TUESDAY, April 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — At least four people in Michigan infected with a version of the coronavirus found mostly in mink are the first known cases of possible animal-to-human transmission of the virus in the United States. The cases occurred in the first year of the pandemicContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The heart inflammation that followed COVID-19 shots in some teens and young adults is rare and a new study affirms that your risk is extremely low. Inflammation of the heart muscle (myopericarditis) is most often caused by viruses but can also occur afterContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People with substance abuse disorders, depression and other mental health conditions may be at higher risk for COVID-19 — even when they are fully vaccinated, new research suggests. “Individuals with psychiatric disorders, and especially older adults with psychiatric disorders, may be particularly vulnerableContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 is mainly known as a respiratory ailment, but a new study suggests the coronavirus can infect your intestinal tract for weeks and months after you’ve cleared the bug from your lungs. In the study about 1 out of 7 COVID patients continuedContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is investigating an unexplained increase in severe liver infection in children around the world including in the United States and the United Kingdom. The severe acute hepatitis cases have led to hospitalizations and even some liver transplants, butContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine may have some slight advantages over the Pfizer shot, new research suggests. For the study, researchers tracked antibody levels in 234 people for 10 months after they received either the two-dose Pfizer (114 people) or Moderna (114 people) mRNA vaccines,Continue Reading
MONDAY, April 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health care workers were most likely to be infected with COVID-19 at work during the pandemic’s first year, according to a new study that challenges previous research suggesting their risk was highest off the job. Researchers said their findings could help guideContinue Reading
SUNDAY, April 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you’re one of the many people with long COVID, an expert offers advice on how to tackle it. The first step: Give yourself time to recover. “One thing we have seen repeatedly is that patients push themselves too hard while trying toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As doctors learn more about COVID-19 infection, they are finding that in rare cases, it appears tied to a disturbing eye condition. Retinal vein occlusion is a blockage of the small veins that carry blood away from the retina, which causes blurred vision.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People who suspect they may have COVID-19 could soon find out with a simple breath test that delivers results in three minutes. On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for a device called the InspectIR Covid-19 Breathalyzer.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Rising coronavirus infections in New York state appear to be driven by two new versions of the Omicron BA.2 variant, and may explain why the state has been the national coronavirus hot spot in recent weeks, state health officials said Wednesday. The twoContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Rates of gonorrhea are on the rise, and this sexually transmitted disease is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, raising fears of a potential superbug. Luckily, while there isn’t a vaccine against gonorrhea yet, an available meningitis vaccine may offer some protection against thisContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As the number of known coronavirus cases worldwide hit 500 million on Tuesday, health experts called for increased testing, vaccination and contact tracing. There’s been a sharp rise in known cases so far this year, from 300 million in early January to 400Continue Reading
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Immune system-triggered inflammation is the likely reason for the loss of smell reported by many COVID-19 patients, a new study finds. “As a neuropathologist, I wondered why smell loss is a very common symptom with COVID-19 but not with other respiratory diseases,” saidContinue Reading