health
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Official Covid-19 Death Toll Undercounting by Millions, WHO Says
According to a new estimate released by the World Health Organisation, at least 3 million people worldwide likely lost their lives to the covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The figures are the latest to suggest that many countries’ official counts have substantially underestimated the toll of the pandemic, which is still raging in much of the…
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Covid-19 Vaccines Don’t Work as Well for People With These Conditions
Research is beginning to make clear that certain groups of people won’t enjoy the same level of highly effective protection provided by covid-19 vaccines as everyone else. Studies are finding that people who are immunocompromised are less likely to develop immunity against the coronavirus after vaccination.
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Scientists Want a Serious Investigation Into the Origins of the Coronavirus
Scientists in several countries are calling for a serious investigation into the beginnings of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that gave rise to the covid-19 pandemic. In an open letter released Thursday, the group says that there are still too many unanswered questions about how the pandemic started and that the so-called “lab-leak” theory remains plausible,…
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Review: This $65 Massage Gun Ruined Me in the Best Possible Way
Handheld massage guns have really taken the world by storm in the last year and a bit – well timed really when you think about all the bodily issues we faced as a result of the lifestyle changes COVID-19 threw at us. While the Theragun massager has been the known name in the area, its…