A Break From Breathlessness: How Singing Helped Me Through Long Covid
Long before covid, music therapists used singing and wind instruments to help patients with respiratory issues like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
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A Secret Weapon In Preventing The Next Pandemic: Fruit Bats
More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting the next global pandemic.
Can You Protect Yourself Against Covid With Vitamin D? Emerging Research Suggests So
There is emerging evidence that vitamin D3 might have two effects preventing the COVID-19 infection itself. Vitamin D3 reduces the number of ACE2 receptor proteins on the cells of the lining of your respiratory tract, and this may protect against the initial infection.
COVID-19 Cases Are Going To Ebb And Flow, With Or Without Restrictions
Restrictions during the start of the pandemic were helpful at curbing transmission. At this point, a growing number of healthcare professionals believe restrictions and mandates are outdated.
3 Helpful Steps For Supporting Someone Through Grief
If you have found yourself in the position of being close to someone experiencing grief, and feel at a loss as to how to behave, here are some helpful steps that you can take to help them on their journey.
Good News Headlines 5/25/2022
The U.S. women's national soccer team (USWNT) is the winningest women's soccer team on Earth. Yet, players on the women's team have continued to get paid thousands of dollars less than their male counterparts.
Dogs Can Be Trained To Sniff Out COVID-19 – A Team Of Forensic Researchers Explain The Science
Dogs hold great promise as a rapid screening method that, used with other measures such as rapid tests, can help stop COVID-19 spread and end the pandemic. Some of the dogs trained have already proved their abilities.
Why We Can’t ‘Boost’ Our Way Out Of The COVID-19 Pandemic For The Long Term
The mRNA vaccines have prevented over 2 million people from dying and over 17 million from hospitalization. However, the vaccines have failed to provide long-term protective immunity to prevent breakthrough infections.
Good News Headlines 3/30/2022
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's opening statement to the Senate was powerful. But Brown's tribute to her family—and their reactions to it—were the highlight of the first day of the hearings for some, because how utterly sweet can you get?
How A Nondescript Box Has Been Saving Lives During The Pandemic – And Revealing The Power Of Grassroots Innovation
An unassuming duct tape-and-cardboard construction known as a Corsi-Rosenthal box – is playing an important part in the fight against COVID-19.
The Alchemy of Hope: What You Can Contribute To The Greater Good During A Pandemic
If we can work to focus our minds and hearts on what is needed and how to make things better at any point in time, we have the power, individually and collectively, to tap into the alchemy of hope.
Despite Its Disastrous Effects, COVID-19 Offers Some Gifts To Medicine – An Immunology Expert Explains What It Can Teach Us About Autoimmune Disease
While it’s still too early to draw conclusions, evidence is emerging of links between autoimmune disorders and the virus that causes COVID-19.
Is The Omicron Variant Mother Nature’s Way Of Vaccinating The Masses And Curbing The Pandemic?
The Omicron variant may confer strong protection against other variants. This has many people wondering whether omicron could act as a vaccine of sorts, inoculating enough people to effectively bring about herd immunity.
Custodians Ensure Our Well-Being. It’s Time We Ensure Theirs
Despite the stress of the pandemic, my mother’s satisfaction in her work remains, as it does with other custodians. The time is now for us to nurture a culture of care for those who care for our spaces, and to pay and protect them.
The Best Breathing Exercises For COVID-19
Breathing exercises can help make your lungs more efficient and may be beneficial for reducing the impact of COVID-19. The breathing exercises we outline in this article will not prevent COVID-19, but they may help lessen the severity of symptoms.
How Effective Are Vaccines Against Omicron? An Epidemiologist Answers 6 Questions
Epidemiologist and public health researcher Melissa Hawkins explains the way researchers calculate how well a vaccine prevents disease, what influences these numbers and how Omicron is changing things.
Anosmia, The Loss Of Smell Caused By COVID-19, Doesn’t Always Go Away Quickly – But Smell Training May Help
Smell training is essentially smelling the same odors over and over so that you can retrain your body’s ability to detect and identify that odor.
Lyme Disease And COVID-19 Can Share Similar Symptoms: How To Tell Them Apart
As Lyme disease season makes its annual return, a biologist from the University of Richmond is warning that some symptoms of the disease overlap with those of COVID-19. “Lyme is associated with general flu-like symptoms and fatigue. These are also symptoms of COVID-19.
Type Of Ultraviolet Light Most Effective At Killing Coronavirus Is Also The Safest To Use Around People
Imagine coffee shops, grocery stores, school classrooms, restaurants and concert venues now made safe by this technology. These technologies could help protect human health in public spaces in future times of crisis, but also during times of relative normalcy.
The Pandemic Cause No One Wants To Talk About
In short, it is the pervasive, constant exposure to toxic stressors in our environment, in combination with genetic factors, that cause us to develop diseases that impair our immune systems and make us susceptible to serious COVID-19 infection.
The Next Pandemic Is Already Happening – Targeted Disease Surveillance Can Help Prevent It
As more and more people around the world are getting vaccinated, one can almost hear the collective sigh of relief. But the next pandemic threat is likely already making its way through the population right now.
How To Outsmart Your COVID-19 Fears And Boost Your Mood In 2021
After a year of toxic stress ignited by so much fear and uncertainty, now is a good time to reset, pay attention to your mental health and develop some healthy ways to manage the pressures going forward.
Common Sense Holistic Pandemic Recommendations
Now is the time you must do your part to keep your exposures as low as possible.
These At-Home Exercises Can Help Older People Boost Their Immune System And Overall Health In The Age Of COVID-19
Regular exercise and cardiorespiratory fitness can significantly reduce the risk COVID-19 poses to older adults by improving overall health and boosting the immune system.
Daily Astrology
October 1, 2023
Tonight’s happy pairing of the waning Moon and Jupiter is today’s only exact aspect. The conjunction improves moods and deepens appreciation for material pleasures. Good, honest conversation is also stimulated. Meanwhile, retrograde season continues...
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