For Many, Myocarditis Risk Higher After SARS-CoV-2 Infection Than Vaccination
TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The overall risk for myocarditis is higher after a positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) test than after COVID-19 vaccination, according to a study published online Aug. 22 i…
Learn MoreRegular Exercise Can Help Shield You From Severe COVID
TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Looking for a new reason to work out?Here’s a good one: Regular exercise appears to significantly reduce your risk of getting COVID-19, a large international research review has found.And, if you do get COVID…
Learn MoreCOVID Virus’ Incubation Time Gets Shorter With Each New Variant
TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you get infected with COVID-19, the time from infection to possible onset of symptoms — the incubation period — is significantly shorter now than it was at the beginning of the pandemic, new research sho…
Learn MoreYou Could Live 9 Years Longer in Hawaii Than in Mississippi, New Data Shows
TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Differences in lifestyles and other factors are linked to big gaps in life expectancy between residents of various U.S. states, 2020 data shows.That could mean almost a decade more or less of life, a new repo…
Learn MoreDr. Anthony Fauci Will Step Down in December
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Anthony Fauci, M.D., who has advised seven presidents and spent more than five decades at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, will step down in December to “pursue the next chapter” of his career, he ann…
Learn MoreFirst Lady Jill Biden Leaves Isolation After Testing Negative for COVID-19 Twice
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — After testing positive for COVID-19 last week, First Lady Jill Biden left isolation on Sunday following two negative test results.
She had been isolating on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, where she had tes…
Learn MorePfizer Asks FDA to Approve Omicron-Specific Booster Shot
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. said Monday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of an updated booster shot that targets several versions of the omicron variant.Animal studies show …
Learn MorePfizer Asks FDA to Approve Omicron-Specific Booster Shot
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. said Monday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of an updated booster shot that targets several versions of the Omicron variant.Animal studies show…
Learn MoreParásitos devotos: los monjes medievales se enfrentaban a desagradables gérmenes intestinales
VIERNES, 19 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los monjes medievales tenían muchas más lombrices que las personas promedio, reveló un nuevo análisis arqueológico.Los que vivían en Cambridge en tiempos medievales tenían casi el doble de probabilidad…
Learn MoreDr. Anthony Fauci Will Step Down in December
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has advised seven presidents and spent more than five decades at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, will step down in December to “pursue the next chapter” of his career, he announc…
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