FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Spit and scan. That’s all you have to do, and in less than an hour, you can not only find out if you have COVID-19 but what variant you have, all without leaving your home. This is the hope and promise of aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The Delta variant is proving just as infectious for children as for everyone else, with pediatric cases surging in some parts of the United States, pediatricians and children’s hospitals say. However, it’s not clear yet whether the variant is any harsher on kidsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — I think I’ve had COVID-19 already, so do I really need two doses of vaccine? It’s a question millions of people around the world are asking, and now a small, new study finds that people who know they were infected with SARS-CoV-2 inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Worried about low vaccination rates among the young as the new school year looms, the White House on Thursday unveiled a new initiative to get shots into the arms of more students. The push will include enlisting pediatricians to make COVID-19 vaccination partContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A little more than two out of every three people who have mild or moderate cases of COVID-19 will go on to develop long-term symptoms. That’s the troubling takeaway from a University of Arizona Health Sciences’ study launched in May 2020. “This isContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Scientists suspect that a century-old tuberculosis vaccine might be able to protect older adults against the worst ravages of COVID-19. The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine was first used in 1921, and is on the World Health Organization’s list of essential medicines. More thanContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The two HIV prevention drugs available in the United States are equally safe and effective, and the biggest difference between them is price, a new study contends. However, a sizable minority of patients have switched from the older and cheaper “preexposure prophylaxis” (PrEP)Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As doctors see more kids with COVID-19, some positive news has emerged: Only about 4% of children and teens have long-lasting COVID symptoms, a British study finds. The study confirms that COVID-19 tends to be a mild illness in children and that theyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Go ahead, put your credit card away: Handling cash and coins isn’t likely to give you COVID-19. European researchers treated various coins and paper money with different concentrations of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. A stainless steel surface was used as aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — All 11 million residents of the city of Wuhan will be tested for COVID-19 after three locally transmitted cases were reported in the city on Monday, Chinese officials said Tuesday. The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was first detected in Wuhan in 2019. “ToContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Exactly what symptoms of early COVID-19 infection you suffer may depend on both your age and gender, a new study finds. “As part of our study, we have been able to identify that the profile of symptoms due to COVID-19 differs from oneContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Americans who get their COVID-19 news and information solely from Facebook have much lower vaccination rates than the general population. That’s the takeaway from a new survey of nearly 20,700 people across the United States. The researchers asked them in June which ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In a sign that the pandemic may have spared pregnant women and their newborns, a new Canadian study suggests there was no increase in preterm births or stillbirths during the first year of the pandemic. Some studies found preterm birth rates in countriesContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Kids who are around people who use marijuana may be at risk for more colds and respiratory infections due to secondhand smoke, according to a new study. In a survey of 1,500 parents and caregivers, those who regularly smoked or vaped marijuana reportedContinue Reading