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‘I feel individuals are underestimating how unhealthy that is going to get’: Dr. Ashish Jha
The dean of Brown University's School of Public Health warned about the tough months ahead across the U.S. due to Covid, as new data shows people infected with the delta strain can carry up to 1,000 times more virus in their nasal passages…
Man receives life-saving intestinal transplant after bull assault
Caleb Brooks, Intestinal Transplant Recipient, Somerville, AL.
Madeline Johnson Brooks, wife of Caleb Brooks, Somerville, AL.
Anil Vaidya, transplant surgeon, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.…
CDC group weighs third shot for immunocompromised individuals
Geert Vanden Wijngaert | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA CDC advisory group is considering whether fully vaccinated Americans with compromised immune systems need a booster dose of a Covid vaccine after data shows they are less likely to have…
Pandemic is altering grocery looking for wealthy and poor
THURSDAY, July 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) - Changes in Americans' grocery shopping habits during the pandemic have exacerbated pre-existing gaps in food access, researchers report.
While many wealthier people moved…
Indonesia reported probably the most new Covid instances worldwide final week
A health care worker wearing personal protective equipment looks after a Covid-19 patient with an oxygen mask in a wheelchair outside the Bekasi public hospital.Vishnu Agung Prasetyo | SOPA pictures | LightRakete | Getty ImagesAccording…
Denied Assistant, U.S. Paralympian Drops Out of Video games
July 22, 2021 -- U.S. Paralympian Becca Meyers, a three-time gold medal swimmer who is deaf and blind, announced this week that she’s dropping out of the Tokyo Games.
Meyers said she made the decision because the…
Novartis CEO says Covid-related physician go to delays doubtless impacting most cancers analysis…
The health-care system is still seeing lower rates of diagnoses for certain conditions after the coronavirus pandemic kept non-Covid patients away from the hospital early on, Novartis CEO Vasant Narasimhan told CNBC on Wednesday."I think…
Why the 2nd Dose of Pfizer Vaccine Is So Essential
By Ernie Mundell and Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporters WEDNESDAY, July 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It takes two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to "wake up" cells that play a very important role in the body's immune response,…
WHO chief addresses IOC in Japan, warns of latest wave of Covid
World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will attend a daily press conference on COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, on March 11, 2020 at WHO headquarters in Geneva.Fabrice Coffrini |…
The best way to reset your sleep cycle
If you suffer from chronic insomnia, you have likely worked with your doctor or a sleep specialist to help you get more quality sleep. But sometimes life can thwart your best sleep plans. Travel, a newborn, shift work, and other…