Wastewater monitoring for Covid-19 is picking up steam across the US
CNN, ABC NEWS By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Interest in using wastewater surveillance to monitor Covid-19 continues to grow in the United States, as the…
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Why does coffee make you poop? Experts explain
By Kristen Rogers, CNN For some people, coffee jump-starts their bowel movements in addition to their energy. Despite the drink’s popularity,…
Continue ReadingTHC and CBD exposure in womb linked to childhood obesity, higher blood sugar, study says
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Pregnant women who were exposed to cannabis products that contained THC and CBD were more likely to have children with…
Continue ReadingHow to make skating a good workout
By Stephanie Mansour, CNN Many of us have walked to take breaks from work, burn calories and be more active outside during the pandemic. As we gear…
Continue ReadingSleeping pill dangers and how to avoid them
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The stories of sleeping pills gone wrong are legendary. Ask any flight attendant, and you’ll hear amusing tales of…
Continue ReadingNew heart failure guidelines add another type of meds to treatment recommendations
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN The American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America released new…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 hospitalizations hit a pandemic low in the US, but strain on hospitals persists
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, but hospitals…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 hospitalizations hit a pandemic low in the US, but strain on hospitals persists
WMBF, TIDELANDS HEALTH, CNN By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Fewer people are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States now than at any other point in…
Continue ReadingHow the next coronavirus variant could emerge
By Michael Nedelman, CNN Stopping the next major coronavirus variant involves knowing where it might come from. With Omicron, those answers are still…
Continue ReadingAfter vaccinating thousands against Covid-19, this CNN Hero is fighting inequity in the medical system
By Kathleen Toner, CNN As Covid-19 infection rates and restrictions are waning in some places and a variant is surging in others, it’s…
Continue ReadingAfter vaccinating thousands against Covid-19, this CNN Hero is fighting inequity in the medical system
CNN By Kathleen Toner, CNN As Covid-19 infection rates and restrictions are waning in some places and a variant is surging in others, it’s…
Continue ReadingFirst human challenge study of Covid-19 yields valuable insights about how we get sick
By Brenda Goodman, CNN It takes just a tiny virus-laden droplet — about the width of a human blood cell — to infect someone with…
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‘Youth are in crisis’: Mental health of US high school students worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic, CDC survey finds
Mental health concerns among high school students in the United States were exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to survey results…
Continue ReadingScientists sequence the complete human genome for the first time
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN In 2003, the Human Genome Project made history when it sequenced 92% of the human genome. But for nearly two decades since,…
Continue Reading‘Youth are in crisis’: Mental health of US high school students worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic, CDC survey finds
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Mental health concerns among high school students in the United States were exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic,…
Continue ReadingWhat an expert says you should consider before getting a 2nd Covid-19 booster
By Katia Hetter, CNN On Tuesday, the US Food and Drug Administration expanded its authorization of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines.…
Continue ReadingWith the BA.2 subvariant on the rise, what’s safe and what’s not? A medical expert explains
CNN By Katia Hetter, CNN As the United States navigates a third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, cases are rising modestly in the Northeast,…
Continue ReadingA Covid-19 spike like the one in China is unlikely in the US, experts say. Here’s why
By Jen Christensen, CNN The Omicron coronavirus variant may be reaching around the world, but different places are seeing significantly different…
Continue ReadingA Covid-19 spike like the one in China is unlikely in the US, experts say. Here’s why
CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN The Omicron coronavirus variant may be reaching around the world, but different places are seeing significantly different…
Continue ReadingIn about half of US counties, less than 10% of children ages 5 to 11 are fully vaccinated against Covid-19
By Nadia Kounang and Deidre McPhillips, CNN The youngest group eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the US, children ages 5 to 11, is also…
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