Latest Prevention & Wellness News MONDAY, Sept. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) Failure to “flatten the coronavirus curve” in the United States could lead to even more deaths than previously believed, a new study claims. The researchers concluded that every six additional intensive care unit (ICU) beds or seven […]
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MONDAY, Sept. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) Healthier school meals improve the diets of American children, a new study finds. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act took effect in 2012 and required school meals to include more whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and less sodium. To assess how the act affected students’ […]
By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 15, 2020 It’s a must for any good curry, and a new clinical trial suggests that turmeric might ease arthritis pain, too. Researchers found that an extract of the spice turmeric worked better than a placebo in easing pain from knee arthritis over three […]
TUESDAY, Sept. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) Punctured lungs occur in as many as 1 in 100 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a new study finds. Before the pandemic, this problem was typically seen in very tall young men or older patients with severe lung disease. But some British researchers noticed that several […]
By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) COVID-19 is unlike other respiratory viruses known to humans, but in time it could evolve into a seasonal scourge like the flu. That’s according to a new report in which researchers lay out the case for a possible seasonal COVID. […]
Latest Mental Health News TUESDAY, Sept. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) Exercise is often recommended to combat stress and anxiety. But it might not be the solution to your pandemic-related worries, new research indicates. For the study, researchers analyzed data gathered from more than 900 pairs of identical and […]
As the world comes together at an unprecedented virtual session of the 75th UN General Assembly (UNGA), WHO has three messages to share. The first is about equitable access to COVID-19 tools. At UNGA, WHO will call on world leaders to support the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT)-Accelerator, a unique international collaboration […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Russian Federation are organizing an official UN General Assembly virtual side-event: PROGRESS AND MULTISECTORAL ACTION TOWARDS ACHIEVING GLOBAL TARGETS TO END TB on 23 September from 10:00H – 12:00H EDT (16:00H-18:00H CEST). The event will bring together Heads of State, Ministers of Health and other ministries, Heads […]
By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) It’s not clear how COVID-19 outbreaks at three Salt Lake City child day care centers began, but a new report finds that 12 infected youngsters enrolled at two of the facilities easily passed SARS-CoV-2 to at least 12 family members. […]
FRIDAY, Sept. 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) Cat lovers, be aware: New research suggests that COVID-19 may be more common in cats than previously thought. Scientists analyzed blood samples taken from 102 cats between January and March 2020 in Wuhan, China, after the world’s first known outbreak of COVID-19 began in […]