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CDC to Recommend You Wear Better Masks as Omicron Spreads
Jan. 12, 2022 -- The CDC is preparing to update its COVID-19 mask recommendations to emphasize the use of N95 and KN95 masks that better filter the virus, Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said Wednesday.We are preparing an update to the…
Why Getting COVID on Purpose Is a Dangerous Idea
Jan. 13, 2022 -- As COVID-19 cases from Omicron in the United States have skyrocketed to what seems like new records every other day, speculation is rising among some experts and scientific novices alike that infection for many seems…
Biden: More Masks, COVID Tests, and Troops to Battle Omicron
Jan. 13, 2022 -- President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. government will make free, upgraded face masks available for ordering online starting next week.In addition, he is ordering 500 million more rapid COVID-19 tests to meet…
Supreme Court Blocks Biden Vaccine Mandate for Businesses
Jan. 13, 2022 -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Bidens vaccine mandate for large businesses but said a similar one may continue while challenges to the rules move through lower courts.The vote was 6-3 to block…
Masks Cut Distance Coronavirus Travels in Half
By Robert Preidt
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Jan. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Face masks are touted as a key tool in preventing the spread of COVID-19,…
Electrocuted by 11,000 Volts, Now an Amputee and an MD
Jan. 14, 2022 -- Bruce "BJ" Miller Jr., a 19-year-old Princeton University sophomore, was horsing around with friends near a train track in 1990 when they spotted a parked commuter train. They decided to climb over the train, and Miller…
Study Finds Genetic Factor for COVID Smell and Taste Loss
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Heart Function Rebounds for Kids With COVID-Linked MIS-C
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A rare and serious inflammatory condition called MIS-C can strike kids weeks after they've recovered from their COVID infection.
But now there's good news for…
Nearly Half of Americans Gained Weight in Pandemic’s First Year
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Did you watch your waistline expand during lockdown? You're not alone.
Nearly half of U.S. adults piled on excess pounds during the first year of the pandemic,…
Study: Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Even in a setting where white and Black people have equal access to medical care, Black Americans fare worse than whites in terms of prostate cancer, new…