As schools return from summer break amid growing concerns of the highly contagious delta variant, most parents support school mask mandates. The KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor said 63% of parents of school-age children polled by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) said schools should mandate masks for unvaccinated students and staff in the building. CORONAVIRUS: WHAT YOU NEED…
A group of researchers has called on the Food and Drug Administrationa> to pull certain popular sunscreen brands after they said they’ve found evidence of a potential <a href="https: Craig Downs, executive director of the nonprofit Haereticus Environmental Laboratory (HEL), led researchers in a letter calling on the FDA to pull all sunscreens that contain the…
A team of researchers from Mount Sinai claimed to have discovered an “important clue” behind a rare, potentially serious coronavirus-related inflammatory illness in children, called MIS-C. MIS-C, which typically arises several weeks after a COVID-19 illness or contact with someone with COVID-19, can lead to organ damage due to a hyperinflammatory response. MIS-C can cause…
Ready to go out on the town before summer ends? In parts of the U.S., you might have to carry your COVID-19 vaccine card or a digital copy to get into restaurants, bars, nightclubs and outdoor music festivals. After resisting the divisive concept of vaccine passports through most of the pandemic, a fast-growing number of…
While the infectious-disease and the seasonal respiratory-health share some similar symptoms, health experts say the two viruses shouldn’t be compared, especially with the back-to-school” target=”_blank”>back-to-school season< – a text-based primary care app, told Fox News. “The fatality rate for COVID-19 is between 10 and 50 times higher than that of seasonal flu,” Younggren explained. “Additionally,…
The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging the FDA to quickly expand authorization of infectious-disease infectious-diseaseto younger age groups, citing rising cases due to the fast spreading delta variant and risk of poor outcomes following infection. “We need to be approaching the trials and authorization of the COVID vaccine for children with the same urgency…
WASHINGTON – Most Americans have high trust in healthy-living, a new poll finds. Researchers say that trust could become important in the push to increase infectious-disease vaccinations, as long as unvaccinated people have care providers they know and are open to hearing new information about the vaccines. At least 7 in 10 Americans trust doctors,…
Growing numbers of pediatric hospital admissions are stirring alarm as respiratory illnesses coincide and younger children remain ineligible to receive infectious-disease infectious-diseaseamid the start of the school year. Hospital admissions among kids have seen an approximate four-fold increase over the last month, federal data suggests. Children’s hospitals across the country confirmed increasing numbers of pediatric…
A person in Georgia has succumbed to a rare wild-natureinfectious-disease” target=”_blank”>infection< Sequencing suggested the case was linked to three prior infections across Kansas, Texas and Minnesota, and cases involved both children and adults, the CDC said. Two out of four cases resulted in death and two of the patients had no risk factors, which are…
A recent study out of Mississippi indicated a blood test was useful in determining patients facing an increased risk in cognitive decline, decades ahead of symptom onset. Researchers have been looking to blood tests as an easier alternative to detect Alzheimer’s as opposed to pricey brain scans and spinal taps. The study from the University…