Apr 20, 2021

MONDAY, April 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Half of all Americans aged 18 years or older have now gotten at least one shot in the arm of a COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pre...

Apr 20, 2021

MONDAY, April 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The official global COVID-19 death toll surpassed 3 million this weekend, according to Johns Hopkins University data. But the actual number of people who ...

Apr 20, 2021

MONDAY, April 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Moderna says a third booster shot for its two-dose COVID-19 vaccine will be available in the United States by the fall. The announcement was made by compa...

Apr 19, 2021

FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 ups the risk for death with hemorrhagic stroke by more than twofold, according to a study published online April 14 in PLOS ONE. Vijay M. Ravindr...

Apr 19, 2021

FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccinated Americans will probably need booster shots to guard against emerging coronavirus variants in the future, a White House adviser and Pfizer said Thu...

Apr 19, 2021

FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For persons with a history of previous infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the neutralizing antibody titer is higher...

Apr 19, 2021

FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 death toll in Europe has surpassed 1 million, and it is seeing about 1.6 million new cases each week, a top World Health Organization official s...

Apr 19, 2021

FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The United States should support efforts to temporarily waive intellectual property rules so that nations struggling to vaccinate their populations against C...

Apr 19, 2021

Seropositive Marine recruits had an 80% lower infection rate in study A study involving more than 3,000 U.S. Marine Corps recruits confirmed that past infection with Covid-19 does not fully protect...

Apr 19, 2021

Four months into the largest U.S. vaccine rollout in decades, it’s become clear that the messaging surrounding covid-19 vaccination efforts is as important as the science behind them. That wa...

Apr 16, 2021

THURSDAY, April 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 infections have occurred in about 5,800 people in the United States who have been vaccinated against the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Contr...

Apr 16, 2021

THURSDAY, April 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There were more than 87,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States from October 2019 to September 2020, the highest of any one-year period since the nat...

Apr 16, 2021

Better ventilation may reduce viral spread, now and in the future As the Covid-19 pandemic drags onward, it might be time for public health leaders to focus their efforts on cutting airborne transm...

Apr 16, 2021

Two studies from U.K. researchers detail differences, similarities of this variant of concern Although the B.1.1.7. variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been shown to have both increased transmissib...

Apr 16, 2021

In a year when covid-19 shattered the pleas of so many who prayed for miracles, a Georgia man with two new lungs is among the fortunate. This story also ran on NBC News. I...

Apr 15, 2021

WEDNESDAY, April 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Among adults infected with COVID-19, those consistently meeting physical activity guidelines have a significantly reduced risk for severe COVID-19 outcome...

Apr 15, 2021

WEDNESDAY, April 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Geographic and temporal differences were identified in racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 hospitalization levels during 2020, according to research...

Apr 15, 2021

WEDNESDAY, April 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Moderna two-dose COVID-19 vaccine continues to provide strong protection against the new coronavirus six months after people have received their secon...

Apr 15, 2021

WEDNESDAY, April 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in firearm injuries in children younger than 12 years and in firearm injuries inflicted by childr...

Apr 15, 2021

This story also ran on USA Today. It can be republished for free. Mary Ann Steiner drove 2½ hours from her home in the St. Louis suburb of University City to the tiny Ozark town...