Blow Your Horn: Do Wind Instruments Spread COVID?
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Strike up the band!A new study finds that the aerosols produced by wind instruments like trombones and flutes are no more concerning than those given off during normal speech and breathing. For the study, U…
Learn MoreFirst Lady Jill Biden Has COVID-19
TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — First Lady Jill Biden has COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms,” according to her staff.”After testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday during her regular testing cadence, the First Lady began to develo…
Learn MoreHow Worried Should You Be About New Reports on Polio?
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Poliovirus detected in New York City wastewater last week put public health officials on high alert, as it indicates the potentially paralyzing virus is circulating widely in the area.But infectious disease ex…
Learn MoreMonkeypox May Get New Name to Curb Stigma
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Monkeypox could soon get a new name.The World Health Organization announced Friday that it plans to rename the condition to eliminate any derogatory or racist connotations, a decision in alignment with current…
Learn MoreLos CDC relajan las directrices sobre el distanciamiento social
JUEVES, 11 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU. anunciaron el jueves que habían relajado sus recomendaciones sobre el distanciamiento social para la COVID-19, a medida que e…
Learn MoreCDC IDs Two Outbreaks of GI Illness Linked to Splash Pad Use
THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Details of two outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness associated with splash pad use in a park in Kansas in June 2021 are presented in the Aug. 5 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention M…
Learn MoreLa infección con la hepatitis C puede matar, pero menos de un tercio de los pacientes se tratan
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Menos de un tercio de las personas con hepatitis C reciben tratamiento para esta infección, que es potencialmente letal, pero curable, en un plazo de un año tras su diagnóstico, advierte un nuevo inf…
Learn MoreLa FDA estira el suministro de vacuna contra la viruela del simio al autorizar dosis más bajas
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay) — Mientras los estadounidenses en riesgo hacen largas colas en todo el país, para intentar obtener la vacuna Jynneos contra la viruela del simio, el martes las autoridades de EE. UU. anunciaron que modifica…
Learn MoreCDC Eases COVID Social Distancing Guidance
THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it has loosened its COVID-19 social distancing recommendations as the American public learns to live with the virus in its midst.“We’re in a …
Learn MoreImmune-Inflammatory Biomarkers Higher in Severe Mental Illness, T2DM
THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Individuals with severe mental illness or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have increased levels of peripheral immune-inflammatory biomarkers, which may contribute to neurocognitive and social deficits, acc…
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