Mar 23, 2021

[UPDATED at 1 p.m. ET] For employees of small businesses in Montana suddenly laid off during the covid-19 pandemic, maintaining health insurance coverage could be a struggle.   This story al...

Mar 22, 2021

FRIDAY, March 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A "loan" of 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be sent to Mexico (2.5 million doses) and Canada (1.5 million doses), the White House sa...

Mar 22, 2021

It’s been a long, dark winter of covid concerns, stoked by high post-holiday case counts and the American death tally exceeding 530,000 lives lost. But with three vaccines — Pfizer-BioNTech, Moder...

Mar 22, 2021

LONG BEACH — On a recent Thursday afternoon, Rhianna Alvarado struggled to don her protective gloves, which were too big for her petite hands. With her mom coaching her every move, she edged clo...

Mar 22, 2021

Acknowledging that chronic underfunding of public health contributed significantly to the nation’s fragmented response to the coronavirus pandemic, Democrats included more than $100 billion in the r...

Mar 19, 2021

“The level of asthma control among pediatric patients improved during the COVID-19 lockdown period, likely because of reduced exposure to typical asthma triggers due to the confinement,” the autho...

Mar 19, 2021

THURSDAY, March 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) has updated its guidelines regarding the risk for allergic reactions with COVID-19 vaccines....

Mar 19, 2021

THURSDAY, March 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A Florida baby is believed to be the first in the United States to be born with COVID-19 antibodies after the mother was vaccinated, doctors report. The...

Mar 19, 2021

THURSDAY, March 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Children not receiving in-person school instruction and their parents have worse mental, emotional, and physical health outcomes, according to research pub...

Mar 19, 2021

Regulators investigate reports of people getting blood clots after receiving the vaccine The World Health Organization weighed in on reports of venous thromboembolism (VTE) potentially linked to va...

Mar 19, 2021

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Mar 19, 2021

  This story also ran on USA Today. It can be republished for free. This spring, high school senior Nathan Kassis will play baseball in the shadow of covid-19 — wearing a neck gaiter under hi...

Mar 18, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 antibodies were found in the blood of about one in five donations from unvaccinated donors in the first week of March, American Red Cross data sh...

Mar 18, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- States are rapidly expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines as they race to meet President Joe Biden's deadline to have shots for all American adults b...

Mar 18, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Most people who receive the first Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine complete the series, almost always within the recommended interval, accordin...

Mar 18, 2021

Nearly half of parents polled noted new, worsening mental health symptoms in their children Covid-19 pandemic restrictions has taken a major emotional toll on U.S. teens, with nearly half of parent...

Mar 18, 2021

Study showed no protection against mild-to-moderate Covid-19 As more than a dozen countries throughout Europe have suspended use of the ChAdOx1 (Oxford-AstraZeneca) Covid-19 vaccine due to concerns...

Mar 18, 2021

Joan Phillips, a certified nursing assistant in a Florida nursing home, loved her job but dreaded the danger of going to work in the pandemic. When vaccines became available in December, she jumped at...

Mar 17, 2021

TUESDAY, March 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) with COVID-19 have a much higher rate of mortality than patients without COVID-19, according to a research letter ...

Mar 17, 2021

TUESDAY, March 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Prescribing of psychotropic drugs increased for residents of nursing homes in Ontario, Canada, from January-February 2020 to March-September 2020, according...