SUNDAY, Dec. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you’re a patient with a weakened immune system, roll up your sleeves to stay safe over the holidays and winter months. “Immunocompromised patients absolutely should get a flu shot as well as an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose,” said Dr. Marwa Kaisey, aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Five cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York state, one in Minnesota and one in Hawaii, officials in those states announced Thursday. That brings the known total in the United States to nine, with California and Colorado previouslyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Lab studies show that the mutations found in COVID-19’s Delta variant make the virus more resistant to existing vaccines, a potentially ominous development as the new Omicron variant starts to wend its way around the world. Full vaccination with the Pfizer or AstraZenecaContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you’re getting together with others outdoors, a windy day might be best, researchers say. The investigators found that when people socialize outside, the risk of coronavirus infection is as much as 45% greater when there’s hardly any breeze than when there areContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Just one day after the first Omicron case was reported in the United States, federal officials announced a second case on Thursday, this time in a Minnesota man who had traveled to an Anime convention in New York City in November. The U.S.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Children and teenagers vaccinated against the mumps virus have accounted for one-third of infections in recent years, a new U.S. government study finds. The reasons are unclear, and experts stressed that routine childhood vaccination remains the best weapon against mumps — a contagiousContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People who recovered from a severe case of COVID-19 may have more to worry about: New research finds that patients hospitalized with COVID are 2.5 times more likely to die within the year than people who never contracted the coronavirus. They also areContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden plans to announce a new round of measures to protect Americans against the spread of coronavirus variants on Thursday. The strategy will include making rapid at-home COVID-19 tests free for more people, extending rules on mask wearing on planes andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Which coronavirus vaccine is best at beating COVID-19 — Moderna or Pfizer? New research hands that honor to Moderna: In what is billed as the first head-to-head comparison of the two shots, researchers analyzed the health records of nearly 440,000 U.S. veterans whoContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The first confirmed U.S. case of the Omicron variant has been reported in California, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday. The patient was a traveler, apparently from the San Francisco area, who returned from South Africa on Nov. 22,Continue Reading