Does Catnip Really Make Cats ‘High’?
“Dude, I’m so wasted.” Offer a pinch of catnip or a catnip-filled toy to your pet feline, and her response might be dramatic … and silly. She may roll on her back, dart wildly around, drool, lick the catnip and…
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Hand sanitizers sold in beer cans and children’s food pouches? Don’t buy them, FDA says
Some companies are packaging hand sanitizer in water bottles. Some hand sanitizer products are being packaged in containers typically used for food and drinks, leading to concerns that people may accidentally ingest the products, according to health officials. On Thursday…
Woman dies after setting herself on fire after mum hides mobile in row over boyfriend
The 20-year-old woman in Sri Lanka poured kerosene over her body and set it alight after arguing with mum who had hidden her mobile phone to stop her calling her boyfriend The 20-year-old has been named as D Hashini Piumika…
FDA gives emergency approval to rapid, cheap coronavirus antigen test
Abbott’s rapid coronavirus test is the size of a credit card. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized a new, rapid antigen test for COVID-19, which costs $5 and can diagnose an infection in 15 minutes. The test, made…
Woman ‘who smeared dead Covid-19 victim’s spit on her face’ tests positive for virus
Known as HL, the woman, from Batam in the Riau Islands, was helping to bring the dead body of a man home from hospital for his wake when she smeared saliva on her face and taunted doctors Woman ‘who smeared…
Africa declared free of wild poliovirus
A schoolgirl is vaccinated against polio during a mass polio vaccination campaign on April 12, 2005, in Kano, Nigeria. Africa is free of wild poliovirus, after decades of vaccination campaigns, according to news reports. An independent body called the Africa…
Brit collapses in agony after horror spider bite abroad – and now can’t get home
WARNING CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES: Andrew Hodges suffered a bite on his leg three weeks into a working holiday, which caused him to collapse. It happened in 2018 and he has been unable to travel home Andrew Hodges during his battle…
Mumbai building collapse kills two and traps 30 as 60 survivors pulled from wreckage
A huge rescue effort is underway after the five-storey building – which was home to around 200 people – caved in on Monday night amid India’s monsoon season Rescuers have pulled more than 60 survivors from the debris of a…
FDA allows wide use of plasma for COVID-19 with little data that it works
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would not allow widespread use of blood plasma to treat COVID-19 patients without more evidence that the therapy works. Yesterday (Aug. 23), the agency apparently reversed this decision and…
China started giving experimental COVID-19 vaccine to medical workers in July
China has been giving doses of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate to “high risk” groups, including medical personnel, since late July, even though the clinical trials of the vaccine that would show whether it works have not been completed, according to…
Mallorca and Ibiza ‘hit with second coronavirus wave’ as new lockdown rules enforced
The soaring number of cases over the weekend has seen stricter lockdown measures enforced – following 252 hospital admissions over the last three days – of which 33 patients are in intensive care Social distancing signs at El Arenal beach…
First case of coronavirus reinfection confirmed, researchers say
A man in Hong Kong is the first with a confirmed reinfection with the novel coronavirus, a new study suggests. This may be the first major clue to a still-unanswered question about the COVID-19 pandemic: How long does immunity to…