Local Health Archives

Root of teen empathy begins with secure relationships at home, study finds

July 22, 2021 6:18 AM CNN Newsource

By Sarah Molano, CNN Teenagers who have close, secure relationships with their families are more likely to extend empathy to their peers, according…

Millions of children worldwide missed routine vaccinations during the pandemic, study suggests

July 14, 2021 4:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The coronavirus pandemic may have caused the “most widespread” disruption of routine childhood vaccinations in…

Mississippi health officer warns about Covid-19 surge that has put 7 children in intensive care

July 14, 2021 3:42 PM CNN Newsource

By Eric Levenson, CNN Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs warned residents about a surge of Covid-19 cases in the southern state on…

Experts are bracing for a spike in STDs, but not just because it’s ‘hot vax summer’

July 14, 2021 3:28 PM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Trent, CNN After more than a year of Americans being urged to practice the safe six (feet), infectious disease specialists want to remind…

Young children will pay the price if enough US adults don’t get vaccinated against Covid-19, expert says

July 14, 2021 6:27 PM CNN

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Children will likely pay the price for adults in the US not getting vaccinated at high enough rates to slow or stop the…

A new poll shows why some vaccine-hesitant Americans decided to get the Covid-19 shot

July 13, 2021 3:41 PM CNN Newsource

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Roughly one-fifth of Americans were initially hesitant about or squarely against getting the Covid-19 vaccine but have…

Pfizer and government discuss boosters, no changes for now

July 13, 2021 7:22 AM CNN, Cole Johnson

The federal guidance on vaccine boosters is not expected to change for now, according to a senior health official following a meeting between Pfizer…

Investigation into rare nerve syndrome linked to J&J vaccine

July 13, 2021 5:04 AM CNN

The CDC and FDA have launched an investigation into a potential link between the johnson and johnson covid-19 vaccine and rare cases of a…

A nurse practitioner tells us why she chose the Desert Southwest

July 12, 2021 4:56 PM Joe Teposte, Brandon Mejia, Jenny Day

As states across the country struggle to attract and maintain a steady medical workforce, the questions can be asked what draws them to the Desert…

Avlon: It’s a self-inflicting tragedy in the making

July 12, 2021 4:56 PM CNN

CNN’s John Avlon evaluates the stark differences in Covid-19 vaccination rates between red and blue states across the…

FDA calls for investigation into Alzheimer’s drug approval

July 12, 2021 7:57 AM CNN, Cole Johnson

The current head of the Food and Drug Administration is asking for an investigation into the approval of a new Alzheimer’s…

States with low vaccination numbers had Covid-19 case rates last week 3 times higher than others where people are fully vaccinated

July 12, 2021 4:56 PM CNN Newsource

By Deidre McPhillips, Steve Almasy and Madeline Holcombe, CNN When you compare states with high vaccination rates to states that are lagging, the…

Covid-19 cases surge in state with one of the lowest vaccination rates

July 21, 2021 10:34 AM CNN

CNN’s Polo Sandoval reports on Arkansas’s surge of Covid-19 cases as the state’s vaccination rate has…

California confirms first 2021 death from West Nile Virus

July 10, 2021 10:57 AM Sumiko Keil, The Associated Press

Health officials say a San Luis Obispo County resident died from complications of the…

Bat Studies

July 9, 2021 7:49 PM Mercedes Martinez

Researchers to study bats for Coronavirus…

Students don’t need masks at school if they are fully vaccinated, CDC says

July 9, 2021 8:39 AM NBC News

The CDC just updated its guidance for schools… And says students and teachers who are entirely vaccinated do not need to wear masks while…

Los Angeles County sees exponential growth in Covid-19 cases as Delta variant becomes dominant, worrying officials

July 10, 2021 12:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Aya Elamroussi and Dakin Andone, CNN The most populous county in the US is seeing “exponential growth” of Covid-19 cases as the Delta…

Delta variant is ‘Covid-19 on steroids,’ expert says, with cases increasing in nearly half of US states

July 9, 2021 4:44 AM CNN, Dominique Newland

On Thursday, Pfizer said it was seeing waning immunity from its vaccine. The company is now picking up its efforts to develop a booster dose that…

Global Covid-19 death toll surpasses 4 million

July 7, 2021 8:02 PM CNN Newsource

By Deidre McPhillips and Nectar Gan, CNN More than 4 million people around the world have died of Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins…

COVID-19 Vaccine and Breast Milk

July 6, 2021 5:15 PM Mercedes Martinez

Study finds that Coronavirus vaccine material does not get into breast…