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People in a riskier situation. >> the picture across the nation. whit, you reported pfizer ceo predicting americans might need a third shot within a year, a booster after being vaccinated. and i know tonight theres new data out on how many people have been infected with the virus after being vaccinated, and the number is very low, which is encouraging. >> reporter: david, theyre called breakthrough infections, and these new numbers were getting from the cdc show of the 66 million americans who h...

By David Smith Apr 15, 2021 A restaurant in Philadelphia called South Philly Barbacoa has been feeding people AND keeping people working during the pandemic. Early on, the owners converted another restaurant they own into a service called The Peoples Kitchen that keeps chefs paid. And a year later, theyre still handing out up to 300 free meals a day.

By David Smith Apr 15, 2021 Terriers aren’t known for being guard dogs, but a pair of them protected their home from a brown bear.The bear wandered into Deedee Mueller’s California home through an open door, but her tiny dogs scared it away.Security footage shows the ferocious terriers barking and chasing the intruder until it left.

Karnataka reports 1,275 new cases Karnataka crossed another milestone in its pandemic-control measures with COVID-19 tests breaching the two crore mark on Wednesday. With 86,648 new samples tested in the last 24 hours, the total number of tests touched 2,00,08,072 on Wednesday. The State had tested over one crore samples from March last year, when the pandemic hit Karnataka, to November 21, 2020. With this, Karnataka is the third State in the country — after Uttar Pradesh and Bihar — that...

An antioxidant found in sesame seeds may offer a degree of protection against the onset of Parkinson’s disease (PD) according to Japanese scientists, who now want to take their findings to the clinical trial phase. The findings make for encouraging reading as the extract sesaminol is found in the sesame seed shell waste product produced during the manufacture of sesame seed oil. “Currently there is no preventive medicine for Parkinsons disease,”​ states Osaka...

Mushrooms are able to make up a shortfall in dietary nutrients without increasing calories, sodium or fat, says a group of researchers, who highlight the potential benefits to the diets of children. Writing in Food Science & Nutrition, ​the US team found the addition of an 84 gram(g) serving contributed to an increase in dietary fibre (5%–6%), copper (24%–32%) and phosphorus (6%). Other nutrient increases include potassium (12%–14%), selenium (13%–14%), zi...

Leading voices confirmed include: George Paraskevakos, Executive Director, IPA (International Probiotics Association) Elaine Patterson, Senior Scientist and Technical Lead of the Brain Health Platform at DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences. Udo Herz, Medical and Science Director at Danone Nutricia Specialized Nutrition Daniel Ramón Vidal, PhD, Vice President, R&D Health & Wellness at ADM Dr Zain M Saiyed, Associate Director, R&D, Ingredients Innovation, Lonza Capsules & Health Ingredients Dr Luis G...

As 2021 enters February, there’s no let-up in the products flagged by European authorities as a men’s supplement, weight loss capsules and a hemp-containing honey fall under the microscope this month. Poland’s Chief Sanitary Inspectorate warns of the presence of the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil in a sample of the dietary supplement product "Total Men." Available in packs of five tablets and an expiry date of ‘2022-03,’ the product is manufactured b...

Weve got to work this all out together or were going to fall apart and get back to the, as you said in the beginning of this, youre not so sure its a one-off, right. >> yes. >> weve got to work on that before it happens again. >> now heres one of those perspectives you can get at 3:08 a.m. eastern, which is this, different dynamics can take place at the same time. and yes, joe biden is doing what i believe he does best, having known him and watched him a long, long time. which is, he can have yo...

A bioactive compound of ginger may form a protective role against certain autoimmune diseases, say researchers, who suggest its supplementation may help those at high risk for disease development. The University of Michigan team identify 6-gingerol as the active ingredient in the ginger root that may be potent enough to counter the mechanism that determines the onset of conditions like lupus. Lupus attacks the bodys own immune system and its associated with antiphosp...