TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Scientists for the first time have identified an aggressive bone cancer in a dinosaur that lived nearly 77 million years ago. The cancerous lower leg bone (fibula) is from a horned dinosaur called a Centrosaurus apertus. At first, researchers thought the bone hadContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Midwestern states are starting to see surges in coronavirus cases, just as Southern and Western states are scrambling to contain their own outbreaks of COVID-19. Missouri, Montana and Oklahoma are among those witnessing the largest percentage surge of infections over the past week,Continue Reading
Medicare Should Expand Telehealth: Trump
McDonald’s, Target and Gap Say Shoppers Must Wear Masks
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MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Safeguards such as contact tracing and swift isolation of cases of COVID-19 could be the key to reopening U.S. schools safely this September, a study from Australia shows. In the study, which involved thousands of schools or preschools, a total of 27 kidsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For most people, wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 doesn’t lead to a false sense of security that leads them to forgo other precautions like hand washing, a new study finds. Although it’s not clear how protective face masks are, scientistsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — At the peak of the pandemic in the United States and United Kingdom, frontline health care workers, especially minorities, had much higher risks for COVID-19 than other individuals, a new study finds. Paramedics, who are often the first to see sick patients, areContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — High blood pressure is often seen as a condition of old age, but a new study finds that it’s common among young Americans — especially young Black adults. The study, of 18- to 44-year-olds in the United States, found that high blood pressureContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The White House coronavirus task force coordinator warned Americans on Sunday that the pandemic has entered a new stage where infections are far more widespread and face masks are crucial to curbing new COVID-19 cases. “What we are seeing today is different fromContinue Reading
McDonald’s, Target and Gap Say Shoppers Must Wear Masks
Salmonella Has FDA Warning Consumers to Avoid Certain Red Onions
1st U.S. Face Transplant Recipient Dies
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SUNDAY, Aug. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you’re getting back to a fitness program or gym after spending months in lockdown, be careful not to hurt yourself, a sports medicine expert urges. “One of the most common reasons people get injured is because they overexert themselves when their levelContinue Reading