California Won’t Ease Mask Rules For at Least a Month It will be at least another month before California loosens its mask rules, the state’s health director said Monday. Residents will have to keep wearing masks and social distancing indoors until June 15, the date when Gov. Gavin Newsom hasContinue Reading
Ohio Lottery Will Award $1 Million to Five Vaccinated Residents In an effort to boost COVID-19 vaccination numbers, Ohio officials said they will hold a weekly lottery in which five adult residents who have received at least their first dose of a vaccine will receive $1 million each. “Two weeksContinue Reading
Most Japanese Want Olympic Games Delayed or Canceled: Poll More than 8 in 10 people in Japan don’t want their country to host the Olympics this summer, according to a poll conducted on the weekend as the nation combats a fourth COVID-19 wave. The Tokyo Games are scheduled to beginContinue Reading
SATURDAY, May 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you live in the path of hurricanes , the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging you to be prepared. Deaths from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, fires and electric shock are common during severe weather events, according to the CPSC. HurricaneContinue Reading
Many Hispanic Americans Want to Get COVID-19 Vaccine, But Haven’t Some of the lowest U.S. COVID-19 vaccination rates are among Hispanics, but not because they don’t want the vaccine, according to a new survey, the New York Times reported Thursday. Rather, the low vaccination rates are the result of misinformationContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) – A good movie can be more than mere entertainment: It can also help you feel more prepared to tackle life’s challenges and be a better person, a new study suggests. This may be why folks sometimes choose films with difficult subjects or thoseContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When the COVID-19 pandemic kept young kids indoors, their time spent watching TV and other screens rose dramatically. That’s the finding of a new study that investigated the screen time of kindergarteners from low-income families in Ohio. The researchers found that their useContinue Reading
It’s OK to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Along With Other Shots: CDC The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that COVID-19 vaccines can be given along with other childhood shots, CNN reported Wednesday. Doctors had been cautioned to not give the COVID-19 vaccine within two weeks of anyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Contrary to misleading reports spread on social media, a new study finds the COVID-19 vaccine does no damage to the placenta in pregnancy. In a study of placentas from patients who were vaccinated for COVID-19 during pregnancy, researchers found no evidence of anyContinue Reading
American Medical Association Vows to Confront Racism Among Doctors The AMA has released a plan on Tuesday to confront structural racism inside the organization and the entire U.S. medical establishment. The plan has been in the works for over a year. The plan has taken on urgency as the pandemicContinue Reading
95-Year-Old Becomes Oldest U.S. Organ Donor The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) President and CEO Susan Stuart said Monday that CORE is “incredibly proud to have been able to make this historic organ donation possible. This landmark in the field of transplantation is just another example of CORE’sContinue Reading
CDC Revises Website Info on How COVID-19 Spreads The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday changed its website guidance on how coronavirus spreads, emphasizing that it’s mainly transmitted through the air, not on surfaces. “COVID-19 spreads when an infected person breathes out droplets and very small particlesContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Looking for a morale boost or some solid encouragement? If so, socializing the old-fashioned way — live and in-person — will likely do more to lift your spirits than online interactions, new research suggests. It’s the key takeaway from a survey of moreContinue Reading
U.S. Likely to Achieve July 4 COVID-19 Vaccination Target, But Challenges Remain It’s likely that the United States will achieve President Joe Biden’s target of having at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of 70% of adults by July 4, but there could be challenges laterContinue Reading