Itchy water eyes, runny nose, coughing, sneezing, wheezing, shortness of breath, scratchy throat, congestion That is what Brooklynite Amy Grech, 49, experiences with the first plant buds of spring, … [+2170 chars]
Jennifer Dornan-Fish is marking two years grappling with the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on her body. She said her road to recovery from the virus has been mired in a "bewildering array" of agoniz… [+7853 chars]
EL PASO, Texas -- The BA.2 subvariant of COVID-19, which has caused surging cases in Europe and parts of Asia in recent weeks, has been detected in El Paso, health officials said. BA.2 made up a th… [+7681 chars]
(CNN)A new study on the severity of the BA.2 strain of the coronavirus in children in Hong Kong found that it was more serious for children compared with other variants or compared with parainfluenza… [+5793 chars]
Many of the clinical trials that showed ivermectin failed to account for the drug's effectiveness against parasitic disease, leading to skewed, inaccurate, results, an analysis finds. Dr Avi Bitterm… [+4597 chars]
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Photo: Wikimedia Commons <ul><li>TB is an infectious disease spread through coughing. It has killed more people than any other single infectious agent in history, includi… [+5599 chars]
People with depression or anxiety are twice as likely to get health benefits from regular exercise, a study suggests. Researchers tracked the exercise regimes of more than 50,000 people in their lat… [+3953 chars]
Children are undergoing unnecessary suffering after head injuries, because the knock-on effects of brain trauma arent understood, according to new Israeli research. A team of scientists and physicia… [+3258 chars]
Doctors announced Thursday they had successfully performed a double lung transplant on a patient with terminal lung cancer, giving new hope to others who also have advanced stages of the deadly disea… [+3818 chars]
A highly contagious bird flu (avian influenza) has been identified in Michigans wild bird population, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The disease was found in free-ranging Canada g… [+3645 chars]
Summary: The sensory cortex, not the amygdala, is responsible for storing fear memories from past experiences, a new study reports. Source: Florida State University Florida State University researc… [+5896 chars]
On March 18, 2022, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release. Christopher A. Taylor, PhD1; Michael Whitaker, MPH1; Onika Anglin, MPH1,2; Jennifer Milucky, MSPH1; Kadam Patel, MPH1,2; Hu… [+46647 chars]