Blood Shortages Causing Surgery Delays Across U.S. – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Prevention & Wellness News WEDNESDAY, July 7, 2021 Demand for blood is up 10% in the United States, and some U.S hospitals are postponing surgeries due to shortages. Experts say the situation is a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News reported. Before COVID-19 shutdowns, schools accounted for 25% of collected blood. […]
AHA News: Farming Takes Root in Seattle-Area Food Desert
Latest Nutrition, Food & Recipes News WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Nine thousand miles separate Veronica Karanja from her mother’s farm in Kenya and where she now farms in Kent, Washington. Karanja’s expertise – and her vegetables that are culturally significant in Kenya – are helping transform a food desert […]
Heart Failure From Breast Cancer Treatment
Latest Cancer News WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Women who develop heart failure following certain breast cancer treatments are generally healthier and have a better prognosis than those with heart failure from other causes, a new study finds. Two widely used treatments for breast cancer are known to harm the […]
‘Black Plague’ Was Killing People at Least 5,000 Years Ago
Latest Infectious Disease News WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) The Black Death was stalking people thousands of years earlier than previously known, new evidence reveals. The oldest strain of Yersinia pestis — the bacteria behind the bubonic plague that may have killed as much as half of Europe’s population in the 1300s […]
Supreme Court Upholds CDC’s Ban on Evictions During Pandemic
Latest MedicineNet News WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (Healthday News) A nationwide ban on evictions introduced during the coronavirus pandemic will remain in place for now, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Landlords had asked the high court to end the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s eviction moratorium, but the court voted […]
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert Scorned After Ridiculous Suggestion To Tackle Delta Variant
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Wednesday tweeted and then deleted a post mocking the threat of the delta variant of COVID-19. “The easiest way to make the Delta variant go away is to turn off CNN,” wrote the QAnon-endorsing Republican, touting ignorance as a defense against the mutated strain of the coronavirus first discovered in […]
Rash, Itch After COVID Vaccine Rare and Quickly Resolves
Latest Coronavirus News WEDNESDAY, June 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) Rashes, itchiness and other skin problems can develop after people receive COVID-19 vaccines, but such problems are rare and go away quickly, new research shows. For the study, the researchers looked at more than 40,000 employees of a Boston hospital system who received two-dose […]
Stress Has Many U.S. Teachers Leaving Profession: Survey
Latest Mental Health News WEDNESDAY, June 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) Teaching has always been a stressful job, and now a new survey suggests the pandemic could be driving even more teachers from the time-honored profession. “Teacher stress was a concern prior to the pandemic and may have only become worse,” said study author […]