“So it’s almost like a new flu out there and it’s not going away. We are going to have to deal with it,” said Lathrop. “It affects everybody in different ways.” While ER visits for COVID increased 14.7% in the past week na...
For Zhao and many others in the central Chinese city, these moments of peace are like the rainbow after a storm. They would not have had the pleasure of enjoying this traditional noodle dish in such a leisurely fashion, had an uphill battle not been won against the fast-spreading novel cor...
Noting the irony, one CPM said: “Now, after persecuting midwives like me, you want me during a pandemic!” (Davis-Floyd et al., 2020). Importantly, “focusing events do not guarantee an opportunity for policy change” (O’Donovan, 2017); thus future research will have to assess if ...
They showed that the fatality rate from COVID-19 started increasing after the age of 60 years in Italy, Spain, and the USA35,36. There is also a study on children with a median age of 7 years in China (April 1, 2020) in which most of the cases were male (not significant, though...
but things are about a week behind where they should be. And what we do this week will define the next 6. From what I'm hearing from travelers, our airports are not yet up to par in terms of screening, or giving out info. We'll be far better off if we do the right thing ...
Meanwhile, Hurst is struggling to make ends meet. In addition to Medicaid health benefits, she receives public assistance via food stamps. Her credit cards are "getting maxed out." "I don't know if it's for the rest of my life or not," Hurst said of feeling long Covid symptoms. ...
The strain also does not have large amounts of worrying changes, unlike some previously highly-mutated variants that have raised alarm in years past. However, the swift change in circulating variants has resulted in the Food and Drug Administrationthis weekdelaying a key step in its process for...
Anthony Fauci, have for weeks been urging more Americans to opt for additional protection as they prepare to travel and gather with friends and family for this week's U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. After about two months of declining infections, the United States has reported ...
Sleep is a simple way to bolster the immune system against colds, influenza, and other respiratory infections.
contagious. For best results, it may be better to delay a booster for at least three months after symptoms started. Infection itself probably already acted like a booster; studies have shown that people have a relatively low risk of getting sick again for about three months after they recover...