Health Highlights: Sept. 16, 2021
Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Thursday, Sept. 16:NIH spending nearly $470 million on long-haul COVID study. “Some people have had their lives completely upended by the major long-term effects of COVID-19,” said Dr. Francis Collins, dir…
Learn MoreDeath From COVID 11 Times More Likely If You’re Unvaccinated: Study
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There’s more sobering news for anyone still unvaccinated against the new coronavirus: Your odds of dying from COVID-19 are 11-fold higher than someone who’s fully immunized, new research shows.The data comes …
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Sept. 13, 2021
Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Monday, Sept. 13:Unvaccinated have 11 times the odds of dying from COVID-19. A series of three studies published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention find that vaccination greatly …
Learn MoreVaccinated Have 1 in 13,000 Chance of Breakthrough Case Needing Hospitalization
FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With tens of millions of Americans now vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of August, so-called “breakthrough” cases are bound to occur. But there’s reassuring news from new data: Most such cases are mild…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Sept. 10, 2021
Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Friday, Sept. 10:Biden announces tough new COVID plan, including push for vaccine mandates. With new COVID-19 cases topping 161,000 per day, President Joe Biden on Thursday outlined a new 6-point plan to do…
Learn MoreBiden to Strengthen Push for Vaccine Mandates in New COVID Plan
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden is slated to announce an ambitious six-point plan to double down on a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, including more pressure on government, business and schools to impl…
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Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Thursday, Sept. 9:Biden to announce new COVID plan, including push for vaccine mandates. With new COVID-19 cases topping 161,000 per day, President Joe Biden on Thursday will outline a new 6-point plan to …
Learn MoreU.S. COVID-19 Cases Now Top 40 Million
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There have now been more than 40 million cases of COVID-19 recorded among Americans, according to a database maintained by The New York Times. That’s nearly one-fifth of the global total of cases.With the …
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Sept. 8, 2021
Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Wednesday, Sept. 8:U.S. COVID-19 case count now tops 40 million. According to a database maintained by The New York Times, there have now been 40 million known cases of COVID-19 in the United States — a f…
Learn MoreNew COVID Cases Were 300% Higher This Labor Day Weekend Than Last Year
TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With the Delta variant surging and many Americans mask- and vaccine-free, new cases of COVID-19 spiked to levels over the long Labor Day weekend that were 300% higher than those seen over the same weekend in …
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