WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Teenagers who vape pot are more likely to wheeze and cough than those who smoke or vape nicotine, new survey data reveals. Reports from U.S. kids 12 to 17 show they have a higher risk of wheezing, suffering from a dry cough, andContinue Reading
Texas, Mississippi Drop Mask Mandates Texas has lifted its mask mandate and all businesses can reopen next Wednesday with no seating limits, Gov. Gregg Abbott announced Tuesday. Abbott’s moves came as federal health officials have cautioned governors against easing restrictions because nationwide progress against the COVID-19 pandemic has plateaued inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Could endless hours spent scrolling through social media and watching TV trigger binge eating in preteens? Apparently so, new research suggests. “Children may be more prone to overeating while distracted in front of screens. They may also be exposed to more food advertisementsContinue Reading
California Students Could Be Back in Classrooms by April New legislation could have many California’s public school students returning to classrooms by April. The plan announced Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders provides $2 billion to pay school districts that return select groups of students into schools byContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you decide to try pot to relieve your migraine, new research suggests you could be asking for trouble. In fact, marijuana use was linked to rebound headaches, which can occur when pain medication is overused, scientists noted. “This study shows that thereContinue Reading
AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Easy to Update in Response to Variants A COVID-19 vaccine still awaiting U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval may prove to be a powerful weapon in fighting the pandemic, according to its developers. The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was approved earlier this month by the World Health Organization toContinue Reading
Single Dose of Pfizer COVID Vaccine Highly Effective in Previously Infected People A single dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine provides strong protection against the new coronavirus in people who’ve already been infected, two new British studies say. The findings provide strong support to experts who say that people who’veContinue Reading
COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Planning for Variants Pfizer and BioNTech say they plan to update their original COVID-19 vaccine and also test a third booster shot in order to prepare for the possibility that new coronavirus variants may be more resistant to the vaccine. “We are taking multiple steps to actContinue Reading
New Coronavirus Variant Surging in California A coronavirus variant first identified in California is more contagious than previous forms of the virus and is spreading across the state, two new studies show. One of them found that compared to other variants, this variant produces twice as many viral particles insideContinue Reading
Transplant Recipient Dies After Receiving COVID-19-Infected Lungs A Michigan woman died of COVID-19 after receiving a double-lung transplant from a donor infected with the new coronavirus, a newly published case study says. It may be the first confirmed time in the United States that the virus was transmitted via anContinue Reading
Listeria Outbreak Spurs Recall of Queso Fresco cheeses All Queso Fresco cheeses made by El Abuelito Cheese, Inc. have been recalled after being linked to a listeria outbreak in four states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. There have been seven illnesses so far reported, with four in Maryland,Continue Reading
U.S. to Provide $4 Billion for International COVID-19 Vaccine Program The United States will soon start providing $4 billion for COVAX, an international program to buy and distribute coronavirus vaccines to poor countries. White House officials said President Joe Biden will make the announcement Friday at a G-7 meeting, andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There’s no evidence that the new coronavirus can spread through food or food packaging, U.S. health officials say. Of the more than 100 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide, there hasn’t been any epidemiological evidence of food or food packaging as the source ofContinue Reading
Many U.S. Troops Refusing COVID-19 Vaccination Thousands of U.S. military personnel are refusing or delaying COVID-19 vaccination, even as service members are being deployed to help give shots at vaccination centers nationwide. Up to two-thirds of troops who were offered the vaccine have accepted the shots, “very early data” show,Continue Reading