HARTFORD, Conn. – With U.S. health officials recommending that healthy-living mask up in school this fall, parents and policy makers across the nation have been plunged anew into a debate over whether face coverings should be optional or a mandate. The delta variant of the infectious-disease now threatens to upend normal instruction for a third…
Parents can ease healthy-living transition to infectious-disease after months of virtual schooling, depending on the district, through clear talks over safety guidelines, structured sleep schedules, validating worries and addressing grief after a tumultuous year, experts told Fox News. CLICK HERE TO FIND A COVID-19 VACCINE NEAR YOU Kids are going to have a lot of…
Six passengers who sailed on a Royal Caribbean ship tested positive for infectious-disease near the end of their generaland were immediately quarantined, the company said Friday. The passengers – four adults and two minors – were on the Adventure of the Seas ship for a 7-day trip that left the world-regionslast Saturday and returned on…
Health officials in some areas of the country have sounded the alarm over increasing rates of hospitalizations among healthy-living infectious-disease patients, but whether the risk for this population has changed due to emerging variants like delta remains unclear. “Since the delta variant is more contagious than the original virus, more kids will become infected if other layers of…
An Arkansas woman and her husband have been accused of a rare psychiatric disorder behind the life-threatening abuse and neglect they inflicted on their adopted son, according to public court documents. Kristy and Erik Schneider were accused of Munchausen by proxy, or factitious disorder, the court documents show. The syndrome relates to when a child’s…
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The infectious-disease pandemic has had a profound impact on mental health, with a new study suggesting that feelings of paranoia might be associated with mask mandates. Yale University researchers, who published their findings in the journal Nature Behavior, also noted that paranoia was heightened in states with low adherence to mask mandates. CLICK HERE TO…
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A new study involving the Pfizer-BioNTech infectious-disease infectious-disease suggests the jab’s efficacy drops to around 84% about six months after the second dose. The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed and was published on medRxiv, was supported by Pfizer and BioNTech, concluding that despite “a gradually declining trend in vaccine efficacy,” it still was…
A study conducted by AstraZeneca regarding itsinfectious-disease infectious-disease found a small risk of blood clots following the first dose of the shot, but none after the second jab. The research, published Wednesday in The Lancet, comes following concerns about the shot’s safety and potential side effects. CLICK HERE TO FIND COVID-19 VACCINES NEAR YOU The…