TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s okay for American children to go trick-or-treating this Halloween, Dr. Anthony Fauci says. During an appearance on CNN‘s State of the Union on Sunday, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert said trick-or-treating is an outdoor activity where there’s less risk of coronavirusContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A drowning child has a much lower risk of severe disability or death if a bystander steps in, even without cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), new research finds. “Bystanders play a critical role in preventing poor outcomes in childhood drowning by instituting safe, early andContinue Reading
More than half of Americans surveyed may not get flu shot. With last year’s flu season being a no-show, people’s immunity to the sometimes serious disease is waning, experts warn. That’s why it’s worrying that a new poll finds 44% of Americans saying they either won’t get a flu shotContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Use of stimulants among college students was once thought to be a problem among high achievers seeking energy and focus to study. Not so, according to new research that links misuse of these so-called “study drugs” to binge drinking and marijuana use. TheContinue Reading
Over 140,000 U.S. children have lost a caregiver to COVID-19. New CDC data shows that between April 2020 and July 2021, 1 in 4 fatal cases of COVID-19 left a child without a parent or other caregiver. Overall, about 1 in 500 U.S. kids have been affected in this way.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — You might think that wildfires in the western United States would only affect folks in places like Colorado, California or Oregon. But a new study estimates that three-quarters of smoke-related deaths and visits to the emergency room for asthma in the United StatesContinue Reading
U.S. murder rate jumped a record 30% during pandemic. New CDC statistics show that the rate at which Americans lost their lives to homicide rose by almost a third during the first year of the pandemic — the biggest one-year increase ever. Read more Tree rings tell tale of bigger,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The rings of stately pines on the coasts of North and South Carolina offer telling long-term evidence of climate change and a chilling forecast for the future. The upshot: The last 300 years have gotten wetter and wetter, making hurricanes ever more dangerous.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Drug and alcohol abuse increase the risk of breakthrough COVID-19 infection as well as severe illness and death among fully vaccinated people, a new study shows. “First and foremost, vaccination is highly effective for people with substance use disorders, and the overall riskContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Medtronic has expanded a recall of its MiniMed 600 series insulin pumps to include more than 463,000 of the devices. The pumps may deliver incorrect dosing of insulin and the recall has been identified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Even in normal times, getting regular exercise and spending less time on screens can be good for kids. So it should come as no surprise that researchers discovered that kids who exercised more and used technology less during the pandemic had better mentalContinue Reading
Dr. Francis Collins announces retirement as head of NIH. The 71-year-old ushered in such milestones as the mapping of the human genome and is the longest-serving director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Read more Study finds Pfizer vaccine prevents severe COVID over 6 months. A major study ofContinue Reading
New, better antivirals against COVID-19 are on the way. On Friday, drug giant Merck announced it would seek FDA emergency use approval for a powerful new antiviral, molnupiravir. At least two more such drugs that target the SARS-CoV-2 virus are in the pipeline from other companies, and could save thousandsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In a health emergency, social media giants like Facebook can be both quagmires of misinformation and sources of social support and reliable guidance, a small, new study suggests. Researchers surveyed 32 Facebook users weekly for eight weeks. All were asked about their onlineContinue Reading