FRIDAY, April 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Anxiety was the cause of 64 vaccine reactions, including fainting, in people who got the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in early April at sites in five states, a new study finds. Researchers led by Anne Hause of the U.S. Centers forContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In a sign that the coronavirus pandemic is beginning to ebb in America, a new analysis finds the seven-day average of new COVID-19 deaths in the United States has hit its lowest point since last October. As of Wednesday, 684 new deaths hadContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The HPV vaccine isn’t reaching enough young American men, researchers report. The vaccine protects against reproductive warts as well as cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Many young women get the HPV vaccineContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — About 20% of Americans on kidney dialysis are reluctant to get a COVID-19 shot, according to a new study. Kidney failure patients on dialysis are at increased risk for COVID-related complications that could lead to hospitalization and death, so it’s important for themContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. resistance to getting a COVID-19 vaccine is slowly diminishing, a new online survey finds, but it still exists and at especially high rates in some blue-collar jobs. For adults under age 65 who are hesitant, reluctance is mainly driven by concerns aboutContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes, a move that the agency has tried before and one that public health experts and civil rights groups have pushed for years. Menthol cigarettes have been marketed aggressively toContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Over 100 American colleges will require that students get coronavirus vaccines if they want to be on campus in the fall, a new survey shows. More than 660,000 cases have been linked to universities since the start of the pandemic, with one-third ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — CBD is all the rage, and millions of people are turning to it for a host of reasons, including pain relief. But despite CBD’s popularity and widespread use, new research finds it’s actual benefits are less clear. The bottom line? CBD — andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Herbal kratom is used by less than 1% of the U.S. population, but the rate is much higher among those who misuse opioid painkillers, a new study finds. Kratom is used to manage pain and opioid withdrawal. However, it carries the risk ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Only 13.5% of people will suffer systemic side effects after getting Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, a new study finds. These systemic symptoms include headache, fatigue and tenderness. Most side effects are mild and peak in the day after being vaccinated, and they only lastContinue Reading