Experimental brain surgery may help some people overcome drug addiction
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Covid-19 daily case rates plunge to one-sixth the record high reached a month ago. But thousands are still dying from Covid-19 every day
CNN By Deidre McPhillips and Holly Yan, CNN While new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations keep tumbling, more than 2,000 Americans are still dying…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 daily case rates plunge to one-sixth the record high reached a month ago. But thousands are still dying from Covid-19 every day
By Deidre McPhillips and Holly Yan, CNN While new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations keep tumbling, more than 2,000 Americans are still dying every…
Continue ReadingPeople with autism or ADHD are more likely to die early, review says
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Having autism or ADHD could come with a higher risk of dying earlier than normal, according to new research. Several previous…
Continue ReadingResearchers report third case of HIV remission after stem cell transplant using umbilical cord blood
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN A US woman has become the third known person who’s gone into HIV remission, and the first mixed-race woman, thanks to a…
Continue ReadingChild Covid-19 hospitalizations rose amid Omicron, especially among children too young to be vaccinated
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 hospitalization rates among children increased as Omicron replaced Delta as the predominant coronavirus variant in…
Continue ReadingGetting vaccinated against Covid-19 during pregnancy can help protect baby too, new CDC study suggests
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Getting vaccinated against Covid-19 during pregnancy could offer some protection to babies after they’re born, too.…
Continue ReadingYou’ve lost your vaccine card. Stay calm and follow these steps
By Megan Marples, CNN Oh no. Your vaccine card is missing. You’ve searched your car, emptied your purse or backpack and torn apart your house,…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 booster shot uptake is at all-time low in the US, CNN analysis finds
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The pace of people getting Covid-19 vaccine booster shots in the United States has dropped to the lowest it has ever been,…
Continue ReadingCelebrate yourself this day after Valentine’s Day
By Allison Hope, CNN Hold the flowers and the chocolates and the sappy love poems. Forget Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s Day and the…
Continue ReadingFederal government makes a push for community health centers to provide virtual health services beyond the pandemic
CNN, EPFL SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LAUSANNE By Jen Christensen, CNN The Biden administration is making another push for telehealth and…
Continue ReadingFederal government makes a push for community health centers to provide virtual health services beyond the pandemic
By Jen Christensen, CNN The Biden administration is making another push for telehealth and other digital disease-monitoring tools to become…
Continue ReadingAmericans less likely to have sex, partner up and get married than ever
By Harry Enten, CNN Valentine’s Day is a day of love, a special day on which we’re supposed to make sure that those around us know how…
Continue ReadingCelebrate yourself this day after Valentine’s Day
CNN By Allison Hope, CNN Hold the flowers and the chocolates and the sappy love poems. Forget Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s Day and the…
Continue ReadingHow yoga helps NFL pro bowler Mike Daniels tackle tension ahead of the Super Bowl
By Dana Santas, CNN It might be surprising to people who think of football players training only in the weight room or on the field, but yoga has…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 vaccine booster effectiveness wanes after four months but still offers protection, study finds
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Booster doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines are safe, and they offer high levels of protection…
Continue ReadingWhen can younger children be vaccinated against Covid-19? ‘Not yet’
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The timeline for when children younger than 5 in the United States might start receiving Covid-19 vaccinations has just…
Continue ReadingFDA authorizes new Covid-19 monoclonal antibody that works against Omicron variant
By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized a new monoclonal antibody treatment that seems to work against the Omicron…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 vaccine authorization for younger children delayed as FDA seeks more data
By Jen Christensen, Brenda Goodman and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Parents will have to keep waiting to find out when their youngest children can get a…
Continue ReadingWhile awaiting updated CDC guidance, here’s the data states are using to lift Covid-19 restrictions
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN States that recently announced plans to lift either indoor or school mask mandates have at least two things in common:…
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