California reports over 50,000 new Covid-19 cases as Americans await vaccine rollout
Help is on the way. But for many Americans, it may not be soon enough. More Americans received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19…
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Incoming CDC chief tells her family they’ll be wearing masks for the better part of 2021
The incoming director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is telling her family they’ll be wearing masks well into next year.…
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Tight blood pressure control can cut memory loss, study finds
(KYMA, KECY/NBC News) -Lowering blood pressure to recommended levels can prevent dementia and the memory and thinking problems that often show up…
Continue Reading A second vaccine could soon get the green light while officials issue warning for the holidays
Help is on the way. But for many Americans, it may not be soon enough. More Americans received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19…
Continue Reading 10 outdoor game ideas for the whole family
After months stuck at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic, minimal in-person school, few playdates and lots of extra energy, Dan DeJager’s two…
Continue Reading As the US prepares to green light a second Covid-19 vaccine, officials issue warning for the holidays
More Americans received their first dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday, and the country now gears up for a possible second…
Continue Reading FDA authorizes first fully at-home test as more Covid-19 patients are hospitalized than ever before
After a day of celebration and heartache, Americans face a harsh reality with the Covid-19 crisis. A record 112,816 Covid-19 patients were…
Continue Reading Over 1.6 million US children have had coronavirus infections since the pandemic began, pediatricians say
The number of cases continues to…
Continue Reading More than 4 million people in the US traveled for Thanksgiving, new data shows
Despite a growing number of Covid-related travel restrictions nationwide and caution from the federal government, more than 4 million people in the…
Continue Reading The FDA authorizes a fully at-home test as more Covid-19 patients are hospitalized than ever before
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As she was getting the Covid-19 vaccine, this doctor found out she’d lost her 27th patient to the virus
Dr. Valerie Briones-Pryor was among the first in Kentucky to receive the new Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine Monday, but she describes the moment as…
Continue Reading Funeral homes, morgues grapple with surge in US Covid-19 deaths
Funeral director Kevin Spitzer has been overwhelmed with Covid-19-related deaths in the small city of Aberdeen, South Dakota. He and his two…
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Most Americans will likely get a COVID-19 vaccine, Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds
A large majority of Americans, 71%, say they will “definitely or probably” get a Covid-19 vaccine, according to a survey out Tuesday from the Kaiser…
Continue Reading As vaccines trickle across the US, more Americans are now hospitalized with Covid-19 than ever before
After a day of celebration and heartache, Americans face a harsh reality with the Covid-19 crisis. A record 110,549 Covid-19 patients were…
Continue Reading Want to hang with your friends (mask-free) this winter? Make a Covid-19 bubble
Doctors rarely talk about the importance of bubbles. But now they’re urging all Americans to hunker down in their bubbles through this…
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccine rollout was a moment of hope in pandemic’s ‘darkest days,’ expert says. But the dark days aren’t yet over
For many Americans, Monday felt like a sigh of relief. After 10 nightmarish months, the first Covid-19 vaccinations began, a historic milestone in a…
Continue Reading Most Americans will likely get a Covid-19 vaccine, Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds
A large majority of Americans, 71%, say they will “definitely or probably” get a Covid-19 vaccine, according to a survey out Tuesday from…
Continue Reading Relieve tight shoulders with this 5-minute routine
If you’re like many people working from home in the pandemic, making do with your own furniture probably hasn’t been the best for your…
Continue Reading Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority
With front-line health workers and nursing home residents and staff expected to get the initial doses of Covid vaccines, the thornier question is…
Continue Reading The first public Covid-19 vaccines reach all states as the US death toll tops 300,000
The first doses of an FDA-authorized Covid-19 vaccine have been delivered to all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, less than a…
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