As more and more Americans are vaccinated, some are saying all the sexual energy pent up over the past year will be unleashed, with one expert predicting a summer of 2021 marked by a surge in "sexual licentiousness."
NPR – It's called the "black fungus," and it can be deadly. It's also adding to India's growing COVID-19 woes at the moment.
On May 9, the Indian Council of Medical Research and India's Health Ministry issued an advisory calling for better awareness, screening and management of mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection.
In the weeks since then, Indian authorities have observed an unprecedented rise in cases. On May 22, a total of 8,848 cases...
MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK – Tinnitus is the perception of noise or ringing in the ears. A common problem, tinnitus affects about 15% to 20% of people.
Tinnitus isn't a condition itself — it's a symptom of an underlying condition, such as age-related hearing loss, ear injury or a circulatory system disorder.
Tinnitus also can be caused by a number of medications, including aspirin, anti-inflammatories, some antibiotics, and, less commonly, some antidepressants.
If your antidepressant is the...
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Julie Cohn was fully vaccinated when she went to cheer at her 12-year-old son’s basketball game in March.
Midway through the match, he asked to remove his mask because he was getting so hot. She thought little of it.
Three days later, he had a sore throat. He tested positive for the coronavirus, as did his younger brother a few days later.
Ms. Cohn cared for them, thinking she was...
The intelligence community, who said there was nothing to this story, has been exposed once again for their political bias. This cannot be ruled out; even Dr. Fauci admits that.
Medscape – It's more evidence that Americans drank more alcohol during the COVID-19 lockdown. Rates of liver and gastrointestinal (GI) diseases associated with drinking alcohol rose after the COVID-19 pandemic started compared with the same period in 2019.
Interestingly, while the overall number of people seeking GI or liver specialist care dropped by 27%, the proportion of consults for alcohol-related GI and liver diseases jumped by nearly 60%, researchers report.
"We do believe that the lockdown...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan mobilized military doctors and nurses to give shots to elderly people in Tokyo and Osaka on Monday as the government desperately tries to accelerate its vaccination rollout and curb coronavirus infections just two months before hosting the Olympics.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is determined to hold the Olympics in Tokyo after a one-year delay and has made an ambitious pledge to finish vaccinating the country's 36 million elderly people by the...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said on a radio show he won't be getting the COVID-19 vaccine, but that he might change his mind if people who previously contracted the disease are getting reinfected at a greater rate than those who are vaccinated.
The Republican — more than a year after contracting COVID-19 — said on a podcast released Sunday on WABC-AM in New York that he doesn't want the...
A group of scammers in New York City allegedly ripped off millions from the state’s super-charged pandemic welfare system. They were busted after (rather foolishly) posting pictures of themselves with massive money stacks on social media and now face prosecution.
The death toll from COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean passed 1 million people on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic worsening in the part of the world with the highest per capita death rate.