The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant rise in mental distress around the world.
A recent study in the United States concludes that getting the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine significantly improved mental health.
Specifically, the researchers investigated the link between receiving a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine and short-term improvements in mental health.
The results may help explain how pandemic-related...
While many assume that side effects from a COVID-19 vaccine mean that the shot is working, researchers at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore state that people should not interpret the symptoms that way.
The researchers found that whether one experienced side effects or not, the vaccines worked exceedingly well at generating a strong immune response.
Overall, 99.9% of the study participants successfully developed antibodies for fighting...
Joanne Haynes, a nurse practitioner at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, meeting virtually with a patient. The center will receive more than $3.5 million to improve health care in rural areas of the state.Credit...Imani Khayyam for The New York Times
The roughly 15 percent of the population living in rural America includes some of the oldest and sickest patients in the country — a disparity that has grown...
What’s better than a group of talented and inspiring nurses? Well, a group of talented and inspiring nurses singing together.
The Northwell Health's Nurse Choir is a group of 18 nurses from Northwell Health––New York’s largest healthcare provider that employs 8,000 nurses––who perform together. According to their Instagram page , the group is “bonded by the power of music” and...
Children and adolescents gained weight at a significantly faster rate during the pandemic than compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from the CDC.
The rate at which children and adolescents in the U.S. gained weight nearly doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with younger school-aged children and those already...
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra unveiled the Biden administration’s road map to lowering the cost of prescription drugs.
The plan, summarized in a 29-page document, supports legislation that allows the federal government to negotiate lower prices on the costliest drugs each year.
Lowering the cost of drugs has been a goal by Democrats and some Republicans for years.
Health and Human Services Secretary...
Researchers report that chronic stress can increase your risk for heart health issues, such as high blood pressure.
Experts say there are many ways to reduce stress and anxiety, including going to therapy sessions, meeting with friends, and exercising.
They add that it’s best to try to deal with one source of stress at a time.
Chronic stress is unhealthy for your heart.
This is true — even for people...
Covid-19 exposed serious weaknesses in the American healthcare system, and has taken an unfortunate personal and economic toll on the entire world. But in the end, I do believe that our healthcare system will emerge more accessible, affordable, and effective
According to some estimates , the Covid-19 pandemic has already killed nearly one million people in the United States alone. After a brief, vaccination-induced respite,...
John Feal, now 54 years old, was a supervisor at a demolition company when terrorists hijacked two planes that brought down the World Trade Center buildings—and two others that crashed into the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pa., respectively—20 years ago. Feal, who hails from Long Island, N.Y., arrived the day after New York City’s iconic buildings came down. He had been working at Ground Zero for five straight days...
A new heart disease drug hailed as “life changing” has been approved for use in areas of the United Kingdom.
The manufacturer, Novartis, and the National Health Service (NHS) of England and Wales struck a deal to offer the drug at a reduced cost.
The decision came after a global trial showed that the drug can “safely cut cholesterol by 50% .”
If 300,000 people receive the drug,...
Many questions persist about immunity against SARS-CoV-2, especially the Delta variant.
Researchers in Israel have compared the natural immunity acquired from infection and vaccination-acquired immunity.
Natural immunity plus one dose of vaccine may be the most effective combination to prevent reinfection.
Questions about the long-term protection provided by COVID-19 vaccines abound. How long does the protection last? Are...
The mu variant of the coronavirus was first identified in Colombia in January and has since caused isolated outbreaks in South America, Europe and the United States.
It's a version of the coronavirus that was first identified in Colombia in January and has since caused isolated outbreaks in South America, Europe and the United States.
The World Health Organization last month listed it as a “variant of interest”...