Category Archives: Health News

Test reset: Why experts say you shouldn’t show up for COVID testing if you are asymptomatic

Article content continued We apologize, but this video has failed to load. [embedded content] Until rapid, cheap tests are approved by a federal government that appears in no great hurry to do so, the priority must be people with symptoms and those who have had significant exposure, experts say. “By flooding the system with asymptomatic… Read More: Test reset: Why experts say you shouldn’t show up for… »

Singapore’s food tech startups are serving up lab-grown milk and ‘fake’ shrimp dumplings

Veego, a plant-based protein developed by Life3 Biotech that tastes like chicken. Courtesy Life3 Biotech The coronavirus crisis has magnified Singapore‘s food security concerns — an issue made worse by climate change — and the city-state is looking to ramp up its local food production. Tech entrepreneurs say they want to help. To boost national self-sufficiency, more local start-ups… Read More: Singapore’s food tech startups are serving up lab-grown milk and… »

Hancock: Follow Covid rules or they will get tougher

Media playback is unsupported on your device Covid restrictions in England will get tougher if rules are not followed, Matt Hancock has warned, as the government introduces £10,000 fines for people who fail to self-isolate. The health secretary told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show the country was facing a “tipping point and we have a… Read More: Hancock: Follow Covid rules or they will get tougher »

A better informed society can prevent lead poisoning disasters

Six years after it began, the Flint, Michigan, water crisis remains among the highest-profile emergencies in the United States. Extensive iron and lead corrosion of the water distribution system in Flint, coupled with lead release, created “red water” complaints, rapid loss of chlorine disinfectant and an outbreak of Legionnaires Disease that killed 12 people. State… Read More: A better informed society can prevent lead poisoning disasters »