Mental health is one of the biggest pandemic issues we’ll face in 2021
With progress in efforts for Covid-19 vaccines and predictions for when the population will receive them, there seems to be a light at the end of the…
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More than 4.2 million Americans have been given their first Covid-19 vaccine. Experts say the US needs to go faster
With more than 4.2 million people given their first doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far, experts say the pace of inoculation in the US needs to speed…
Continue Reading California reports more than 45,000 new coronavirus cases as surge continues into new year
California reported Sunday that 45,352 people newly tested positive for Covid-19, continuing a surge that has pushed hospitals and their exhausted…
Continue Reading More than 4.2 million coronavirus vaccines have been given and experts say the US needs to go faster
With more than 4.2 million people given their first doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far, experts say the pace of inoculation in the US needs to speed…
Continue Reading Europe has kept its schools open for much of the pandemic. Now closures loom
The coronavirus pandemic transformed the working and social lives of millions of European adults in 2020. Children too have suffered immensely, with…
Continue Reading 43 staffers at a California hospital tested positive for Covid-19. An inflatable costume may be to blame
Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the…
Continue Reading 43 staffers at a California hospital tested positive for Covid-19. An air-powered costume may be to blame
Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the…
Continue Reading For more than a month, US hospitals have had more than 100,000 coronavirus patients every day
Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the…
Continue Reading ‘This is about total collapse of the health care system if we have another spike’ of Covid-19
Even if you don’t have coronavirus, record-high Covid-19 hospitalizations could have a devastating impact on you. “If you are in a car…
Continue Reading As US inches closer to 350,000 Covid-19 deaths, one model projects about 115,000 more could die in next four weeks
The US topped 20 million total infections and inched closer to 350,000 Covid-19 deaths on the first day of 2021 — proof of a grim reality…
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Commit to healthy lifestyle changes in the new year
As we rang in the new year and said goodbye to 2020, many people are looking to be the best versions of themselves in…
Continue Reading US surpasses 20 million Covid-19 cases while experts foresee tough times in January
The US surpassed 20 million total recorded Covid-19 cases on Friday, hours after the country ushered in 2021 and left behind its deadliest month of…
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US surpasses 20 million Covid-19 cases as experts warn it’ll take months for vaccines to turn the tide
The US surpassed 20 million total recorded Covid-19 cases on Friday, hours after the country ushered in 2021 and left behind its deadliest month of…
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New coronavirus variant reported in Florida
The COVID-19 variant is believed to be more transmissible but not more deadly than the strain that started the…
Continue Reading It’ll be months before vaccines are widespread enough to turn the tide of the pandemic in the US, experts say
As the world ushered in 2021, the US set a Covid-19 hospitalization record for the fourth straight day and left behind its deadliest month of the…
Continue Reading UK chief medical officers defend delay of second Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses
The UK’s chief medical officers have defended a decision to delay second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in order to prioritize first…
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Covid-19 hospitalizations across the US are the highest they’ve ever been as nation rings in new year
As the US ushered in 2021, more than 125,300 Covid-19 patients remained hospitalized — another record for the fourth day in a row. The high…
Continue Reading The science of how to stick to New Year’s resolutions and truly change your habits
Next year will be a crucial year for Erika Kirgios as she works to complete her doctorate, publish academic papers and try to land a faculty job at a…
Continue Reading With Covid-19 hospitalizations rising, California doctor says sometimes beds only open up when patients die
With the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations at an all-time high, medical facilities are having a hard time finding places to put new patients.…
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Science changes the mind of once anti-COVID vaccine woman
A Yuma resident who was once against vaccines and medicine is now advocating for the COVID…
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