Omicron May Overcome Prior COVID Infection
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People who’ve already had COVID-19 have a higher risk of reinfection with the Omicron coronavirus variant than with earlier variants, new research shows. The South African scientists who reported the findings …
Learn MoreGene Found in Amish Helps Protect Their Hearts
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A rare gene variant discovered among Amish people may help lower “bad” cholesterol and protect against heart disease, a new study suggests.Researchers found that among nearly 7,000 Amish people, the gene varian…
Learn MoreCould Pollution Help Decide Your Baby’s Sex?
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A boy or a girl? New research suggests that the air pregnant women breathe or the water they drink could play a role in their baby’s sex.The finding stems from tracking hundreds of factors — including pollutio…
Learn MoreDo Immune-Based Cancer Drugs Work Better in Men?
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Women are two times more likely than men to die after receiving a combination of cancer immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors, but it’s not clear if that difference is due to side effects or because …
Learn MoreAHA News: Teen With Three Heart Conditions Aims to Become a Pediatric Cardiologist
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — In second grade, Emily Meister was performing as Gretl Von Trapp in the local high school production of “The Sound of Music” when she felt her heart beating unusually fast. She also sensed pres…
Learn MoreNew York Reports 5 Omicron Cases, U.S. Total Rises to 9
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Five cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York state, one in Minnesota and one in Hawaii, officials in those states announced Thursday.That brings the known total in the United Sta…
Learn MoreStudy Finds Delta Somewhat Resistant to Vaccines — What About Omicron?
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Lab studies show that the mutations found in COVID-19’s Delta variant make the virus more resistant to existing vaccines, a potentially ominous development as the new Omicron variant starts to wend its way arou…
Learn MoreMost Vaccinated Adults Plan to Get Boosters: Poll
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Most vaccinated American adults have every intention of getting booster shots, a new poll finds.Only about one in five say they won’t get it, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) survey conducted with …
Learn MoreBlack Americans Less Likely to Lose Hearing as They Age
FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Older Black Americans are much more likely to have good hearing than white Americans, and the difference is especially notable among men, a new study shows.“We found that among males, non-Hispanic Black America…
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