More College-Educated Women Are Having Children Outside of Marriage
Latest Sexual Health News By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes baby in the baby carriage. While that childhood rhyme used to be true, college-educated women in the United States are now more likely than ever to have a first baby […]
New Study Finds Yet Another Health Benefit Of The COVID Vaccine
Getting the coronavirus vaccine provides one obvious and significant health benefit: It protects you from getting seriously sick or dying if you come into contact with the virus. That, in itself, is amazing. But new research published on Wednesday points to another striking benefit of rolling up your sleeves that should not be dismissed: People […]
WHO Chief Urges Halt To COVID-19 Booster Shots For Rest Of The Year
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year, expanding an earlier request that has largely fallen on deaf ears. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said Wednesday that he was […]
Annoyed When Watching Others Fidget? You’re Not Alone
Latest Mental Health News FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) If other people’s fidgeting drives you nuts, you may be one of many people with a condition called misokinesia, which means “hatred of movements,” Canadian researchers report. They conducted experiments with more than 4,100 people and found that about one-third have the condition. […]
Got ‘Zoom Fatigue’? Taking Breaks From the Camera Can Help
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) If you feel exhausted after a day filled with online meetings, well, you are not imagining it. A new study found that the pressure of having the camera on for a long time is draining. This so-called “Zoom fatigue” is even worse if […]
Prior exposure to common cold coronaviruses enhances immune response to SARS-CoV-2
Researchers from Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (MPIMG) have shown that certain immune cells, which are found in people previously exposed to common cold coronaviruses, enhance the body’s immune response to SARS-CoV-2, both during natural infection and following vaccination. The […]
Equine Therapy: Horses Help Veterans Struggling With PTSD
Latest Mental Health News By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) As a Marine Corps veteran who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Matthew Ryba understands what life in a combat zone can do to soldiers’ minds, leaving many struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder. Now, new research shows that […]
Did You Mean to Drop That Treat? Your Dog Knows
Latest Pet Health News WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) You probably can’t fool Fido. New research indicates dogs may know whether you mean to withhold a treat or you’re doing so by accident. This suggests dogs have a least one aspect of something known as Theory of Mind — an ability to […]
Health Insurance Coverage Stable in 2020, Despite Pandemic
Rates of health insurance coverage remained mostly stable during the pandemic, with an estimated 1.6 million more Americans gaining coverage in 2020, according to an early release from the CDC’s National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). From 2019 to 2020, the uninsured rate dropped from an estimated 10.3% (33.2 million) to 9.7% (31.6 million), a non-significant […]
U.S. to Be Removed From E.U. Safe Travel List
Latest Travel Health News MONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) Due to surging coronavirus cases, the United States will be removed from the European Union’s “safe list” of countries whose citizens can travel to the 27-nation bloc without additional restrictions such as testing and quarantines. The change is expected to be announced Monday, […]