She was saved by silicon.A woman survived a close-range gunshot thanks to her silicone breast implants, doctors have discovered.Researchers detailed how a silicone breast implant deflected the bullet from nipping the 30-year-old woman’s vital organs in a new study published in the SAGE medical journal.“The implant caused the change in the trajectory of the bullet,” surgeon Giancarlo…
As some European countries gradually ease lockdown restrictions, the picture is quite different in the United Kingdom.Research by the Office of National Statistics suggested the actual death toll in England and Wales – in early April - was 40 percent higher than the number reported by Downing Street. The death toll in the UK is…
Two New Jersey COVID-19 patients are recovering after an experimental plasma treatment.The promising clinical trial being spearheaded by the Mayo Clinic is in its infancy stages and it's by no means a panacea, but it is giving COVID-19 victims and their families hope.At Virtua Voorhees Hospital, two doctors were trying everything they could to save…
Washington (AFP) - Top US health and infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci has assured a young girl that the tooth fairy is not at risk of infection during the coronavirus pandemic.The popular doctor will appear Wednesday as a guest on actor Will Smith's Snapchat show "Will From Home." In a preview clip of their interview,…
sunny day sweeping the germs away. This new, catchy Sesame Street song made for kids in the Corona virus era has more than 600,000 views. This striking ad with no voice track from the Ohio Department of Health may be the most viral covert 19 public service announcement of them all dramatically showing how physical…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…