Health Highlights: Sept. 21, 2020
2020-09-21
CDC Updates Coronavirus Transmission Guidance
EPA Approves Pine-Sol as Coronavirus Disinfectant
AstraZeneca Releases Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Plans
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How to Help Ensure Your Students Get Enough Sleep
2020-09-20
SUNDAY, Sept. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 6 in 10 U.S. parents say their children don’t get enough sleep on school nights, an American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) survey finds. It included more than 1,000 parents across the country with children between ages 5 and 18. Parents reportedContinue Reading
A Guide to Acne Care for People of Color
2020-09-19
SATURDAY, Sept. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Dealing with acne can be especially difficult for people of color, a skin expert says. Acne affects up to 50 million people in the United States each year. For people of color, acne is often accompanied by dark spots or patches called hyperpigmentation.Continue Reading
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87
2020-09-19
FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, the court announced. The cause was complications from pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg was 87. First appointed to the court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, Ginsburg was the longest serving member of the liberalContinue Reading
COVID-19 Poses Added Risk for People With Addiction Disorders: Study
2020-09-18
FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) — People with addiction disorders are at greater risk for COVID-19 and more likely to become seriously ill if infected, a new study finds. The researchers analyzed non-identifiable electronic health records of more than 73 million patients in the United States. People with addictionContinue Reading
Getting a Hip Replacement? Choice of Hospital Can Be Crucial
2020-09-18
FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 pandemic has shown a spotlight on disparities in the U.S. health care system. But the issues are longstanding, and — as one large study illustrates — extend into a common elective surgery. Researchers found that when hip replacement surgery is doneContinue Reading
Almost 90,000 Young American Adults Will Get Cancer This Year: Report
2020-09-18
FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 90,000 Americans between 15 and 39 years of age will be diagnosed with cancer this year and more than 9,200 will die, a new report projects. One hematologist who deals with younger cancer patients said the shock of a diagnosis at thisContinue Reading
Details Emerge on Unexplained Illness in AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Trial
2020-09-18
FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (Healthday News) — New details surfaced on Thursday on an unexplained neurological condition that struck a volunteer who was participating in AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine trial. In an internal safety report obtained by CNN, company officials describe how a healthy 37-year-old woman “experienced confirmed transverse myelitis” afterContinue Reading
Health Highlights: Sept. 18, 2020
2020-09-18
Controversial COVID Testing Guidelines Posted on CDC Website Without Scientific Review
Warning About Potentially Deadly Mosquito-Borne Virus in Michigan
Moderna May Know by November Whether Coronavirus Vaccine is Effective
Trump-Appointed HHS Spokesman Taking Leave of Absence
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More Pets May Be Getting COVID-19 Than Realized
2020-09-18
THURSDAY, Sept. 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There are “substantial” rates of coronavirus infection in dogs and cats whose owners have COVID-19, new research shows. The researchers also found that, in several cases, infected pets had COVID-like respiratory symptoms at the time their owners were infected. SARS-CoV-2 has been reportedContinue Reading