Your Young Child Is Sick: Is it COVID or RSV?
Latest Healthy Kids News SUNDAY, Aug. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) A common bug called respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) circulating among American kids during what’s normally its off-season may cause concern if parents don’t know how to tell it apart from COVID-19, experts say. Getting RSV during the summer is unusual, but the U.S. […]
COVID Hospitalizations Hit 100,000 Daily Average in US – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters MONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 In another grim reminder of the toll that the pandemic continues to take on Americans, the daily average for hospitalized COVID-19 patients is now higher than any previous case surge except last winter. As that daily average topped […]
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, […]
A Third of Americans Were Infected With COVID-19 in 2020: Study
Latest Coronavirus News THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) One-third of the U.S. population — about 103 million people — had been infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus by the end of 2020, but more than three-quarters of the cases weren’t officially confirmed, according to a Columbia University study. “It is these undocumented cases, […]
Could Electrode ‘Pulses’ Cut Back, Leg Pain Without Drugs? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Chronic Pain News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 A new approach to spinal cord stimulation may drastically reduce chronic back pain, a small pilot study suggests. The study, of 20 patients with stubborn low back pain, tested the effects of implanting electrodes near the spinal cord to stimulate […]
Fatal ODs From Illicit Tranquilizers Jumped 6-Fold During Pandemic
Latest Mental Health News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) Overdose deaths linked to illicit “designer” benzodiazepines have surged in the United States, as underground labs crank out new synthetic variations on prescription tranquilizers like Valium, Xanax and Ativan. Overdose deaths involving illicit benzos increased more than sixfold […]
Feel Guilty About ‘Useless’ Leisure Time? Your Mental Health Might Suffer
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) Struggling to decide whether to spend another hour at the office or take a late afternoon stroll? Put on your walking shoes. Making leisure time a priority is good for your mental health. For many, though, especially folks who prize productivity above all, […]
Pentagon Says Troops Must Start Lining Up Now for COVID Shots
Latest Coronavirus News WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) Unvaccinated U.S. troops must immediately start getting COVID-19 vaccines, says a memo issued Tuesday by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, which recently received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will be added to the list of required shots […]
COVID Vaccination Will Be Required on Disney Cruises to Bahamas
Latest Coronavirus News THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) U.S. passengers aged 12 and older boarding Disney Cruise Line voyages to the Bahamas will have to start providing proof of COVID-19 vaccination as of Sept. 3, the company said Wednesday. The new policy is in effect until November and requires passengers to be […]
Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays
Latest Coronavirus News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) When COVID-19 patients are discharged from the hospital, most are far from being well — even if their hospital stay was fairly short. That’s among the initial findings of a study that followed Americans hospitalized for COVID-19 during the […]