Category: Health & Fitness

Can herd immunity help stop the coronavirus? Experts warn it’s not that easy.

Health professionals and officials continue to warn that there is no easy way out of the pandemic, particularly with parts of the U.S. beginning to ease lockdowns. Dr. Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization’s emergencies director, offered some stern words Wednesday about hopes that herd immunity could stymie the coronavirus. “Humans are not herds,” he said. Herd immunity has emerged...

How to protect yourself from coronavirus infection?

World Health Organization recommends people take simple precautions against virus to reduce exposure and transmission The spread of the coronavirus across China and to at least 10 other countries including the US, South Korea and Japan has prompted experts and health authorities to offer advice on how to reduce the chances of contracting the illness. All but four of the 80 reported deaths so...

Redefining the Effects of Stress: New Study Shows it May Actually Be Good For You

Stress is only as bad for you as you believe it is, according to recent research published in the Journal of Health Psychology. The researchers who conducted the study divided participants into the following three groups: (1) those who experienced high levels of stress and believed that the effects of stress were detrimental to their health and wellbeing (2) those who...