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Officials across the US enact emergency procedures to help hospitals combat record-high Covid-19 numbers

January 11, 2022 1:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell, Jason Hanna and Christina Maxouris, CNN The number of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 across the US is the highest it’s…

Covid-19 hospitalizations in the US reach levels not seen since last winter’s surge

January 11, 2022 1:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell, CNN The spread of the Omicron variant is causing widespread disruption across the US as hospitalizations reach a level not seen…

19 states have fewer than 15% of ICU beds left as health care staffing shortages complicate care

January 11, 2022 1:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell and Jason Hanna, CNN As a record number of Americans are infected with Covid-19, largely due to the rapidly spreading Omicron…

The highly contagious Omicron variant will ‘find just about everybody,’ Fauci says, but vaccinated people will still fare better

January 11, 2022 1:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell, Jason Hanna, Deidre McPhillips and Christina Maxouris, CNN As the Omicron variant spreads like wildfire across the United States,…

Las Cruces boxing gym teaches Parkinson’s patients how to fight off symptoms

January 10, 2022 6:31 PM Tom Scott, David Gonzalez

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – According to the Mayo Clinic, nearly one million Americans live with Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a…

In a medical first, a man with terminal heart disease gets a transplant of genetically modified pig heart

January 10, 2022 4:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN A 57-year-old Maryland man is doing well three days after receiving a genetically modified pig heart in a…

Patient who received genetically modified pig heart in groundbreaking transplant surgery dies

January 10, 2022 4:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Carma Hassan and Katherine Dillinger, CNN A 57-year-old Maryland man who had received a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind…

In 1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient

January 10, 2022 2:20 PM Associated Press

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer U.S. doctors have transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life — a first…

Canada deemed ‘very high’ risk for travel

January 10, 2022 2:27 PM CNN Newsource

By Marnie Hunter, CNN Canada was moved to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s highest-risk category for travel on Monday. The…

Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job

January 10, 2022 1:24 PM Associated Press

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of…

Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday

January 10, 2022 1:00 PM Associated Press

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19…

Replacing full-fat dairy with olive oil may reduce your risk of disease and death, study finds

January 10, 2022 12:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Using olive oil instead of margarine, butter or other saturated fats may protect you from dying from cancer, cardiovascular…

US coronavirus surge could peak later this month, expert says, but the next few weeks are critical

January 10, 2022 5:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN The current Covid-19 surge in the US, fueled by the Omicron variant, could peak later this month — but the next…

US coronavirus surge could peak later this month, expert says, but the next few weeks are critical

January 10, 2022 5:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN The current Covid-19 surge in the US, fueled by the Omicron variant, could peak later this month — but the next…

Exercise may protect your brain even if you have signs of dementia, study finds

January 10, 2022 2:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Exercise is good for you. Breaking a sweat has been shown to improve nearly every organ in the body, fight nearly every…

How to manage mindless snacking from your pandemic home office

January 10, 2022 2:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Lisa Drayer, CNN The new year brings with it some old circumstances: working from home, self- isolating again, and having close access to food…

Local homeless shelter faces capacity issues amid cold weather and Omicron

January 9, 2022 10:50 PM Brianna Perez

EL PASO, Texas– With dropping temperatures and rising Covid-19 cases, the deputy director of the Opportunity Center says his shelter is facing…

How our ancestors used to sleep can help the sleep-deprived today

January 9, 2022 6:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Like many people, historian A. Roger Ekirch thought that sleep was a biological constant — that eight hours of rest a night…

Nearly a quarter of hospitals are reporting a critical staff shortage as Omicron drives a rise in Covid-19 cases

January 9, 2022 2:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Dakin Andone and Susannah Cullinane, CNN About 24% of US hospitals are reporting a “critical staffing shortage,” according to data…

5 reasons you should not deliberately catch Omicron to ‘get it over with’

January 9, 2022 2:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The question hung in the air like a bad odor, silencing the small group of fully vaccinated and boosted friends and family at…

Nearly a quarter of hospitals are reporting a critical staff shortage as Omicron drives a rise in Covid-19 cases

January 9, 2022 2:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Dakin Andone and Susannah Cullinane, CNN About 24% of US hospitals are reporting a “critical staffing shortage,” according to data…

Despite my health challenges, I choose to heal

January 8, 2022 6:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Eryn Mathewson, CNN The last 12 months have been weird for me. I’m a pretty healthy 39-year-old marathon runner. And yet I had a heart…

States are scrambling to keep up with an increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations and the demand for testing

January 8, 2022 1:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell, CNN As a Covid-19 testing shortage compounds a burgeoning crisis of new hospitalizations, more states are racing to help…

FDA warns against using throat swabs for home Covid-19 tests

January 7, 2022 4:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Jamie Gumbrecht, Naomi Thomas and Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is cautioning against using self-collected throat swabs…

Supreme Court appears poised to block Biden’s vaccine and testing rules for businesses

January 7, 2022 12:17 PM CNN

CNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Friday appeared ready to reject one of…

People desperate for Covid tests are turning to resellers online

January 7, 2022 7:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Patrick Kennedy, a nightlife performer in New York City, recently was exposed to Covid-19, he was…

Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots

January 7, 2022 9:31 AM Associated Press

By LINDSEY TANNER and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers Hospitalizations of U.S. children under 5 with COVID-19 have soared to unprecedented levels, a…

‘Mild’ Covid-19 doesn’t always feel that way

January 7, 2022 8:26 AM CNN Newsource

By Jen Christensen, CNN Many people are hearing from their doctors that they have a “mild” Covid-19 infection amid a surge of the highly…

Why dancing may be the one New Year’s resolution you actually keep in 2022

January 7, 2022 6:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN As a professionally trained dancer for nearly 20 years, I’ve found that a combination of pirouettes and leaps across…

What the US can expect next from the Covid surge, according to an expert

January 7, 2022 5:07 AM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The Omicron variant has sent cases of Covid-19 surging once again, and many businesses, workplaces and schools have…