Satellite images reveal one-third of US rivers have changed in color from blue to green and yellow

Thousands of rivers across the US have significantly changed color over the last 36 years, a new study reveals. A team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed 235,000 satellite images taken from 1984 through 2018 and found one-third of rivers have transitioned from blue to green and yellow. More than half … Read more

One-third of US hospitals surpassed 90% capacity in ICUs last week, HHS data reveals 

Rising coronavirus cases and deaths are causing beds in US hospitals to fill up much more quickly than expected. On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released facility-level data from more than 2,000 counties for the first time since the pandemic began. It revealed that one in three intensive care units (ICUs) … Read more

More than ONE-THIRD of children with coronavirus have NO symptoms of the infection

More than one-third of children who contract coronavirus are asymptomatic, a new study suggests.  Researchers found that about 36 percent of children did not experience classic  symptoms of COVID-19 such as cough, fever or shortness of breath. Additionally, while the the most common signs among symptomatic children who tested positive were cough and runny nose, … Read more

Up to ONE-THIRD of people believe unproven theories that the coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab

Up to one-third of people believe the coronavirus was engineered in a laboratory in Wuhan, China – where the pandemic originated, a new study suggests.  Researchers found that around 23 percent of people in the UK and the US believe the unproven conspiracy theory and labeled it as ‘reliable’ information. In Ireland, the number jumped … Read more

Hospital admissions for strokes fell by ONE-THIRD during coronavirus lockdowns, study finds 

Fewer people sought medical care for strokes during the height of the coronavirus pandemic compared to the same period last year, a new study dhows.   Researchers found that hospital admissions fell by almost one-third in March and April of 2020 compared to the matching two months in 2019. Additionally, stroke alerts – defined as stroke … Read more

Nearly one-third of all American high school students used e-cigarettes in 2019, CDC finds 

Nearly one-third of American high school students said they used e-cigarettes in 2019, a new report finds.  Last year, 32.7 percent said they vaped, which is more than double the 13.2 percent who reported vaping two years ago in 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  revealed on Friday.  Additionally, overall use was up with 36.5 percent … Read more

Government plans to end automatic one-third reduction for guilty pleas

Government plans to end automatic one-third reduction for guilty pleas if the suspect is ‘bang to rights’ before they get to court after outcry over sentences for PC Harper’s killers Govt. considering to scrap reduced jail sentences for ‘bang to rights’ criminals  Follows backlash after one of PC Andrew Harper’s killers had sentence slashed  Ministers … Read more

Up to ONE-THIRD of all coronavirus antibody tests may come back as false negatives, study finds

Up to ONE-THIRD of all coronavirus antibody tests may come back as false negatives, study finds Researchers looked at 40 studies analyzing coronavirus antibody tests, which determine if someone has previously been infected Sensitivity rates, meaning the rate at which tests come back positive, ranged from 66% to 97.8% This means between 2.2% and more than … Read more

One-third of Americans say they WON’T get vaccinated against the coronavirus, new survey finds

More than 30 percent of Americans say they won’t be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus once a jab is developed, a new survey suggests. The report, from PR firm Bospar, found that one-third of adults did not trust being immunized against the virus that has killed more than 69,000 in the US.   Among age groups, … Read more

Experimental vaccine clears up cervical pre-cancer lesions and HPV infection in one-third of women

A new vaccine cleared up HPV infections in women who had precancerous lesions on their cervix – preventing it from developing, according to a new study. The shot injects a protein that triggers the immune system to attack precancerous changes in the cervix, specifically lesions known as CIN. About one-third of women who had the most … Read more