Health Highlights: Sept. 11, 2020
2020-09-14
Trump Appointees Interfering With CDC Reports on Pandemic
Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Resumes
Canada Reports No New COVID-19 Deaths For First Time in Six Months
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Health Highlights: Sept. 10, 2020
2020-09-10
Nearly 800 U.S. Children Have Developed COVID-Related Condition: CDC
Teachers Have Died From COVID in at Least Three States
Wrestlers’ Lawsuit Against WWE Dismissed by Appeals Court
Pandemic Threatens Gains in Reducing Preventable Childhood Deaths
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More Are Turning to Pot When Depressed – But Does It Help or Harm?
2020-09-10
THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Folks struggling with depression are much more likely to turn to marijuana to ease their symptoms these days, and that’s not necessarily a good thing, researchers report. Depressed people are more than twice as likely to have used pot within the last monthContinue Reading
Health Highlights: Sept. 9, 2020
2020-09-09
Pandemic Threatens Gains in Reducing Preventable Childhood Deaths
Clinical Trial of AstraZeneca Coronavirus Vaccine Paused After Illness
New COVID-19 Test Provides Results in 15 Minutes
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Health Highlights: Sept. 8, 2020
2020-09-08
States Should Prepare for COVID Vaccine by Nov. 1: U.S. Surgeon General
Biden Says He’d Get Approved Coronavirus Vaccine Immediately
No Evidence That Food is Source of Coronavirus Transmission: Experts
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Health Highlights: Sept. 4, 2020
2020-09-04
Science Not Yet Advanced Enough for Genetic Editing of Embryos: Expert Panel
CDC Refutes Social Media Rumors That COVID Death Data Is Inaccurate
Another Trump Appointee Booted From FDA
In-Person Social Visits to Resume at U.S. Prisons in October
First COVID-19 Death Linked to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Americans Now More Likely to Get COVID-19 Vaccine: Poll
Trump Denies Claim He Suffered Mini-Strokes
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Health Highlights: Sept. 3, 2020
2020-09-03
Another Trump Appointee Booted From FDA
In-Person Social Visits to Resume at U.S. Prisons in October
First COVID-19 Death Linked to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Americans Now More Likely to Get COVID-19 Vaccine: Poll
Trump Denies Claim He Suffered Mini-Strokes
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Harmful Flame Retardants Detected in College-Classroom Dust
2020-09-03
THURSDAY, Sept. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Indoor spaces often contains harmful chemicals, say researchers who found high levels of toxic flame retardants in the dust of some U.S. college classrooms. The chemicals have been linked to thyroid disease, infertility, decreased IQ, cancer and other health problems. They were releasedContinue Reading
Health Highlights: Sept. 2, 2020
2020-09-02
Trump Denies Claim He Suffered Mini-Strokes
Coronavirus Antibody Levels Remain Stable for Months: Study
U.S. Won’t Join International Coronavirus Vaccine Effort
Uber Riders Will Have to Prove Mask Use
No Proof Convalescent Plasma Effective Against COVID-19: Experts
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Health Highlights: Sept. 1, 2020
2020-09-01
Flexible School Meals Program Extended by USDA
Sharing Resources With Family Members Could Extend Their Lives: Study
FDA Could Green Light COVID-19 Vaccines Before Clinical Trials Completed: Commissioner
Children Can Carry Coronavirus for Weeks Without Symptoms: Study
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Health Highlights: Aug. 31, 2020
2020-08-31
FDA Could Green Light COVID-19 Vaccines Before Clinical Trials Completed: Commissioner
Children Can Carry Coronavirus for Weeks Without Symptoms: Study
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Booze, Drug Use Common at Virtual Parties During Pandemic
2020-08-31
MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Drug use is common among people taking part in virtual raves and happy hours during the coronavirus pandemic, a new study finds. “We explored whether stay-at-home orders changed how people use drugs — and it appears that drug use during virtual gatherings isContinue Reading
Health Highlights: Aug. 28, 2020
2020-08-28
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Peaches Has Now Sickened 78 People in 12 States: CDC
FDA Warns About Hand Sanitizers in Food-Like Packaging
Maine Summer Camps Identified, Isolated COVID-19 Cases
U.S. Nursing Home Staff Must Be Tested Regularly for COVID: White House
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Health Highlights: Aug. 27, 2020
2020-08-27
Maine Summer Camps Identified, Isolated COVID-19 Cases
U.S. Nursing Home Staff Must Be Tested Regularly for COVID: White House
Polio Eradicated in Africa: WHO
Changes to CDC’s COVID-19 Testing Guidelines Trigger Concern
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