Latest Prevention & Wellness News TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government will start distributing millions of rapid coronavirus tests to states this week with the goal of reopening schools. About 6.5 million tests will be shipped this week, and a total of 100 million […]
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TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) Isolation due to the pandemic and failure to get hearing aids checked has fueled anxiety, depression and more hearing loss for many seniors. “This has been a very difficult time as senior facilities and individuals try to balance poor health outcomes related to COVID-19 […]
By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) Young women who suffer a particularly deadly condition after a heart attack are 11% more likely to die from it than men, a new study finds. Not only that, women aged 18 to 55 are less likely to receive the […]
TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) Black and Hispanic Americans are twice as likely to test positive for COVID-19 as white Americans, researchers report. For the study, an international team collected data on about 6 million people but found no differences in the number who died 30 days after testing […]
The World Health Organization, leadership and staff, are outraged by recent reports of alleged sexual exploitation and abuse in the context of the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The actions allegedly perpetrated by individuals identifying themselves as working for WHO are unacceptable and will be […]
MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Certain people are at higher risk for health problems from mercury-containing amalgam dental fillings and should avoid them if possible, a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommendation says. Groups that may be at greater risk of harm from mercury vapor released by […]
Unaffordable prices can be one of the biggest barriers to access to pharmaceutical products. A new WHO guideline for countries on managing pharmaceutical prices aims to help governments overcome this barrier and better address national public health needs. Pharmaceutical pricing policies need to be carefully planned and carried out, and […]
By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) Combined data from 32 studies from around the world suggest that children under the age of 10 are much less likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2 compared with adults, given the same daily contacts. Children’s risk appears to rise with […]
FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) Among breast cancer patients in the United States, Black women are more likely to start treatment later and to have a longer treatment period than white women, new research shows. For the study, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed […]
FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (American Heart Association News) After taking her daughter to softball practice, Kelly Sosnowski popped over to the mall to run an errand. Walking inside, she felt a heavy pain in her chest and upper back. She paused and the pain let up. But when she started […]