TUESDAY, Aug. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — This year of pandemic isolation and anxiety has been tough for many, but an expert says college students are at particularly high risk for mental health issues as they transition from adolescence to adulthood. As students return to their campuses, it’s important forContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Opioid overdose deaths rose in several states during the coronavirus pandemic, according to authors of a new study who say their findings may help identify and assist at-risk people. “Our work represents the first multi-state report with detailed analyses,” said study senior authorContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The arteries of young people who drink stiffen sooner in their lives, which could increase their risk for heart disease and stroke later on, a British study reports. People’s arteries naturally become less elastic with age, but certain factors — including alcohol andContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Following on full U.S. regulatory approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the Pentagon announced on Monday that all military personnel — including 1.3 million active-duty troops — must get their shots. According to the Associated Press, Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby saidContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A multi-purpose vaccine that would protect humans against any future COVID-19 variants could one day be possible, a new study suggests. The key to it all lies in a coronavirus scare that happened nearly two decades ago. People previously infected with SARS —Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There’s been a sharp rise in opioid-related cardiac arrests in the United States and they now equal those associated with other prime causes, a new study finds. Of more than 1.4 million cardiac arrest hospitalizations nationwide between 2012 and 2018, more than 43,000Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While the COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on the economy and jobs, it didn’t result in fewer Americans having health insurance. The number of 18- to 64-year-olds in the United States without health insurance held steady at 11% between March 2019Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Unemployed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and with no place to live, Jeff Sari found refuge at a community organization in Seattle that offered more than just a bed and hot meals. Chief Seattle Club, a nonprofit focused on supporting AmericanContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Schools are reopening as the Delta variant surges across America, a scary prospect for educators and parents alike. But experts representing teachers and doctors say reopening must happen for the sake of students, and a combo of vaccination and safety measures will helpContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As the school year starts across much of the United States amid a surge in coronavirus cases fueled by the Delta variant, a new survey shows most parents support vaccines for students and staff alike. Sixty-two percent of nearly 1,700 parents with atContinue Reading