Local Health Archives

Family rifts seem on the rise. Here’s why they happen and how to cope

February 24, 2021 1:23 AM CNN Newsource

Each week, Sheri McGregor gets hundreds of emails from parents shut out of their children’s lives. Every story is different, she said. What the…

Pfizer, Moderna, J&J pledge 240 million total Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of March

February 23, 2021 9:39 PM CNN Newsource

The United States can expect to see a total of 240 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine by the end of March, drug companies told a House subcommittee…

Night owls may be twice as likely as early risers to underperform at work, study suggests

February 23, 2021 4:42 PM CNN Newsource

The traditional working day doesn’t benefit night owls, with people who prefer to stay up late twice as likely to underperform at work as early…

After a devastating milestone, Covid-19 vaccine makers pledge hundreds of millions of doses through July

February 23, 2021 3:10 PM CNN Newsource

After Covid-19 took the lives of half a million victims in the US, the nation’s top infectious disease expert said the mass tragedy was…

Talking on the phone for 10 minutes could make you feel less lonely, study says

February 23, 2021 10:02 AM CNN Newsource

Talking to someone on the phone for 10 minutes multiple times a week — if you’re in control of the conversation — can decrease…

FDA advisers to consider recommending single-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine this week

February 23, 2021 9:30 AM CNN Newsource

Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration will meet Friday to discuss whether to recommend Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19…

8 ways to fall back asleep after waking in the night

February 23, 2021 8:13 AM CNN Newsource

It could be nature’s call, the pitter-patter of little feet (No, honey, it’s not daytime yet, go back to bed) or a squirrel scampering…

Educators may be more central drivers of Covid-19 in schools than students, CDC study finds

February 23, 2021 7:40 AM CNN Newsource

A study that found teachers — not students — were the probable source of several school-related Covid-19 outbreaks highlights the need to…

Almost a third of people with ‘mild’ Covid-19 still battle symptoms months later, study finds

February 23, 2021 7:28 AM CNN Newsource

It’s been almost a year since Michael Reagan, 50, came down with Covid-19. “I woke up first thing in the morning and I felt really hot…

FDA advisers to consider EUA recommendation for single-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine this week

February 23, 2021 5:39 AM CNN Newsource

Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration will meet Friday to discuss whether to recommend Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19…

‘We’ve done worse than most any other country,’ Fauci says as US marks grim Covid-19 death toll

February 23, 2021 4:16 AM CNN Newsource

The US has now surpassed the devastating milestone of half a million Covid-19 deaths. It’s a staggering figure that experts say did not have to…

Yes, pandemic paranoia is real, experts say

February 23, 2021 2:26 AM CNN Newsource

It was like I had asked her to fork over her Social Security number and firstborn child. “What do you need it for? What are you going to do…

The new slang teens use to insult boys who are ‘too nice’ to girls

February 22, 2021 4:31 PM CNN Newsource

Shannon was used to her socially awkward son being bullied by other boys at the private school he attends in Atlanta. But when she picked him up from…

The US just suffered 500,000 Covid-19 deaths. Now Americans face a serious crossroads in the pandemic

February 22, 2021 2:43 PM CNN Newsource

A nightmare of this magnitude seemed unfathomable just a year ago. Half a million US lives have been lost to Covid-19. That’s more than the…

FDA issues updated guidance on adapting Covid-19 vaccines, tests and therapeutics for coronavirus variants

February 22, 2021 2:09 PM CNN Newsource

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued updated guidance for companies that plan to adapt their Covid-19 medical products — including…

As the US nears 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, Americans hold the key to steering the course of the pandemic

February 22, 2021 1:14 PM CNN Newsource

On the brink of a devastating milestone — 500,000 US Covid-19 deaths — the US is at a crossroads in the course of this pandemic. While…

As 500,000th Covid death looms, US reaches pivotal moment

February 22, 2021 10:56 AM CNN

The United States will within hours record its unfathomable 500,000th death from Covid-19 paradoxically at a moment of rare hope in the pandemic. Yet…