Vitamin D supplementation at either dose “did not result in reduced risk of all-cause acute respiratory infections (ARI), or in risk or severity of COVID-19 specifically,” said study author Dr. Adrian Martineau, a professor of respiratory infection and immunity at the Institute of Population Health Sciences at Queen Mary University Read more…
“This week marks an important shift in our fight against the virus,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, who is leading the White House Covid-19 Response Team. “It marks our ability to make Covid vaccines a more routine part of our lives as we continue to drive down serious illness and deaths Read more…
But when forecasters try to get a bead on what influenza might have in store for North America in any given winter, they look to countries like Australia and New Zealand, where the season typically runs from April to October — winter months in the Southern Hemisphere. This year, Australia Read more…
About 50 million people are under heat alerts Tuesday. High temperatures are not just uncomfortable, they are bad for your health — and can even be deadly. Of all the natural disasters, extreme heat is the No. 1 killer, studies show, killing more people than hurricanes and tornadoes combined. In Read more…
The investigation found that Juul deliberately marketed its products to young people, even though e-cigarette sales to children are illegal. Marketing efforts included free samples, social media campaigns, launch parties, and the use of young-looking models in its advertising campaigns, according to the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Read more…
In many cases, however, they’re also causing injuries, social anxiety and mental health problems for athletes and parents alike. Flanagan is no stranger to the ins and outs of youth sports — the 59-year-old writer from Summit, New Jersey, has three grown children, one of whom was heavily into sports. Read more…
Monkeypox is a poxvirus. It generally causes pimple- or blister-like lesions and flu-like symptoms such as fever. The disease is rarely fatal. Monkeypox spreads through close contact. This includes direct physical contact with lesions as well as “respiratory secretions” shared through face-to-face interaction and touching objects that have been contaminated Read more…
It just might, according to a new study. “This study was the first to demonstrate that participants’ expectations of how their cognitive performance ‘should’ change as a result of cognitive training can influence the actual outcomes that they show,” said Jocelyn Parong, the study’s lead author and a postdoctoral research Read more…
Workers at the Inhauma cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, carry the coffin containing the remains of 89-year-old Irodina Pinto Ribeiro on Friday, June 18, 2021. Brazil has now marked 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 — the second-highest death toll in the world. A demonstrator holds a sign that reads “Bolsonaro Read more…
Some disease detectives in the United States are narrowing their wastewater surveillance efforts to zero in on specific buildings and to identify hot spots for a growing list of diseases. “Some wastewater surveillance is done at the community level, and some is done at the building level, which is a Read more…
Lockdowns, remote learning and quarantines placed onerous limits on children’s physical freedoms, curtailing their opportunities to do all sorts of things on their own outside home. There were school and camp closures as well as cancellations of playdates, sports games and birthday parties — the list went on and on. Read more…
Researchers still haven’t nailed down how to better predict who’s at risk for attempting suicide, and whether or when vulnerable people will do it, said Justin Baker, clinical director of The Suicide and Trauma Reduction Initiative for Veterans at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. “That is extremely, extremely Read more…
Of the 67 people for whom local public health officials have a detailed food history, 81% reported eating at a Wendy’s restaurant in the week before their illness started, the CDC said. No deaths have been reported, but according to the CDC, 43 people have been hospitalized and 10 developed Read more…
Both are bivalent vaccines that combine the companies’ original vaccine with one that targets the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sublineages. Pfizer’s updated vaccine is a 30-microgram dose authorized for people age 12 and older. Moderna’s updated vaccine is a 50-microgram dose authorized for people age 18 and older. The shots Read more…
“We actually got a head start, and we started early, even before the festival, with monkeypox vaccinations for people that are here in Atlanta,” said Melissa Scott, one of the organizers. The festival will also offer Covid-19 vaccines on location. The monkeypox vaccines won’t protect people right away, because two Read more…
Cases in eight health care workers and one other patient are linked to a private clinic in San Miguel de Tucumán, WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said in an email to CNN. A 10th case, which is linked to the cluster, involves an 81-year-old man with underlying health problems who is Read more…
Researchers examined 22 studies from the past 30 years and determined short breaks improved worker well-being, which they defined as having energy to complete tasks without being exhausted by the end of the workday, said study author Irina Macsinga, associate professor in the psychology department at the West University of Read more…
Now you can add another reason to take a post-meal stroll — it may lower your blood sugar. Standing after a meal can help, too, but not as much as putting one foot in front of the other, said study coauthor Aidan Buffey, a doctoral student in the physical education Read more…
Life expectancy at birth fell to 76.1 years, the lowest it has been in the US since 1996, and the biggest 2-year decline in a century. Covid-19 was the driving factor, with deaths from the virus contributing to half of the decline from 2020 to 2021, according to the report Read more…
The study looked at nearly 500,000 men and women ages 40 to 69 years old who participated in the UK Biobank, which houses in-depth genetic and health information, between 2006 and 2010. The database included information participants reported about their own tea drinking habits, such as frequency and what they Read more…
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