10 common mistakes in fighting ‘coronasomnia’ — the inability to fall and stay asleep
Covid-19 has spawned another global health crisis some have dubbed “coronasomnia” — an inability to fall asleep or get good quality…
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Keep masks on, NIH director pleads as Texas enters 1st weekend without statewide Covid-19 restrictions
As spring break travel picks up and states increasingly drop Covid-19 restrictions, Dr. Francis Collins, the National Institutes of Health director,…
Continue Reading A year into the pandemic, it’s time to take stock of our mental health
I spent the week of March 9, 2020, in the office, sitting across from my patients, one after another, in my office. We talked about relationship…
Continue Reading Experimental Alzheimer’s drug could slow cognitive decline in patients, early results suggest
Eli Lilly and Company’s experimental intravenous drug donanemab could slow the cognitive decline of patients with Alzheimer’s disease,…
Continue Reading Teachers want to be back in classrooms, but after a year of Covid-19 it’s unclear when all schools will reopen fully
Teachers and school staff want to return to the classroom with their students, education experts said. But after a year of the pandemic, managing…
Continue Reading Here’s why experts say the US may be fooled by improving Covid-19 numbers and what that means for the summer
Covid-19 numbers may be on the decline in the United States after a year of collective grief. But with tens of thousands of deaths expected over the…
Continue Reading 9 anxiety-inducing social interactions as the world reopens
What was nice about the Before Times was that, for most people, social interactions and outings could be carefree. We miss them, and that’s a…
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Farmworkers vaccinated at pop-up clinic
Vo Medical Center(VMC) in Calexico is administering vaccines into the arms of those who need them the most in Imperial County’s agricultural…
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Sunset Health hosts COVID-19 vaccination event for farmworkers
Sunset Health is scheduled to host a COVID-19 vaccination event for farmworkers at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 15, at the Joe Munoz Park (245 Fern St.)…
Continue Reading A Stanford scientist’s quest to cure his son could help unravel the mystery of Covid-19 long haulers
At the height of a luminous career in genetics, Ron Davis, professor of biochemistry and genetics at Stanford University in California, switched to…
Continue Reading Childhood vaccinations see ‘substantial’ and ‘historic’ declines amid Covid-19 pandemic, CDC director warns
During the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been “concerning” declines in childhood vaccinations against other infectious diseases, Dr.…
Continue Reading Cough more hazardous to Covid-19 medical workers than intubation, research suggests
Since the start of the pandemic, the most terrifying task in health care was thought to be when a doctor put a breathing tube down the trachea of a…
Continue Reading CDC updates its Covid-19 guidance for childcare programs
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday updated its guidance for childcare programs during the pandemic, emphasizing the…
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Johnson & Johnson vaccine now available in Imperial County
The single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine has made its way to Imperial County, giving residents a third option.…
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White House: Third stimulus check could arrive this weekend
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the first wave of direct deposit checks would begin hitting Americans’ bank accounts as soon as this…
Continue Reading How to change up your workout with easy dance cardio moves
If you’re slightly intimidated by — or not really into — cardio workouts but still want to burn calories and lose weight,…
Continue Reading The US might be fooled by improving Covid-19 numbers, experts say, as tens of thousands of Americans are predicted to die by July
Covid-19 numbers may be on the decline in the United States after a year of collective grief. But with tens of thousands of deaths expected over the…
Continue Reading One year after the pandemic was declared, 1 in 10 Americans have been fully vaccinated
Exactly one year after the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic and about three months since the first Americans…
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Imperial County discusses COVID vaccine distribution
Thursday, on the one-year anniversary of the declaration of the COVID pandemic, Imperial County leaders and medical professionals discussed the fight…
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American rescue plan provides more than 100 million dollars for border relief
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly says the relief bill just signed by President Joe Biden will provide 110 million dollars for organizations along the southern…
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