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
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Conservative radio talk show host Phil Valentine, a COVID-19 vaccine skeptic and mask mandate opponent, has died at age 61 of COVID-19. “We are saddened to report that our host and friend Phil Valentine has passed away,” his station, SuperTalk 99.7 WTN, tweetedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. “The FDA’s approval of this vaccine is a milestone as we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic,” Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said in an agency newsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A third dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine gives four times greater protection against COVID-19 infection and is five to six times more effective in preventing serious illness and hospitalization in seniors than just two doses are, new data from the Israeli healthContinue Reading
Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Monday, Aug. 23: FDA could give full approval to Pfizer’s COVID vaccine on Monday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could announce its full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday, the New York Times reported. Full approval could boost vaccinationContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While every worker would prefer a fun, mentally stimulating job, new research reveals an added bonus: Such work could help prevent dementia in old age. On-the-job intellectual stimulation appears to lower levels of certain proteins that block brain cells from forming new connectionsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Survivors of severe or long COVID-19 could have greater antibody protection against future infection than those whose illness was shorter or milder, new research suggests. For the study, a Rutgers University team followed 548 health care workers and 283 other workers from theContinue Reading