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Worried about traveling with unvaccinated kids? 6 questions answered on how to manage the risks
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Across the U.S., COVID-19 cases are rising again, primarily in unvaccinated populations. Most of these cases are due to the highly infectious […]
Daylight Saving Time Change Toughest on Night Owls
MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) If you struggle with the spring time change, your genes may be to blame, researchers report. They found that people […]
Iceland reimposes COVID restrictions after cases surge
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Iceland, one of the first nations in the world to lift all COVID restrictions for vaccinated tourists, on Friday announced new curbs […]
‘Superbug’ Candida Auris Fungus Spreads in US
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, July 23, 2021 An untreatable “superbug” fungus is spreading in a Washington, D.C., nursing home and two Dallas-area hospitals, the U.S. […]
The Delta Variant & U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Updates
Delta Variant Dominant in U.S. As of July 19, 2021, the Delta variant represents 57.6% of total U.S. COVID-19 cases. In some parts of the country, this […]
Who is being excluded by India’s vaccination strategy?
Credit: Ganesh Dhamodkar, Wikimedia Commons Of the 376 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that India had administered as of July 12, men had received 202 million, while […]
Prescriptions for U.S. Kids Declined During Pandemic
TUESDAY, July 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) Prescriptions for U.S. children fell by about one-quarter during the COVID-19 pandemic, with prescriptions for antibiotics alone plunging by more […]Europeans face travel woes as Covid reaches Olympic Village
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Europeans faced last-minute travel frustration on Saturday as the UK and France overhauled COVID-19 border restrictions to combat surging infections that threaten […]
‘Urgent Threat’ of COVID Vaccine Misinformation
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on Thursday called on tech companies, health care workers, journalists and […]
Antibiotics May Increase Risk of Colon Cancer, Particularly EOCRC
CRC Prevalence Colon cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates 104,270 new […]
HIV ‘significant’ risk factor for severe COVID: WHO
HIV (yellow) infecting a human immune cell. Credit: Seth Pincus, Elizabeth Fischer and Austin Athman, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health […]
AHA News: Genetic Problem Led to a Heart Transplant at 24. Her New Heart Has a Genetic Problem, Too.
WEDNESDAY, July 14, 2021 (American Heart Association News) At 13, Leilani Graham was running on the treadmill in her garage when she suddenly collapsed. Her mother, […]
The 3D technology that could revolutionize the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee
Osteoarthritis of the knee is not only associated with aging. It can also be caused by different stresses on the cartilage, such as a knee injury […]
U.S. Deaths From Cancer Continue to Decline
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) Americans’ overall death rate from cancer continues to fall — but rising rates of certain […]
Should I have my AstraZeneca booster shot at 8 weeks rather than 12? Here’s the evidence so you can decide
Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared to have made a “captain’s call” yesterday by encouraging people in New South Wales outbreak areas to have their AstraZeneca booster […]
AHA News: How to Eat Right and Save Money at the Same Time
Latest Nutrition, Food & Recipes News THURSDAY, July 8, 2021 (American Heart Association News) You want to eat healthy. You need to save cash. Can you […]
New signaling pathway could shed light on damage repair during brain injury
Fruit fly neurons. Credit: Torsten Bossing, University of Plymouth Most human cells are able to repair damage by dividing at wounds. But mature nerve cells (neurons) […]
Indonesia caught between surge and slow vaccine rollout
Men pray during the burial of a relative at Rorotan Cemetery which is reserved for those who died of COVID-19, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, July 1, […]
How Much Should the Delta Variant Worry You?
FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 The Delta variant of COVID-19 is upending any return to normalcy in some parts of the United States, with locales like Los […]
J&J Vaccine Guards Against Delta Variant, Company Says
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) Johnson & Johnson announced Thursday that its coronavirus vaccine is effective against the highly contagious […]
July 27, 2021
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Across the U.S., COVID-19 cases are rising again, primarily in unvaccinated populations. Most of these cases are due to the highly infectious […]
July 27, 2021
MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) If you struggle with the spring time change, your genes may be to blame, researchers report. They found that people […]
July 24, 2021
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Iceland, one of the first nations in the world to lift all COVID restrictions for vaccinated tourists, on Friday announced new curbs […]
July 24, 2021
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, July 23, 2021 An untreatable “superbug” fungus is spreading in a Washington, D.C., nursing home and two Dallas-area hospitals, the U.S. […]
July 21, 2021
Delta Variant Dominant in U.S. As of July 19, 2021, the Delta variant represents 57.6% of total U.S. COVID-19 cases. In some parts of the country, this […]
July 21, 2021
Credit: Ganesh Dhamodkar, Wikimedia Commons Of the 376 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that India had administered as of July 12, men had received 202 million, while […]
July 21, 2021
TUESDAY, July 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) Prescriptions for U.S. children fell by about one-quarter during the COVID-19 pandemic, with prescriptions for antibiotics alone plunging by more […]
July 18, 2021
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Europeans faced last-minute travel frustration on Saturday as the UK and France overhauled COVID-19 border restrictions to combat surging infections that threaten […]
July 17, 2021
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on Thursday called on tech companies, health care workers, journalists and […]