COVID Hospital Stays Leave Some Survivors With Big Medical Bills
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Severe COVID can inflict heavy physical damage on patients, but many recovering from their infection also take a financial hit, a new study finds. Up to 10% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are bille…
Learn MoreFree COVID Tests, Treatments for Uninsured Americans Cut for Lack of Funding
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Uninsured Americans will no longer be covered for free COVID-19 tests and treatments because of the budget impasse in Congress, a Biden administration official said Tuesday.The program was to stop acceptin…
Learn MoreA New Male Birth Control Pill Works — in Mice
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Science is moving closer to a male contraceptive pill, and human clinical trials of a non-hormonal version could begin later this year, researchers say.The experimental contraceptive works in mice, accordi…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: March 23, 2022
COVID hospital stay can leave some with big hospital bills. Even before the termination of pandemic-era waivers on insurance charges, about 10% of patients found themselves with bills of $2,000 or more, new research finds. Read more.Heat waves tied to…
Learn MoreBabies, Toddlers Produce Stronger Immune Response to COVID Than Adults
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In a finding that could influence future COVID vaccine recommendations for the youngest Americans, new research finds that infants and toddlers have a stronger immune response to the new coronavirus than …
Learn MoreHeat Waves Tied to Climate Change Are Upping U.S. Heart Deaths
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An increase in heat waves driven by climate change is causing hundreds more heart disease deaths in the United States each year, with men and Black people at particular risk, researchers say.Each year, the…
Learn MoreOrgans Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe: Study
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For those waiting during the pandemic for a new kidney or liver, new research is reassuring: Organs from deceased donors who had COVID-19 did not cause infection in recipients and posed no risk to health c…
Learn MoreFirefighters Face Higher Odds for Heart Trouble
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The more blazes firefighters battle, the higher their risk for a heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation (a-fib), a new study shows.”Clinicians who care for firefighters need to be aware of the in…
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