As STDs proliferate, companies rush to market at-home test kits. But are they reliable?

Among the more remarkable legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry, and consumers moved to make at-home testing a reliable tool for managing a public health crisis. But that fast-track focus is missing from another, less publicized epidemic: an explosion in sexually transmitted diseases that can cause chronic … Read more

1,000 survival kits prepared for breast cancer patients

From the moment of diagnosis. “This year alone, we will have over 2,000 breast cancer survivors in Nebraska or Western Iowa,” said Shawn McCarville, marketing and programming coordinator with Project Pink’d. Through each step of the journey, Project Pink’d is there, providing comfort during a hard time. “You’re not alone,” Anne Friedrichsen, a breast cancer … Read more

‘Survival kits’ in lifts: Kyiv residents get creative amid power cuts

When near-daily rolling blackouts began in his Kyiv apartment block, Taras Logginov knew anyone getting stuck in the lifts of the 17-storey building would appreciate some basic supplies to help them through the ordeal. With Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power infrastructure now wreaking havoc on the hundreds of high rises in the capital Logginov and … Read more

World Cup 2022 kits revealed: England announce tournament attire, Wales launch new home and away shirts | Football News

With World Cup 2022 now only two months away, kit suppliers have been flurrying to get all 32 nations decked out in time for Qatar. Here’s the ones released so far… Group A Qatar Supplier: Nike Image: Nike unveil 2022 national team kits – Qatar (credit: Nike) Ecuador Supplier: marathon Senegal Supplier: Puma Puma say … Read more

Sportswear giant releases lineup of kits for FIFA World Cup | Football News

Sportswear giant Adidas has released the home and away kits for the national teams of Argentina, Germany, Japan, Mexico and Spain ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup. The kits attempted to capture the spirit of each nation with design features influenced by key cultural touchpoints. The colour spectrums represent each unique national identity, with … Read more

Indian pharma cos to develop monkeypox vaccines, drugs and testing kits

While few antiviral drugs and smallpox vaccines are the current management options for Monkeypox disease, the Indian pharmaceutical industry is considering developing new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics after the entry of the viral disease into the country. With India already having reported four cases of Monkeypox, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), … Read more