Health Highlights: Feb. 15, 2022
Sex in the senior years. It’s important to overall health, but many folks let this important part of life drift away rather than talk about sexual problems with either their partner or their doctor, experts say. Read moreMost pregnant American women w…
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Breakups can devastate men’s mental health. A new study has found that men are at an increased risk of mental illness after the breakdown of any romantic relationship. And, it found, stereotypes of masculinity may be partially to blame. Read moreBob S…
Learn MoreNew York State Lifts Indoor Mask Mandate
THURSDAY, Feb. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An indoor mask mandate in New York State will end on Thursday, but masks will still be required in schools and for everyone using public transit.For the last two months, customers and workers statewide have …
Learn MoreSome Canadian Provinces Lift COVID Restrictions Amid Ongoing Protests
THURSDAY, Feb. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Four Canadian provinces said this week that they’ll lift their COVID-19 restrictions as the wave of cases caused by the Omicron variant has crested nationwide.The moves come in the midst of ongoing protests …
Learn MoreKeep Wearing Masks a While Longer, CDC Director Says
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many states are already dispensing with mask mandates, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s director says COVID-19 case and hospitalization numbers in the United States remain too high t…
Learn MoreResearchers Say They’ve Developed Accurate 4-Minute COVID Test
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay) — A new coronavirus test that provides results within four minutes is as accurate as a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) lab test, according to the Chinese scientists who developed it.The results of a clinical trial …
Learn MoreCalifornia to Lift Indoor Mask Rule for Vaccinated
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Vaccinated people in California will no longer have to wear masks indoors as of Feb. 15, but schoolchildren will still have to wear masks, state health officials announced Monday.However, they said that unvacc…
Learn MoreU.S. Justice Dept. Might Allow Safe Injection Sites to Curb Opioid Deaths
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There are indications the U.S. Justice Department may be open to the idea of allowing safe injection sites, a year after it won a court battle against them.The department told the Associated Press that it is “…
Learn MoreWhite House’s Top Science Advisor Resigns After Probe Into ‘Disrespectful’ Behavior
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Dr. Eric Lander, the director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), has resigned after the findings of an internal investigation that he violated workplace policies became public…
Learn MoreCDC Backs Full Approval of Moderna COVID Vaccine
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday gave its full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in people 18 and older. This follows a similar move made Jan. 31 by its sister agency…
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