Additional HIV cases seem to be from 'injecting drug use is the primary risk factor and many of them of homeless'...
'My skin was so sore and constantly hot. I have never felt pain like this it has been a horrible experience. I am a very healthy person and am not on any medication or anything like that,' King said
Mar 31
A vaccine passport system could be a hard sell in the US, where the pandemic has exposed drastic political divides over coronavirus mitigation strategies
Mar 29
Female hormone progesterone dampens an immune response called 'cytokine storm', which often damages lungs and other organs in Covid-19 patients
Mar 22
'The last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking,' the president said a day after Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced their plans to allow businesses to reopen at full capacity and lift mask mandates
Mar 3
During periods of anomalously warm weather, people with multiple sclerosis had a 4% increased chance of having an emergency department visit compared to periods of normal weather, shows analysis
Mar 2
People using cannabis are six times more likely to have medication overuse headache than those who did not use it
Mar 1
Pregnant women who were reluctant said they had concerns about exposing their baby to possible harmful side effects, the vaccine being rushed for political reasons and lack of safety and data
It is associated with lower levels of key glucose regulator hormone
Eating more than five servings is not associated with any additional benefit
Both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have shown higher efficacy rates as compared to Johnson & Johnson but experts have advised against direct comparison and say all three provide strong protection
Feb 28
The shift may be a sign that new, highly transmissible variants of the coronavirus are beginning to take hold, according to public health experts
Feb 27
61% also believe that students falling behind academically should be a top consideration in school reopening
Feb 26
According to the team, this discovery also highlights the need for a concerted national surveillance program to track and contain the spread of novel coronavirus variants
Feb 25
‘As far as I know, China has never asked US diplomats in China to conduct anal swab tests,’ said Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian
Women far more likely than men to consider themselves as LGBT
Feb 24
Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine is 85% effective at preventing severe cases of coronavirus, reveals analysis
Those with anxiety who develop Alzheimer’s may start experiencing dementia symptoms about three years earlier than those who do not have the condition
Morning chronotypes or 'larks' tend to do better early in the morning, evening-types or 'owls' later in the evening, while intermediate types have no strong preference, says the study
9 Covid-19 transmission clusters found in US schools involved less than ideal physical distancing, and 5 involved inadequate mask use by students
Feb 23
He said mixed signals from the White House under the Trump administration were not helpful in the fight against coronavirus
Feb 22
Research indicates it will take the US at least till 2022, if not longer to vaccinate enough people to justify ending mitigation measures. Until then, masks represent our best line of defense
According to researchers, each facility outside of New York City and its suburbs that accepted coronavirus patients averaged 9.33 additional deaths than those that did not
Feb 21
Pulse oximeters that measure the percentage of oxygen in the blood are more likely to be inaccurate for people with dark skin
'Episode 3: The Pamper Parties' gives a first-person account of how the 'King of Polyester' made the parties made raves look like children's kiddy birthday parties
Feb 4
Most free, online pornography is not there to teach you what you are supposed to do when you are having sex, warn experts
Jan 29
The rule banned federal funds going to international aid organizations that perform or promote abortions or provide information about them
The initial analysis is based on a survey of 62 nursing homes, a roughly 10 percent sample of total facilities across New York state
Jan 28
Like the UK and Brazilian variants, preliminary data suggests this variant may spread more easily and quickly than other variants, noted the CDC
The Clark County School District in Nevada has seen 18 suicides in nine months since it closed schools in March 2020 as compared to 9 in 2019
Jan 27
There were an estimated 67.6 million prevalent and 26.2 million newly-acquired sexually transmitted infections in the US in 2018 alone
Jan 26
A resident of Twin Cities metro area, the person with the Brazil coronavirus variant recently returned to Minnesota after having traveled to Brazil
Jan 25
Results show 34% are against the US recommitting to the Paris Agreement on climate change
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says that efforts to accelerate vaccination may be hindered by supply constraints
Jan 24
This will impact the entry of non-US citizens from the UK, Brazil, South Africa and 26 countries in Europe where new and more contagious coronavirus strains have emerged
However, the evidence is preliminary and more studies are needed to make firm conclusions, say experts
Jan 22
Black and Hispanic adults, as well as low-income households, are among the groups least likely to say they have enough information
The national strategy includes restoring public trust as well as increasing supplies of PPE, testing materials and vaccines through the Defense Production Act
Jan 21
The B.1.1.7 lineage is a rapidly spreading variant that carries a larger than usual number of genetic changes with 10 mutations located in the spike protein
Researchers found that clusters of the B.1.1.7 variant had emerged in California by November 6 and by November 23 in Florida
Jan 20
The sharpest rise in number of deaths has been among American Indians and Alaska Natives
Co-occurring mental health conditions such as anxiety, attention, mood and behavior disorders are a part of this burden, but a population-based prevalence estimate has been lacking
Jan 19
Researchers are yet to determine whether the local variant is more deadly than current forms of the coronavirus
Compared with the lowest category of weekly fried food consumption, the highest was associated with a 28% increased risk of major cardiovascular events
According to public health officials, it is too soon to know if this Covid-19 variant will spread more rapidly than others
Jan 18
Public health measures could have been applied 'more forcefully' by local and national health authorities in China in January, suggest experts
Titled Fact Sheet: Activity at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the document claims the Chinese Communist Party systematically prevented a thorough investigation
Jan 16
Estimated reductions for the Black and Latino populations are 3 to 4 times that for Whites
Despite a previously stated strategy of holding back some vaccine doses to ensure people can get their second shot, the Trump administration started releasing its reserve doses in December 2020
Jan 15
Incoming White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the 'Operation Warp Speed' name will be retired, however, she did not say what the new name will be
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