WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A simple nasal swab might help doctors predict the severity of a person’s COVID infection, a new study suggests. More than 70% of people with mild or moderate COVID develop certain antibodies in their nasal cavities that are linked to fewer symptoms, betterContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In election results that showed protecting women’s reproductive freedoms matter to a majority of Americans, abortion rights measures passed in seven states and failed in three. Missouri, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New York, Maryland and Montana all backed those rights, while such amendments wereContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be stabilizing in the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak. The World Health Organization first declared the mpox outbreak a global healthContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People with diabetes face a number of health challenges related to their chronic condition, and loss of vision due to retinal damage is one of them. “Diabetes can silently damage a person’s most precious sense, their sight, before symptoms even appear. That’s whyContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In what may be a first for the United States, a regional public health department in Idaho will no longer provide COVID-19 vaccines, following a close vote by its board. “I’m not aware of anything else like this,” said Adriane Casalotti, chief ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Don’t automatically throw out that old COVID-19 at-home test you just came across in your medicine cabinet. It might still be good, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Some over-the-counter COVID tests have had their expiration dates extended beyond the dateContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new report shows the number of women getting abortions in the United States has actually increased since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Since March 2023, the #WeCount report found a small, consistent increase in abortion rates. In the firstContinue Reading
SUNDAY, Oct. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Youth sports deliver all kinds of health benefits, both mental and physical, but young athletes can still get hurt. Every year, more than 3.5 million U.S. kids are treated for sports-related injuries. The most common injuries include sprained ankles, broken bones, concussions, torn or stretched ligaments and broken orContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A Dallas doctor has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for allegedly providing transgender care to nearly two dozen minors in violation of state law. In the lawsuit filed Thursday, Paxton claimed that Dr. May Chi Lau, who specializes in adolescentContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Retired tennis legend Serena Williams has had a cyst on her neck “the size of a grapefruit” surgically removed and is in recovery, she announced Wednesday on social media. In May, “I found this big mass on my neck,” Williams, 43, said. “I wasContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Some people might have Long COVID symptoms because the coronavirus is still active inside their bodies, a new study finds. People with wide-ranging Long COVID symptoms were twice as likely to have SARS-CoV-2 proteins in their blood, indicating a persistent infection, researchers found.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cases of a tick-borne parasitic disease have steadily increased in recent years, a new study shows. Rates of babesiosis increased an average 9% a year in the United States between 2015 and 2022, researchers reported in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Further,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As health officials work furiously to stem the spread of Marburg virus in Rwanda, U.S. health officials announced Monday that all passengers flying from that country to the United States will soon be screened for the often deadly disease. “Starting the week ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — So much for the idea that most people born today will live 100 years or more. New research shows that the dramatic increases in life expectancy seen during the 19th and 20th centuries have slowed considerably. In the world’s longest-living populations, life expectancyContinue Reading