FRIDAY, April 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The indoor mask mandate that was reinstated in Philadelphia on Monday due to rising coronavirus cases has now been lifted because the situation is improving, the city’s health department said Thursday. The city’s Board of Health voted during a Thursday night meeting toContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay Now) — Pretty sure you have COVID, but unsure about what you need to do next? A new U.S. federal website can now direct you to locations in your community where you can pick up a free prescription for lifesaving antiviral COVID pills. The COVID-19Continue Reading
TUESDAY, March 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Ultrasound guidance and soft catheters are among the measures that can be used during embryo transfer to help improve the chances of successful in-vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a British study. “It is reassuring to see that some of the interventions that areContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 21 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you are obese and you want to try to lose some weight to boost your chances of getting pregnant, a new study suggests it might not help. What did the researchers find? There was no significant difference in rates of healthy birthsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Inhalers, pills or injections help most people control their asthma, but some with severe disease opt for cutting-edge surgery that “remodels” their airways to improve their breathing. Bronchial thermoplasty shrinks smooth muscle in the lungs, which prevents them from tightening up and causingContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he has named Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, to replace Jeff Zients as the country’s COVID-19 coordinator when Zients leaves his post next month. In a statement about Jha’sContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Could a reset of your cells bring you the fountain of youth? Maybe so, if a new study testing the technique in mice ever pans out in humans. Cells in older people and animals have different patterns of chemicals along their DNA —Continue Reading
MONDAY, March 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As the COVID surge driven by the Omicron variant wanes, New York City announced that it will lift most of its pandemic restrictions. “We have to get our economy back on track,” Mayor Eric Adams said on Friday, CBS News reported. As ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Your blood type may strongly influence your risk of severe COVID-19, new research suggests. After screening more than 3,000 blood proteins, scientists linked six with an increased risk of severe COVID-19 and found eight that could help protect against severe disease. One ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Is the unmasking of America at hand? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that most Americans can now shed their face coverings in indoor public settings, because the agency has changed how it measures the threat of coronavirus inContinue Reading