
So your kid has a Covid-19 symptom. What do you do now?
Under two weeks after school started, Savannah Gardiner’s 8-year-old son woke her up at 4 a.m. complaining of an upset stomach, nausea and a…
Continue ReadingUnder two weeks after school started, Savannah Gardiner’s 8-year-old son woke her up at 4 a.m. complaining of an upset stomach, nausea and a…
Continue ReadingPreventable deaths in children under 5 were at the lowest number on record in 2019 at just over 5 million, down from 12.5 million in 1990, according…
Continue ReadingPfizer and BioNTech are confident they can have a vaccine against the novel coronavirus ready for regulatory approval by the middle of October or…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas health officials on Tuesday said there had been more than 13,500 total deaths from the coronavirus, as the governor extended…
Continue ReadingWith a black suit jacket shrugged off her left shoulder, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer didn’t flinch while getting a flu vaccination on live…
Continue ReadingTuesday was the first day of school for more than 1.8 million students, with most of the nation’s biggest districts offering online only…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials said only 44 new coronavirus cases were reported on Tuesday, including just three in Doña Ana…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK, NY — Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a patient…
Continue ReadingWhen people obeyed stay-at-home orders this past spring, it reduced the spread of Covid-19, according to new research published Tuesday. “These…
Continue ReadingHalf a million US children have been diagnosed with Covid-19, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital…
Continue ReadingTalking robots that interact with older people could be introduced into care homes to help fight loneliness and mental ill health. Pepper, a…
Continue ReadingNine vaccine makers say they have signed a joint pledge to uphold “high ethical standards,” suggesting they won’t seek premature…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced three new coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday morning. The death toll now…
Continue ReadingA group funded by the National Institutes of Health has released a series of emotional television ads asking Black people and Latinos to roll up…
Continue ReadingIn 2017, a team of experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security published a scenario as part of a training exercise that they believed…
Continue ReadingAnother federal official is making it clear that despite President Trump’s predictions, there’s hardly any chance a vaccine will be…
Continue ReadingAmericans have two choices as they celebrate Labor Day: 1. Be responsible. Keep gatherings small, have them outside, wear a face mask when…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas reported 2,057 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, and 20 additional deaths. The Texas Department of State…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported 46 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus — the lowest daily number in the…
Continue ReadingA team of experts on food contamination says it is highly unlikely that food is a source of Covid-19 transmission. The International Commission on…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — This year, more than 277,000 American women and men will be diagnosed with breast cancer. As of this week, there’s a new…
Continue ReadingAustralia and other countries in the Southern Hemisphere just finished their easiest flu seasons on record, and the United States and other nations…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health did not announce any new coronavirus-related deaths Monday morning. It breaks a streak of…
Continue ReadingAlzheimer’s disease and dementia are two diseases that many Americans are all too familiar with, but there is another dementia that plagued the…
Continue ReadingMore than 340 million children and adolescents, globally, were overweight or obese in 2016, meaning they’re at greater risk for obesity and…
Continue ReadingLabor Day weekend celebrations are in full swing — and many include the large crowds of people health experts feared would form. Covid-19…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 can have lasting impacts on the body, but there is hope that patients can not only recover over time, but can do so more quickly with…
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico’s state health officials on Sunday reported 66 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and three additional deaths,…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported five new coronavirus deaths on Sunday morning, bringing the total of pandemic deaths in the…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Health officials in Texas on Saturday reported 4,456 new coronavirus cases in the state and 177 additional deaths due to Covid-19,…
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