TUESDAY, May 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Neurological problems are occurring in a very high percentage of hospitalized COVID-19 patients — and what’s worse, those symptoms foretell a bad end for many sufferers, a new study finds. About four out of five people sick enough to be hospitalized for COVID-19Continue Reading
MONDAY, May 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Heart complications are rare among college athletes who have had COVID-19, according to a small study. “Our findings may offer reassurance to high school athletes, coaches and parents where resources for testing can be limited,” said senior author Dr. Ranjit Philip, assistant professorContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that obesity is a risk factor for severe COVID-19 in infected people. But new research suggests that the connection may be even stronger for men than women. Researchers at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City analyzed data fromContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In two real-world studies, Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appears to be standing up well against the challenges posed by more contagious coronavirus variants from Britain and South Africa. The Pfizer mRNA vaccine showed about 90% documented effectiveness in protecting against infection with the BritishContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine provide a high level of protection for populations, a new study shows. The findings from Israel — the first nation to report national data on the vaccine — show that two doses provide more than 95%Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The United States could see a sharp decline in COVID-19 cases by the end of July, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Six research teams asked to project future COVID-19 trends have concluded that newContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Two widely used COVID-19 vaccines — Pfizer and Moderna — will likely remain powerfully protective against developing serious illness even if coronavirus variants somehow manage to infect vaccinated patients, new research suggests. Both vaccines are based on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology. And investigatorsContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Americans’ anxiety and concerns about COVID-19 remain high a year into the pandemic, and mental health effects of the health crisis are on the rise, a new survey shows. Hispanic (73%) and Black Americans (76%) are more anxious about COVID-19 than white peopleContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While more than half of American adults have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, many scientists and public health experts now believe that herd immunity cannot be reached in the foreseeable future. Instead, the virus will most likely become aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Cancer might seem like a modern problem, but new research has revealed that it affected up to 14% of adults in medieval Britain. University of Cambridge researchers used X-rays and CT scans to search for evidence of cancer inside skeletal remains excavated asContinue Reading