Climate change will make pandemics like COVID-19 more likely. As the planet grows hotter, different animal species will migrate to new areas and interact with other unfamiliar creatures at an increasing rate. That could foster the emergence of new, potentially dangerous viral illnesses, scientists warn. Read more Moderna asks FDAContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If your teen is itching to get behind the wheel, new research underscores the importance of signing them up for driver’s education. The study found that driver training and graduated licensing significantly reduced young newbies’ risk of crashes. “With comprehensive licensing requirements, theseContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Frontline nurses were plagued by “moral distress” in the early days of the pandemic because they lacked the support to provide high-quality care, a new report reveals. Between May and September 2020, researchers interviewed 100 nurses across the United States who cared forContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you’re battling depression, the success of your treatment might be affected by your race, income, job status and education, a new study says. “If you’re going home to a wealthy neighborhood with highly educated parents or spouse, then you’re arguably in aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Smoking is said by some to be the hardest addiction to break, and certain people might benefit from brain stimulation to quit, French researchers suggest. Smokers who received noninvasive brain stimulation — using low-intensity electric or magnetic impulses — were twice as likelyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As health experts around the world try to understand why nearly 200 children in 12 countries have fallen seriously ill with severe hepatitis, doctors in Alabama are investigating nine such cases in that state. In each case, seemingly healthy kids ended up inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — First, we got advice on staying fit and healthy while working in the office. Then when the pandemic started, we got advice on staying fit and healthy while working from home. As the era of hybrid work – doing the sameContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve emergency use of its booster shot for children ages 5 to 11. The application hinges on a study of 140 children with no evidence of prior coronavirusContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Babies and toddlers who’ve been given antibiotics might have a less vigorous immune response to routine childhood vaccinations, new research warns. The study is the first to suggest that antibiotics might dampen youngsters’ ability to generate infection-fighting antibodies in response to vaccination. ExpertsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People with sickle cell disease who take corticosteroids to treat asthma or inflammation may suffer severe pain and even need to be hospitalized, researchers report. This reaction to corticosteroids can be particularly severe among older people, women and patients not taking the drugContinue Reading