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Read More »Half of US adults have received at least one COVID-19 shot
Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one infectious-disease shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever infectious-disease campaign but leaving more work to do to convince skeptical Americans to roll up their sleeves. Almost 130 million people 18 or older have …
Read More »Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel tells Maria Bartiromo vaccine booster shots 'are going to be required'
Booster shots for the infectious-disease infectious-disease will be necessary at some point, but it is too early to tell how often they will be needed, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street” in an exclusive interview. “The variant is going to be the big question in terms of boosting,” Bancel explained …
Read More »Pence receives pacemaker after slow heart rate: What to know
Breaking news Thursday revealed former Vice President mike-pence” target=”_blank”>Mike Pence<rate. But what is this device and how does it work? Pacemakers are small devices designed to regulate the heartbeat. “A pacemaker is a small device used to treat some arrhythmias,” reads the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s webpage. “During …
Read More »NIH chief Collins says Americans should 'take a breath' after J&J vaccine pause: 'The sky is not falling'
National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Dr. Francis Collins praised federal health officials Thursday for their handling of the Johnson & Johnson infectious-disease infectious-disease pause, telling “Your World“: “I think they’re doing it exactly right.” COLLINS: I hope people will be reassured to see that we have a system in place in the United …
Read More »What is an adenovirus?
respiratory-health are a family of viruses that can cause a wide variety of illnesses in humans, from the common cold to gastrointestinal infections to pink eye. And recently, scientists have used these viruses as the basis for several COVID-19 vaccines, including those produced by Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca. What is an adenovirus? …
Read More »Blocking middle seats on planes reduces risk of COVID-19 spread: CDC
Blocking middle seats on planes reduces the risk of exposure to COVID-19, a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests. As airlines continue to allow passengers to book middle seats on planes, new research says that leaving the middle seat empty could reduce the spread …
Read More »Drug overdose deaths have surged during pandemic, CDC data shows
As infectious-disease killed more than a half-million Americans, it also quietly inflamed what already was one of the country’s greatest public health crises: crime. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 87,000 people died of drug overdoses in the 12 months ending in September 2020 — …
Read More »Loneliness is rampant. A simple call, or hug, may be a cure
The stranger’s call came when Dianne Green needed it most. Alone in the home where she’d raised four kids, grieving recently deceased relatives, too fearful of COVID-19 to see her grandkids and great-grandbabies, she had never felt lonelier. Then, one day last spring, her cell phone lit up. The cheerful …
Read More »Half of kids with coronavirus-linked MIS-C have neurological symptoms, study finds
Half of children in a small study who had a rare but serious inflammatory illness following a infectious-diseaseinfection developed neurological symptoms, early findings suggest. Dr. Omar Abdel-Mannan of University College London in the United Kingdom, and member of the American Academy of Neurology, and his team shared preliminary findings Tuesday ahead of a …
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