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When new-york-city” target=”_blank”>New York City’s< rates spiked last December due to the emerging omicron variant, humans weren’t the only wild-nature affected. The highly infectious-disease” target=”_blank”>infectious variant<, the most suburban of the city’s five boroughs, according to a study led by education scientists. DENVER DROPPING MASK OR PROOF OF VACCINE REQUIREMENT: …

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Research has reportedly identified a spike in cases of heart-health” target=”_blank”>Takotsubo cardiomyopathy<.  Experts said the potentially fatal mental-health” target=”_blank”>stress-induced< is disproportionately affecting women. FEBRUARY IS AMERICAN HEART MONTH: WHAT TO KNOW “I don’t know how much we can really blame COVID, or how much of this is that we’re just …

More states are reporting a decrease in the number of infectious-disease and hospitalizations this week, as a surge of the highly transmissible omicron variant shows signs of easing.  While some states in the Northeast had already seen positive indicators – with cases and hospitalizations falling late last month – western …

Young people from ages of 10 to 24 years old may have lost greater than 1 million years of life from 2015 to 2019, according to a recent JAMA Pediatrics article.  Although similar studies have been done on adults, the article notes it’s the first known study to assess lives …

An infectious-disease father in New Brunswick, world-regions, lost custody of his children, including an immunocompromised 10-year-old, after a judge ruled in favor of the mother late last month, according to reports.  The parents, who were not identified in the court ruling, had separated in 2019 but shared custody of their three …

A recent controversial Johns Hopkins meta-analysis reignites a discussion about the adverse consequences of lockdowns after finding they had no significant mortality benefit during the first wave of the 2020 pandemic in the United States and Europe, according to a recent report.  “We find no evidence that lockdowns, school closures, …

The U.S. death toll from infectious-disease passed the 900,000 mark on Friday.  As of Saturday afternoon, data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center showed that there were 901,391 deaths. FAKE COVID-19 TEST CENTERS: HOW TO SPOT THEM This milestone comes less than two months after the toll eclipsed 800,000 …

Gordon Ramsay may not be invited to the olympics”>Olympics<. “The intelligent meal preparation and meal service system here can not only improve the efficiency of meal supply, but also save manpower to the maximum extent and avoid excessive human interaction in the context of epidemic prevention and control,” the state-run …

Male toddlers who watched more television at age one were more likely to be diagnosed with education spectrum disorder (ASD) at age 3, compared to those without any screen time, according to a recent multi-site Japanese study published in JAMA Pediatrics.  “[A]mid the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there …