People with allergic conditions such as hay fever, eczema and rhinitis may walk a lower risk to contract COVID-19, according to a new study. A team of 34 British scientists found that allergy sufferers who also have asthma are less likely to contract the potentially deadly virus. Allergy-related conditions such as hay fever and eczema, … Read more
Israel ended the controversial cell phone monitoring of corona patients infected with the Omicron variant after a few days. In view of “the updated assessment of the situation,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz decided to do so, Bennett’s office announced on Thursday evening. The cell phone surveillance by the domestic … Read more
Great Britain and Israel want to work together more closely in the future and are calling for a tougher course in dealing with Iran. This was agreed on Monday by British Foreign Minister Liz Truss and her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid at a meeting in London. The areas for increased cooperation therefore include defense, trade, … Read more
Maryam Nuri Mohamed Amin was texting her fiancé, who lives in the UK, when the group’s boat started emptying on Wednesday. She was on her way to England to marry him. The 24-year-old was one of 27 people killed while attempting to get away from France to cross over to Great Britain. She tried to … Read more
“Especially now, when it is increasingly dark and cold again and the number of cases is rising again, we shouldn’t lose sight of people who are homeless and cannot adequately protect themselves from the cold or the pandemic.” With these words, Natalie Kajzer from Düsseldorf sums up her motivation to take part in Mitzvah Day, … Read more
Arie Boomsma is infected with the corona virus. The presenter and gym owner is therefore quarantined at home, he writes on Instagram. “I tested positive last Friday. A niece asked if I was disappointed in my body. I replied that anyone can contract such a virus,” said Boomsma. “Think of all those Olympians who were … Read more
By comparing the corona access policy with the situation of the Jews in the thirties and forties of the last century, as Thierry Baudet does, no one can take it seriously anymore. That says Aron Vrieler of the Center for Information and Documentation Israel (CIDI) on Sunday in response to a tweet from Baudet. “From … Read more
His first patient was himself, said the American psychiatrist Aaron Temkin Beck, who revolutionized behavioral therapy in the 1960s. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1921, the youngest of three surviving children of Jewish immigrants from Russia. He broke his arm at the age of eight. Because sepsis developed, he had to stay … Read more
The Netherlands was one of the last countries where face masks were introduced. Reason: Jaap van Dissel did not believe that they had any effect. He sits next to it. Caps do help. NRC studied the scientific literature and the verdict is clear: do not expect miracles from mouth masks, but they do reduce the … Read more
A considerable number of corona patients partially and usually temporarily lose their sense of smell. Scientists have now unraveled how this is possible. The good news is that the coronavirus does not affect the nerve cells of the olfactory organ. That makes it unlikely that brain tissue will be damaged by the virus or that … Read more