Health Highlights: Sept. 7, 2021
Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Tuesday, Sept. 7:New COVID-19 cases rose 300% over this past Labor Day weekend compared to last year. With millions of Americans traveling, mingling — often unvaccinated and mask-free — cases of infection …
Learn MoreVaping Raises Blood Clotting Risks, Harms Small Arteries: Study
TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Nicotine-laden e-cigarettes raise a user’s risk of blood clots, damage small blood vessels and can also raise heart rate and blood pressure, a new study finds.The effects are similar to those caused by tradit…
Learn MoreCOVID Cases Rise Sharply Among Kids as School Year Starts
FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As the school year gets underway across the United States, new data shows that coronavirus cases among children are climbing.Since the pandemic began, children have represented 14.8% of total cases, but for th…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Sept. 3, 2021
Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Friday, Sept. 3:Experts push back on rush for COVID booster shots. The White House has already set Sept. 20 as the start of a rollout of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for Americans. But speaking to Health…
Learn MoreFDA Advisory Panel Set to Meet on Booster Shots
THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a key advisory panel meeting on coronavirus booster shots on Sept. 17, a mere three days before the Biden administration plans to begin offering third shots fo…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Sept. 2, 2021
Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Wednesday, Sept. 2:Risk of long COVID drops by half in ‘breakthrough’ cases in fully vaccinated. A British study of almost 1 million people who were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 found that in those wh…
Learn MoreCOVID Vaccines’ Power Fades With Time, But Still Protective: Study
THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A new study of more than 19,000 San Diego health care workers finds that COVID-19 vaccination may have lost some of its power to ward off “breakthrough” infections.But that’s no reason to lose faith in the v…
Learn MoreU.S. COVID Vaccination Rates Climb in August
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 14 million Americans got their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in August, a steep rise from July, White House officials said Tuesday.The statistic is a sign that vaccine skepticism may be waning,…
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Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Wednesday, Sept. 1:Big uptick seen in U.S. COVID vaccinations in August. As the Delta variant surges and with full FDA approval of COVID vaccines underway, resistance to immunization may be crumbling at las…
Learn MoreMind & Body: Marriage, City Living May Help When Heart Disease Strikes
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Feelings of despair and hopelessness can raise the odds of death in people battling heart disease, and new research suggests that where you live, as well as your marital status, can also play a role.The st…
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