FRIDAY, April 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 might have a tough new foe: The sun. New research shows that sunnier regions of the United States have lower COVID-19 death rates than cloudier areas, suggesting that the sun’s UV rays might somehow provide some protection against the disease. The effectContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As new coronavirus cases soared across the Upper Midwest on Wednesday, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that a highly infectious variant first discovered in Britain has now become the most common source of infections in thisContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Two COVID-19 vaccines appear to work well against a rapidly spreading coronavirus variant that arose in California, but less effective against a variant that first emerged in South Africa, researchers report. “The good news is the California variant does not appear to beContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Two people in the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine trial developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, but it’s highly doubtful the vaccine is to blame, according to a just-published case study. Although both people were in the same trial, one was given the vaccine and theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 is so contagious that even a single breach of social distancing measures can have far-reaching consequences. A case in point: An explosion of new COVID-19 cases traced to five people who joined in on a bar’s opening night in rural Illinois inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 is so contagious that even a single breach of social distancing measures can have far-reaching consequences. A case in point: An explosion of new COVID-19 cases traced to five people who joined in on a bar’s opening night in rural Illinois inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Americans’ trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, an opinion poll finds. Researchers polled more than 2,000 Americans in May 2020 and questioned most again five months later. Respondents were asked to rate theirContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There’s good news for the millions of Americans who’ve already received a dose or two of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine: New research shows the vaccine should protect against illness for at least six months. The new study tracked 33 participants in the trials thatContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists thought twice about studying North American bats in their winter habitats. But they’ve now determined that the risk of humans passing the coronavirus to bats under these conditions was low. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) led theContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A new U.S. study offers more evidence that a single dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine may provide enough protection to people who’ve previously been infected with the coronavirus. “Our findings extend those from smaller studies reported elsewhere and support a potential strategyContinue Reading