A new survey highlights the adverse effects that remote learning had on many children in the past year that has been the infectious-disease pandemic. A survey of more than 32,000 caregivers of youth in Chicago Public Schools found that nearly a quarter of children were described by their caregivers as …
Read More »Study identifies coronavirus mental health impact on New York City nurses during pandemic’s first wave
A year ago, the nation watched in horror as the novel infectious-disease ravaged one of America’s biggest cities. New York City was the county’s early epicenter for COVID-19, with some 203,000 cases of the disease reported in the city during the first three months of the pandemic alone. Hundreds of …
Read More »Dental opioid prescriptions ups overdose risk for patients, families: study
A large-scale study analyzing national claims data linked dental-health” target=”_blank”>dental<findings in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on Thursday, drawing from data on over 8.5 million dental procedures from 2011-2018 among privately and publicly insured patients aged 13 to 64. The most common procedures addressed acute dental pain, tooth extraction …
Read More »Skipping second COVID-19 vaccine dose could 'prolong pandemic,' researchers warn
The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that nearly 38% of U.S. adults are fully infectious-disease against infectious-disease, but officials have warned about a portion of the 55% of those who have received their first dose skipping out on the second. According to a …
Read More »After year of coronavirus restrictions, oldest woman in US wants to eat with friend again
OMAHA, Neb. – A 114-year-old Nebraska woman who has taken the title of America’s oldest living person says what she wants most is to eat with her friend after a year of infectious-disease restrictions. Thelma Sutcliffe, of Omaha, became the nation’s oldest living person and seventh-oldest in the world on …
Read More »Swollen lymph nodes following COVID-19 vaccination could mean you already had virus, study suggests
Since the rollout of the infectious-disease infectious-disease, public health officials have warned of the possible side effects following vaccination, such as pain at the injection site, fever, or muscle aches, among others. But a new study suggests that some recipients may experience swollen lymph nodes after receiving the jab, a …
Read More »Multi-layered cloth masks as effective as surgical mask, study suggests
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that fully infectious-disease people can go without masks while outdoors, officials noted that there are still many instances in which a mask is necessary, including in crowded settings. As such, research continues into which …
Read More »Boy dies of coronavirus in Hawaii after traveling with fully vaccinated parents
Hawaii health officials confirmed the state’s first pediatric infectious-disease-related death in a healthy-living who had been visiting the state with his fully vaccinated parents. The child, who officials said was between the ages of 0-10, had “known underlying health conditions” and began experiencing symptoms shortly after arriving in the islands. …
Read More »CDC not making progress, they’re correcting ‘erroneous’ guidance: Dr. Nicole Saphier
Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier argued on “America Reports” Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is “correcting erroneous” guidance following their update on guidelines for youth summer camps during the infectious-disease pandemic. “What essentially came out of this was they said infectious-disease and unvaccinated people …
Read More »Pfizer CEO predicts coronavirus oral antiviral pill ready ‘by end of year’
Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, said Tuesday he hopes the company’s infectious-diseaseoral antiviral therapeutic in early-stage trials will be ready by the end of the year. “…If all goes well and we implement the same speed that we did so far and we are and if regulators also do …
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