Blood donations are critically needed as Red Cross faces worst shortage in a decade
By Megan Marples, CNN If you’ve ever considered donating blood, now is the time to take action. Blood donations are absolutely critical right…
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Blood donations are critically needed as Red Cross faces worst shortage in a decade
By Megan Marples, CNN If you’ve ever considered donating blood, now is the time to take action. Blood donations are absolutely critical right…
Continue Reading Cancer mortality rates continue to decline amid ‘major progress’ in lung cancer early detection and treatment
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Cancer mortality rates have been dropping for nearly two decades, aided by “major progress” in the early…
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BBB of El Paso: Be wary of weight loss scams to start the new year
EL PASO, Texas — Losing weight is one of the most popular new years resolutions. But online scammers are looking to take advantage of that. The…
Continue Reading You can learn to put names to faces while you sleep, study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Need to quickly put a name to a face on a company video call? About to play charades online with your new partner’s…
Continue Reading Online fitness training or in-person workouts: Which is better?
By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN When the coronavirus pandemic temporarily closed gyms nationwide in 2020, many people opted to do their workouts at…
Continue Reading Officials across the US enact emergency procedures to help hospitals combat record-high Covid-19 numbers
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…
Continue Reading 19 states have fewer than 15% of ICU beds left as health care staffing shortages complicate care
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…
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Pig heart recipient continues to recover from transplant
BALTIMORE (AP) — The man who received the first pig heart transplant is continuing to recover from the experimental surgery. David Bennett on…
Continue Reading Medicare proposes to cover controversial Alzheimer’s drug with restrictions
By Tami Luhby, CNN Medicare has proposed covering the controversial and costly Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm only for those enrolled in qualifying…
Continue Reading If you use a space heater for warmth, simple steps can help you stay safe
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The nation’s top fire official is calling for all hands on deck to save lives by educating the United States about…
Continue Reading If you use a space heater for warmth, simple steps can help you stay safe
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The nation’s top fire official is calling for all hands on deck to save lives by educating the United States about…
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Safe places to leave your baby in the Borderland, no questions asked
EL PASO, Texas – A Texas law called “Safe haven” or “Baby Moses” law seeks to reduce the abandonment of newborns by parents who, for whatever…
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Police: Nurse in Italy caught faking shots, ditching vaccine
ROME (AP) — Police in Italy have arrested a nurse on charges he faked giving coronavirus vaccinations to at least 45 people so they could get a…
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It’s time to upgrade your mask as Omicron spreads, El Paso infectious disease expert says
EL PASO, Texas — Local health experts are encouraging El Pasoans to upgrade their masks as the Omicron variant spreads rapidly. The El Paso…
Continue Reading 5 reasons you should not deliberately catch Omicron to ‘get it over with’
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…
Continue Reading Covid-19 hospitalizations in the US reach levels not seen since last winter’s surge
By Travis Caldwell, CNN The spread of the Omicron variant is causing widespread disruption across the US as hospitalizations reach a level not seen…
Continue Reading 19 states have fewer than 15% of ICU beds left as health care staffing shortages complicate care
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…
Continue Reading The highly contagious Omicron variant will ‘find just about everybody,’ Fauci says, but vaccinated people will still fare better
By Travis Caldwell, Jason Hanna, Deidre McPhillips and Christina Maxouris, CNN As the Omicron variant spreads like wildfire across the United States,…
Continue Reading Covid-19 hospitalizations reach record high, HHS data shows
By Travis Caldwell and Deidre McPhillips, CNN The number of US patients hospitalized with Covid-19 has hit a record high — a situation…
Continue Reading Officials across the US enact emergency procedures to help hospitals combat record-high Covid-19 numbers
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…
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Las Cruces boxing gym teaches Parkinson’s patients how to fight off symptoms
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – According to the Mayo Clinic, nearly one million Americans live with Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a…
Continue Reading In a medical first, a man with terminal heart disease gets a transplant of genetically modified pig heart
By Katherine Dillinger, CNN A 57-year-old Maryland man is doing well three days after receiving a genetically modified pig heart in a…
Continue Reading Patient who received genetically modified pig heart in groundbreaking transplant surgery dies
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…
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In 1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
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…
Continue Reading Canada deemed ‘very high’ risk for travel
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…
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Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of…
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Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19…
Continue Reading Replacing full-fat dairy with olive oil may reduce your risk of disease and death, study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Using olive oil instead of margarine, butter or other saturated fats may protect you from dying from cancer, cardiovascular…
Continue Reading US coronavirus surge could peak later this month, expert says, but the next few weeks are critical
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…
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