TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Eight Philadelphia residents are known to have contracted measles, the city’s department of health said in an update on the outbreak released Monday. Measles is highly infectious, and Philadelphia health care staff are “working to identify everyone who may have been exposed, checkingContinue Reading

MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Paxlovid might help shorten and diminish a COVID infection, but the antiviral doesn’t reduce the risk of developing long COVID, a new study shows. About 16% of COVID patients treated with Paxlovid wound up with long COVID symptoms, compared to 14% of thoseContinue Reading

THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HeathDay News) — Muscle cells’ “power stations” function less effectively in people with long COVID, potentially explaining the persistent fatigue that’s a hallmark of the condition. That’s the finding of a Dutch study published Jan. 4 in the journal Nature Communications. “We’re seeing clear changes inContinue Reading

TUESDAY, Jan. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Prolonged fasting before an internal heart exam done under sedation may be unnecessary, new research suggests. Typically, patients undergoing coronary artery catherization are told to take nothing by mouth after midnight before the procedure, but a randomized controlled trial at a Midwest heartContinue Reading