FRIDAY, Feb. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The greatest threat from COVID-19 has been for Black and Hispanic Americans, who are three times more likely to be hospitalized and about twice as likely to die from an infection with the novel coronavirus, compared with white people. Now, street-level community groupsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Children have largely been spared severe COVID-19 infection, and new research hints at why. In the study, children’s immune systems attacked the new coronavirus faster and more aggressively than adults’ immune systems did, the findings showed. The researchers analyzed blood samples from 48Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — You finally managed to score an appointment to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus and you’re a little nervous about side effects, so taking a painkiller right before you get your shot seems like a smart idea. Not so fast, says the U.S.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Two of the world’s leading coronavirus vaccines don’t work as well against a more contagious South African variant, though both did manage to neutralize the virus, two new studies show. But experts pointed out that what level of neutralization is needed to actuallyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Every American who wants a coronavirus vaccine should be able to get one by the end of July, President Joe Biden said Tuesday. His message, delivered during a town hall meeting hosted by CNN, was more optimistic than one he delivered last weekContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Schoolyard bullies have been making life difficult for kids for eons, often causing lasting damage to their victims. Now, new research shows these bullies can also suffer lasting consequences as they age. Bullies may be more likely to abuse drugs, alcohol and tobaccoContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When New York City was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic last spring in the United States, nearby Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital was treating more than 400 COVID-19 patients at one time, remembers Dr. Aaron Glatt. Infectious disease experts had warned forContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A massive winter storm that has crippled much of the United States has also brought much of the country’s coronavirus vaccination campaign to a halt. Clinics have closed and vaccine shipments have been stalled as snow, ice and frigid temperatures have grounded planesContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. nursing homes have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the toll on Black and Hispanic residents has been especially harsh, a new study confirms. Researchers found that COVID-19 death rates were more than three times higher at U.S. nursing homes withContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Getting bitten by a dog or wild animal is frightening, especially for kids, but a new study may help relieve some of the worry about catching rabies. The rabies prevention treatment KEDRAB is safe and effective for patients 17 and younger, a groundbreakingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As pot gains in acceptance among adults, teenagers appear to be more tempted to try it, a new study out of California finds. After the state legalized marijuana use for adults in 2016, teens’ use of the drug also climbed after years ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Even as efforts to vaccinate Americans gain steam, more evidence has emerged that suggests a coronavirus variant already known to spread faster is also likely to be more deadly. The B.1.1.7 variant, which is thought to have originated in Britain, is already firmlyContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The risk of death from COVID-19 is more than triple that from seasonal flu, researchers in Canada say. Their findings are similar to recent studies from the United States and France. The study was published Feb. 10 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For parents with questions about COVID-19 vaccines and children, Johns Hopkins Medicine experts offer answers. While vaccinations for adults are underway in the United States, clinical trials for the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration-authorized COVID-19 vaccines haven’t yet been completed for childrenContinue Reading