THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday announced that pre-departure tests for people traveling to the United Kingdom will no longer be required because restrictions meant to contain the international spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant are now meaningless. The change shouldContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Far fewer kids might develop asthma if there were less traffic pollution, suggests a new study that researched the issue worldwide. “Our study found that nitrogen dioxide puts children at risk of developing asthma and the problem is especially acute in urban areas,”Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Cities worldwide are shrouded with air pollution – and it’s killing people. A new modeling study found that 86% of people living in cities throughout the world – a total of 2.5 billion people – are exposed to fine particulate matter at levelsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – If giving up tobacco is one of your New Year’s resolutions, know that it won’t be easy but don’t give up. Fifty million ex-smokers in the United States are proof that it can be done. “More than 70% of smokers want to quitContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many insured cancer patients still experience serious money problems linked to their illness, new research affirms. For example, nearly 3 out of 4 insured patients with colon cancer have major financial hardship in the year after their diagnosis, which affects their social functioningContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new analysis uncovers a racial paradox in prostate cancer care: While Black men are often diagnosed later and with more aggressive disease than white men, radiation therapy seems to work better for them than for their white peers. To come to thatContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Check your packaged salad greens: More than a dozen people have been infected by a strain of E. coli in six U.S. states, health officials report. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert linking the outbreak toContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An international trial found that a once-a-day antiretroviral medication for kids with HIV is not only cheap and easy to take, but also better at suppressing HIV than standard treatments. “Our findings provide strong evidence for the global rollout of dolutegravir for childrenContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec.31, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When a sick child spends time in the intensive care unit, the impact lasts even after the hospital stay is over. Added to it are days, weeks, sometimes months out of school for the young patient and extended work absences for their primary caregivers.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Younger adolescents may soon be eligible for COVID-19 booster vaccines, possibly by early next week. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning on Monday to broaden booster eligibility to include 12- to 15-year-olds, sources told the New York Times. This would beContinue Reading