WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As the United States moves towards a world in which electric vehicles (EVs) have fully replaced fossil fuel-driven engines, can Americans look forward to reliably cleaner air and better health? Absolutely, a new study predicts. By 2050, researchers say, the resulting improvements inContinue Reading

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Bees, in their role as master pollinators, increase crop yields, leading to more production of healthy fruits, vegetables and nuts. But new research claims that the challenges these important insects face from changes in land use, harmful pesticides and climate change is affectingContinue Reading

TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black patients are more likely than their white peers to need emergency surgery for colon cancer, which increases their risk for complications and death, study authors say. “Overall, these results suggest that racial and ethnic differences persist” among colon cancer patients, and “theseContinue Reading

THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The updated bivalent COVID-19 boosters are now approved for use in children as young as 6 months of age, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today. Children can receive either a Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent booster shot, although the rules differ dependingContinue Reading