Long COVID After Mild Infection? It Fades Within a Year
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A large, new study offers reassuring news for folks dealing with long COVID symptoms such as trouble breathing, mental fog and loss of taste or smell: Most of these issues resolve within a year for those who…
Learn MoreVaccinated Moms’ Breast Milk Could Protect Baby From COVID
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Infants too young to be vaccinated for COVID-19 get some protection from their mothers’ breast milk, researchers say.The new study follows up on findings published in 2021 that showed the breast milk of vacc…
Learn MoreBivalent COVID Boosters Offer No Extra Protection, Studies Suggest
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters intended to defend people against emerging Omicron variants don’t appear to provide any better protection than the original shot does, two new studies find.The new mRNA…
Learn MoreOverall Increase Seen in COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Globally
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccine acceptance has increased, reaching 79.1 percent, but there is considerable variation in vaccine hesitancy between countries, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in Nature Medicine….
Learn MoreU.S. Mails Out Some COVID-19 Tests That Are About to Expire
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Consumers may want to check the expiration dates if they ordered COVID-19 tests through the federal government recently. Although the actual expiration had already been extended by six months for the iHealt…
Learn MoreLos adultos podrían estar perdiendo la inmunidad a las paperas. ¿Se necesitan refuerzos?
MARTES, 10 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — A pesar del uso de rutina de una vacuna infantil, Estados Unidos todavía experimenta brotes de paperas. Ahora, un nuevo estudio refuerza la creencia de que se debe a una inmunidad menguante postvacunació…
Learn MoreU.S. Mails Out Some COVID Tests That are About to Expire
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) – If you ordered COVID-19 tests through the federal government recently, you might want to check the expiration dates. Although the actual expiration had already been extended by six months for the iHealth COV…
Learn MoreGlobal Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines Is on the Rise
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rose around the world between 2021 and 2022, wide gaps remain, according to new research.Teams from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health in Spain (ISGlobal) and City U…
Learn MoreStudy Pushes Back Smallpox Origins Another 2,000 Years
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While the origins of smallpox has remained a mystery for centuries, researchers now believe that it dates back 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.Until recently, the earliest genetic evidence of sm…
Learn MoreAdults May Be Losing Immunity to Mumps. Are Boosters Needed?
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Despite routine use of a childhood vaccine, the United States still sees outbreaks of mumps. Now, a new study reinforces the belief that it’s due to waning immunity post-vaccination.Mumps is a viral infection…
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