Apr. 4Like many people, Mary Kendig has spent the last two years wading through the fear and challenges of the COVID pandemic. The threat of the highly contagious disease has kept the 70-year-old Wy… [+7929 chars]
At the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, meanwhile, Melissa Martinez runs a drive-through clinic providing 10,000 influenza vaccines each year for a community made up largely of Black… [+7506 chars]
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized second booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna . This authorization applies to individuals ag… [+11149 chars]
Up to 87 percent of sepsis cases start from infections that can be caught anywhere, from work, school or home. But if the condition is not recognised and treated quick enough, it can suddenly turn in… [+626 chars]
DEAR. DR. ROACH: I saw a recent reply to a letter about estrogen and wanted to ask my own related questions. Im a 93-year-old woman with many of the problems and issues of others my age. When I was g… [+3033 chars]
Part of Pandemic-Proof, Future Perfects series on the upgrades we can make to prepare for the next pandemic. Imagine if the world had a head start responding to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Cov… [+18481 chars]
Since becoming eligible for Pfizers Covid-19 shot last November, 64% of Vermont public school students ages 5 and up have received two doses of the vaccine. Vermont officials have touted that figur… [+4732 chars]
Half of all healthy 45-year-olds will develop prediabetes It was found to be more prevalent among boys than girls and among youths who are overweight or obese. Among adults, about 96 million (or mor… [+1355 chars]
COVID-19 vaccines protect most cancer patients from contracting COVID or severe cases, however; those with blood cancers do not get the same protective benefit, according to a research study at the I… [+4762 chars]
The UK Health Security Agency recently added nine symptoms to its list of signs of coronavirus infection, showing the broad range and scope of coronavirus symptoms. Were new COVID symptoms discovere… [+1351 chars]
