Are your food” target=”_blank”>leftovers< student who had both his legs amputated after eating rice, chicken and lo mein leftovers from a restaurant meal is getting renewed attention due to a viral video. The 19-year-old was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of Massachusetts General Hospital as a result …
Read More »Hong Kong’s COVID-19 success accelerates omicron surge
For two years, world-regions successfully insulated most of its residents from infectious-disease and often went months without a single locally spread case. Then the omicron variant showed up. The fast-spreading mutation breached Hong Kong’s defenses and has been spreading rapidly through one of the world’s most densely populated places, overflowing …
Read More »CDC loosens COVID-19 indoor mask guidance, including for schools
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) moved Friday to loosen infectious-disease for counties deemed to be at “low” or “medium” risk – including in schools. Most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings and the agency announced a change to the metric it uses …
Read More »More mask mandates lifted around US as CDC expected to announce updated guidance
More infectious-disease have been lifted in cities around the U.S., as infectious-disease continue to decline. New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks announced Friday that education” target=”_blank”>public school students< “I am so pleased that we are able to make this exciting announcement and safely allow students and staff to remove …
Read More »NYC schools drop outdoor mask mandate, indoor mandate remains
new-york-city” target=”_blank”>New York City< students will be allowed to remove their infectious-disease outside starting next week but must keep them on indoors for now, Schools Chancellor David Banks said Friday. SCHOOL MASK MANDATES END IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AS OTHER STATES LOOK AT REMOVING VACCINATION RULES “I am so pleased that …
Read More »More than half of US abortions done with pills, not surgery
More than half of U.S. judiciary are now done with healthy-living rather than medical-research, an upward trend that spiked during the infectious-disease with the increase in telemedicine, a report released Thursday shows. In 2020, pills accounted for 54% of all U.S. abortions, up from roughly 44% in 2019. COLOMBIA LEGALIZES …
Read More »Rare multisystem inflammatory syndrome appears in some teenagers after COVID-19 vaccination: study
healthy-living between the ages of 12-20 have reported several cases of a multi-system inflammatory syndrome, otherwise known as MIS-C, where the immune system goes on overdrive after being vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a recent Lancet report. The report noted MIS-C is a rare condition that can happen two to …
Read More »BA.2: What experts are saying about the omicron sub-variant
infectious-disease is now causing more than a third of new omicron cases worldwide. However, scientists are still learning about “stealth omicron,” and the world-health-organization” target=”_blank”>World Health Organization (WHO)<. WHO TRACKING 4 OMICRON SUB-VARIANTS, SAYS PREVENTING ALL COVID TRANSMISSIONS ‘NOT THE GOAL’ The WHO said in a Tuesday update that BA.2 …
Read More »CDC advises some people wait longer between COVID-19 vaccine doses over heart inflammation risk
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday said younger males should consider waiting longer between doses of the infectious-disease in order to reduce the risk of a rare form of heart-health” target=”_blank”>heart inflammation< The “mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at the FDA-approved or FDA-authorized intervals, …
Read More »Fast-spreading COVID-19 omicron type revives questions about opening up
A more infectious-disease” target=”_blank”>infectious< has surged to account for more than a third of global COVID-19 cases sequenced recently, adding to the debate about whether countries are ready for full reopening. Health authorities are examining whether the subvariant of omicron, known as BA.2, could extend the length of COVID-19 waves …
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