WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As the number of known coronavirus cases worldwide hit 500 million on Tuesday, health experts called for increased testing, vaccination and contact tracing. There’s been a sharp rise in known cases so far this year, from 300 million in early January to 400Continue Reading
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Immune system-triggered inflammation is the likely reason for the loss of smell reported by many COVID-19 patients, a new study finds. “As a neuropathologist, I wondered why smell loss is a very common symptom with COVID-19 but not with other respiratory diseases,” saidContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Even as the COVID-19 pandemic kept people isolated at home, sexually transmitted disease (STDs) cases increased across the United States. Although cases fell in the pandemic’s early months, infections rose again by the end of 2020, with gonorrhea, syphilis and congenital syphilis surpassingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Faced with rising COVID-19 case counts, Philadelphia has announced that it will reinstate an indoor mask mandate next week. City officials announced the change on Monday, as COVID-19 cases have climbed across the country due to the highly transmissible Omicron subvariant known asContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An experimental medication for critically ill COVID-19 patients appears to work so well that the drug’s maker announced Monday it has stopped its clinical trial early and will apply for emergency use authorization. The medication, sabizabulin, halved the death rate in COVID-19 patientsContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Rising numbers of coronavirus infections in the United States are not surprising and not yet a cause for alarm, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious doctor, said Sunday. There are an average of 31,000 new cases a day nationwide, a 3% increaseContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — When implanted heart devices get infected, doctors recommend surgery to remove them, but many patients ignore that advice, a new study reveals. More than eight in 10 patients with an infected implant (such as a defibrillator or pacemaker) choose antibiotic treatment instead, thoughContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Just weeks after dropping masking rules, some overseas airlines have canceled hundreds of flights as they struggle with staffing shortages related to COVID-19. This comes as the leading U.S. airlines have urged the Biden administration to scrap a mask mandate for passengers. SwissContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Do you wash your dog’s food bowl every day? Do you wash your hands before and after you fill it up? Do you prepare Fido’s food in a different spot from where you prep your own? If you answered no to any ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Humans and their pets tend to share a tight bond, but they may also share antibiotic-resistant bacteria, new research shows. Even worse for humans is the fact that these bacteria may contain antibiotic-resistant genes that can make the bacteria they already have inContinue Reading