THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he has named Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, to replace Jeff Zients as the country’s COVID-19 coordinator when Zients leaves his post next month. In a statement about Jha’sContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Could a reset of your cells bring you the fountain of youth? Maybe so, if a new study testing the technique in mice ever pans out in humans. Cells in older people and animals have different patterns of chemicals along their DNA —Continue Reading
MONDAY, March 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As the COVID surge driven by the Omicron variant wanes, New York City announced that it will lift most of its pandemic restrictions. “We have to get our economy back on track,” Mayor Eric Adams said on Friday, CBS News reported. As ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Your blood type may strongly influence your risk of severe COVID-19, new research suggests. After screening more than 3,000 blood proteins, scientists linked six with an increased risk of severe COVID-19 and found eight that could help protect against severe disease. One ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Is the unmasking of America at hand? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that most Americans can now shed their face coverings in indoor public settings, because the agency has changed how it measures the threat of coronavirus inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to announce Friday that most Americans can shed their masks in indoor public settings, as the agency changes how it measures the threat of coronavirus in local communities. Until now, case counts haveContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — At least 5.2 million children worldwide have lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19, and researchers say urgent action is needed to help them. “We estimate that for every person reported to have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, one childContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An increase in telemedicine during the pandemic and easier access to prescription drugs to end a pregnancy may help explain why more than half of U.S. abortions are now done with a combination of medicines instead of surgery, researchers report. The percentage ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Emergency rooms across the country have seen a surge in the number of teenage girls dealing with eating and other disorders, including anxiety, depression and stress, during the pandemic, a new government report shows. The report offers up compelling evidence about the kindsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Masks will no longer be required for fully vaccinated visitors at Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida as of Thursday, Walt Disney Co. announced. The company, which does not require proof of vaccination to get into its parks, said the decisionContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Healthy, unvaccinated adults who get COVID are unlikely to be symptom-free, according to a new study that challenges other research suggesting that asymptomatic infection is common. “Some studies suggest that asymptomatic infection may occur as often as 50% of the time,” but theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could ease its indoor masking guidance as early as next week. The agency is weighing a new benchmark for whether masks are needed, basing it on the level of severe disease and hospitalizations in aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Fully vaccinated U.S. workers at Amazon and Walmart will no longer have to wear masks unless local or state laws require them. Walmart’s announcement last Friday to its 1.6 million U.S. workers said masks will still be required for unvaccinated staff and thoseContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday gave the nod for a new monoclonal antibody treatment that works against the Omicron variant. The emergency use authorization for bebtelovimab is for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patientsContinue Reading