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How to ensure your Thanksgiving doesn’t turn into a superspreader event
Liliboas/iStock (NEW YORK) — With a winter virus surge lurking and no readily available vaccines, Thanksgiving 2020 was very different for most families. This year, expectations are much higher. But even this year, a recent [Read More…]
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Mom giving birth on front lawn caught on doorbell camera
Courtesy of Michael and Emily Johnson (VACAVILLE, Calif.) — Emily Johnson had planned on giving birth to her second child in a hospital, with an epidural. Instead, Johnson, 31, of Vacaville, California, gave birth to [Read More…]
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State health department raises alarm as campus flu outbreak climbs to over 500 cases
Michael Hickey/Getty Images (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) — Public health officials are investigating an influenza outbreak at a Michigan university that has resulted in more than 500 cases, as several schools have also seen surges in [Read More…]
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Drug overdose deaths hit new high in US during the pandemic
EHStock (NEW YORK) — More than 100,000 people in the U.S. died of a drug overdose during the first year of the pandemic, a nearly 29% increase from the same time period in 2019, the [Read More…]
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Which states have opened COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all?
iStock/Pornpak Khunatorn (NEW YORK) — With COVID-19 infection rates steadily increasing across the country, a growing list of states are now moving ahead of federal authorization, to recommend booster shots for all residents 18 years [Read More…]
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COVID vaccine can be bundled with a child’s routine shots, doctors say
Geber86/iStock (NEW YORK) — It’s perfectly acceptable for 5- to-11-year-olds preparing to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 also to receive other protective shots they may have missing during the pandemic lockdown. For some children, that [Read More…]
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Eating disorder hospitalizations doubled during COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows
ronstik/iStock (NEW YORK) — The number of people who were hospitalized for eating disorders in the United States doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. The increase in in-patient treatment for eating disorders came [Read More…]
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Mom shares warning about extreme thirst, wet diaper after son diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes
Courtney Moore (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — November is National Diabetes Month. Around 1.6 million people in the United States have type 1 diabetes, including 200,000 young people under the age of 20, according to the Juvenile Diabetes [Read More…]
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Premature births continue to rise for Black, Native American mothers: Report
Jana Richter/iStock (NEW YORK) — The rate of babies born premature in the United States has declined for the first time in six years, but experts warn it is not a cause for celebration, as [Read More…]
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Connecticut nursing home COVID-19 outbreak results in 89 infected, 8 dead
iStock/koto_feja (NEW YORK) — A nursing home in Connecticut is recovering from a significant coronavirus outbreak, after 89 residents and staff tested positive for the virus, facility leadership reported Monday. The outbreak at Geer Nursing [Read More…]
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Doubts on safety, efficacy in children underlie parents’ vaccine hesitancy: POLL
NoSystem images/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Half of parents in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll are skeptical about the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines for children, potentially a key barrier as the government seeks to [Read More…]
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Colorado hospitals on edge amid renewed COVID surge, staffing shortages
Tempura/iStock (NEW YORK) — As winter approaches, hospitals across the state of Colorado are facing a renewed COVID-19 crisis with an influx of patients flooding into health care facilities. Front-line workers continue to bear the [Read More…]
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Experts sound alarm over rising COVID cases ahead of winter
Lubo Ivanko/iStock (NEW YORK) — State and local health officials are once again raising the alarm about the renewed threat of COVID-19 spread in communities across the country as people head indoors during the colder [Read More…]
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How climate change can harm your skin
PeopleImages/iStock (NEW YORK) — Experts agree climate change is exacting a hefty toll on human health — from increasing rates of asthma and heat stroke to depression and anxiety. But now, dermatologists are chiming in, [Read More…]
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Vermont has the highest vaccination rate in the country. So why are cases surging?
FatCamera/iStock (ATLANTA) — Vermont is one of the most vaccinated states in the country and has served as a model for its COVID-19 response throughout the pandemic. But now, the state is experiencing its worst [Read More…]
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Albuquerque hospitals enact crisis standards of care during ‘unprecedented’ time
PinkOmelet/iStock (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — The two largest hospital systems in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have activated crisis standards of care due to an “unprecedented level” of activity during the pandemic, hospital officials announced Thursday. University of [Read More…]
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Texas abortion law impacting providers as far away as California, Maryland
iStock (DALLAS) — The impact of Texas’s near-total ban on abortions is being felt in states as far away as California and Maryland, according to new research. In the weeks since SB8, which outlaws most [Read More…]
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Risk of measles outbreaks growing as 22 million infants miss 1st vaccine: Officials
iStock/Pornpak Khunatorn (NEW YORK) — More than 22 million infants across the globe didn’t get their first measles vaccine dose last year, according to a joint statement Wednesday from the World Health Organization and the [Read More…]
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Pfizer asks FDA to amend booster authorization to include all adults
no_limit_pictures/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Pfizer on Tuesday requested the Food and Drug Administration allow all Americans over 18 to be eligible for booster shots, submitting data from a 10,000-person trial that found its third shots to [Read More…]
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Mom meets newborn after 85 days in hospital with COVID-19
Paola Gambini (GROVELAND, Fla.) — A Florida mom who spent 85 days hospitalized with COVID-19 complications was able to return home to finally meet her newborn baby. “I got out of the car by myself [Read More…]