CVS, Walgreens Lift Limits on Purchases of Rapid COVID-19 Tests
Latest Coronavirus News MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) There will no longer be a limit on how many over-the-counter rapid COVID-19 tests customers can buy at a time, the pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens say. CVS previously restricted customers to purchasing six tests at once, but has dropped those restrictions because it has increased […]
Medicare to Provide Free COVID-19 Rapid Tests
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, Jan. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) Medicare will soon provide up to eight free COVID rapid tests a month to seniors enrolled in the government health insurance program, the Biden administration announced Thursday. The new policy for the over-the-counter tests will take effect in early spring. The at-home tests will be available […]
Questions About COVID Home Tests? A Pharmacy Expert Has Answers – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News THURSDAY, Feb. 3, 2022 Those hard-to-find COVID-19 home tests are becoming more available, particularly with the U.S. government offering four free tests for every household. So far, roughly 60 million American households have ordered the free tests, according to the White House. But many folks still have a lot of basic questions […]
Third Dose of COVID Vaccine Boosts Protection in Transplant Recipients
Latest Coronavirus News TUESDAY, June 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) Researchers say an extra dose of two-dose COVID-19 vaccines may improve immune system protection for organ transplant patients, a group that’s so far responded poorly to two-dose vaccines. “Our findings suggest clinical trials are warranted to determine if transplant recipients should receive COVID-19 vaccine […]
Omicron Batters Already Strained U.S. Hospitals
Latest Coronavirus News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) U.S. hospitals continue to reel from the pressure posed by the ongoing pandemic, facing critical workforce shortages and rising labor costs that amount to a “national emergency,” hospital executives say. Nearly 1,400 hospitals — 31% of the nation’s total — are […]
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Latest Coronavirus News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) People hospitalized for COVID-19 are not necessarily out of the woods once they’re discharged: Many land in the hospital again in the months afterward, a large U.K. study finds. The researchers found that in the 10 months after leaving the hospital, […]
Administration Withdraws Vaccine Mandate for Large Employers
Latest Coronavirus News WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) The Biden Administration on Tuesday withdrew an emergency COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate for workers at large companies following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling against the requirement. The mandate, which required businesses with 100 or more staff to ensure their employees were either vaccinated or were tested […]
COVID Can Affect Brains of Hospitalized Kids
Latest Coronavirus News MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) The coronavirus can leave more than 40% of children hospitalized for COVID-19 with headaches and other lingering neurological symptoms, a new study claims. And the kids who developed these headaches or experienced an altered mental status known as acute encephalopathy were more likely to need intensive […]
COVID Vaccine Won’t Affect Fertility, But Getting COVID Might – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 One less excuse to avoid that COVID vaccine: The shots don’t affect fertility in either men or women, new research shows, but coronavirus infection could cause short-term fertility problems in men. “Many reproductive-aged individuals have cited concerns about fertility as a reason for remaining unvaccinated,” said lead study […]
Overwhelmed By COVID News? Here’s What To Monitor And What To Skip.
As we push through another year of the global coronavirus crisis, there’s no doubt that the devastating effects of the pandemic have taken a collective toll on our mental health. Staying informed about COVID-19 is critical, but it can also be triggering. Between new variants like omicron cropping up and thousands of people getting sick […]