was brought to trial in the 88th Alpena District Court … Read more
[ad_1] The COVID-19 patient’s health was deteriorating rapidly in a Michigan hospital, but he had no doctor’s diagnosis. Despite dangerously low oxygen levels, the unvaccinated man didn’t think he was so sick and was so angry at a hospital policy forbidding his wife from being at his bedside that he threatened to leave the hospital. … Read more
[ad_1] The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia accused a figurehead of the Islamic State of Iraq and a former ISIS fighter on Saturday with a plot to provide material support resulting in the death of ISIS, a designated terrorist organization. Mohammed Khalifa, also known as Abu Ridwan Al-Kanadi or Abu … Read more
[ad_1] Is this what is behind the long Covid? People with the disease have “micro blood clots” which can prevent oxygen from circulating properly in the body. The “long-haul” have a large amount of inflammatory molecules trapped in the blood These blockages have the potential to disrupt the body’s ability to distribute oxygen. This could … Read more
[ad_1] Photo: bymuratdeniz / Getty Images For the third year in a row, health insurer Cigna is expanding its Medicare Advantage plans, expanding to 108 new counties and three new states – Connecticut, Oregon and Washington – which will increase its geographic presence by nearly 30%. As part of the expansion, Cigna said most current … Read more