How to encourage family and friends to stop spreading misinformation on social media
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Your cousin knows for a fact that coronavirus vaccines have mind-controlling microchips. “Stop the steal”…
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Concerts and Covid: Can the show go on?
By Eric Berger, Kaiser Health News Fans of the band Wilco could have reasonably interpreted frontman Jeff Tweedy singing “I Am Trying to Break…
Continue Reading‘There is no room to put these bodies,’ Alabama health official says as Covid-19 deaths climb
CNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The rate of Covid-19 deaths has increased in 42 US states in the last week, according to new data, as the spread of the…
Continue Reading‘There is no room to put these bodies,’ Alabama health official says as Covid-19 deaths climb
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The rate of Covid-19 deaths has increased in 42 US states in the last week, according to new data, as the spread of the more…
Continue ReadingWhat’s the risk of indoor dining if you’re fully vaccinated? Here’s what one expert says
By Katia Hetter, CNN With Covid-19 infections at their highest levels since January and hospitalizations at a level not seen since the winter surge,…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 hospitalization risk doubles with Delta variant, UK study suggests
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A new study adds to growing evidence suggesting that the Delta coronavirus variant is not only highly transmissible, but…
Continue ReadingUnvaccinated, unmasked teacher infected more than half of students in class with Covid-19, CDC reports
By Maggie Fox, CNN An unvaccinated elementary school teacher who took off their mask to read to students ended up infecting more than half of them…
Continue ReadingAbbott warns of some constraints on Covid-19 home test supply as Delta surge leads to ‘unprecedented demand’
CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Abbott Laboratories says the supply of its at-home Covid-19 tests may be constrained in the coming weeks as demand has…
Continue ReadingAbbott warns of some constraints on Covid-19 home test supply as Delta surge leads to ‘unprecedented demand’
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Abbott Laboratories says the supply of its at-home Covid-19 tests may be constrained in the coming weeks as demand has…
Continue ReadingHow to get your teens to sleep now that they are back in school
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN School may look a bit different these days, but there’s one constant parents will remember from pre-Covid days: the…
Continue ReadingCNN EXCLUSIVE ‘Something has to be done’: After decades of near-silence from the CDC, the agency’s director is speaking up about gun violence
CNN, KLAS, WEWS, KABC, WPTZ, WOIO, WICZ By Elizabeth Cohen, John Bonifield and Justin Lape, CNN For the first time in decades, the director of the US…
Continue ReadingPandemic surge causes major shortage of a drug that treats rheumatoid arthritis and severe Covid-19
By Jen Christensen, CNN Renée Melendez is frustrated with the unvaccinated for more reasons than just the renewed spread of Covid-19, she said. The…
Continue ReadingFinding enlightenment through sitting with discomfort
By Matt Villano, CNN Lama Rod Owens sees mindfulness as radical. For Owens, a Black and queer man, being “radical” means returning to a…
Continue ReadingCNN EXCLUSIVE ‘Something has to be done’: After decades of near-silence from the CDC, the agency’s director is speaking up about gun violence
By Elizabeth Cohen, John Bonifield and Justin Lape, CNN For the first time in decades, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue ReadingUS Surgeon General urges parents and officials take these steps to protect children from Covid-19
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN A return to in-person learning has led to thousands of students having to quarantine across the US, with Covid-19 cases…
Continue ReadingEating a hot dog could take 36 minutes off your life, study says
By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN You may want to skip the toppings on your next hot dog, or skip it altogether: Health researchers at the University of…
Continue ReadingEating a hot dog could take 36 minutes off your life, study says
KTUU, TIKTOK, TRENT FOLDAGER, CNN By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN You may want to skip the toppings on your next hot dog, or skip it altogether: Health…
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Sisters woman grateful for successful experience with new COVID-19 treatment
After promising results from St. Charles’ new COVID-19 therapy treatment, the health system is looking to expand to more sites across Central Oregon.…
Continue ReadingFDA blocks sale of 55,000 flavored e-cigarette products
By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration blocked the sale of more 55,000 flavored e-cigarette products Thursday, its first ban…
Continue ReadingPandemic surge causes major shortage of a drug that treats rheumatoid arthritis and severe Covid-19
CNN, WDRB, WDIV By Jen Christensen, CNN Renée Melendez is frustrated with the unvaccinated for more reasons than just the renewed spread of…
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