A recent study investigated the association between the opening of K-12 schools and the community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States.
The study found that counties with in-person or hybrid schooling, especially those without a staff mask mandate, experienced a higher number of COVID-19 cases and deaths after reopening than those providing remote learning.
Fully opening K-12 schools with in-person learning was...
Dr. Robert Zarr loves to write prescriptions that you don't have to take to the pharmacy.
"Going back millions of years, we've evolved outdoors," said Zarr, a pediatrician who recently relocated to Ottawa, Canada, from Washington, D.C. "Why should we exist indoors? We need to be outdoors. The health benefits of being in nature are obvious."
The idea isn't new. The 16th century Swiss physician Paracelsus declared that "the art...
End-of-life planning refers to the steps a person takes to get their affairs in order and determine how they want to spend their last days. Also known as advance care planning, it typically involves a person completing a living will, a healthcare proxy, and a last will and testament.
Whether a person is well or facing a terminal illness, end-of-life planning helps ensure that those who care for them can carry out their last...
In this opinion piece, Tania Diggory — mental health trainer, business neurolinguistic programming practitioner, and founder and director of Calmer, a mental health and well-being training organization — explains what we still get wrong about mental health and how to improve well-being in the workplace.
Today is World Mental Health DayTrusted Source , and this year, it certainly comes at a unique time in our history...
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are falling and the number of new cases per day is about to dip below 100,000 for the first time in two months.
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are coming down again, hospitalizations are dropping, and new cases per day are about to dip below 100,000 for the first time in two months — all signs that the summer surge is waning.
Not wanting to lose momentum, government leaders and employers are looking to...
The U.S Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized a new coronavirus home test that the agency says will soon double the nation's limited supply of non-prescription tests.
The FDA's emergency use authorization of ACON Laboratories' Flowflex COVID-19 home test allows the San Diego-based company to sell its non-prescription test at retail stores as the nation's demand for quick, inexpensive tests...
As the Delta variant continues to account for the vast majority of cases of COVID in the United States, Google Trends data shows users are asking if natural immunity could protect against what is proving to be the most virulent strain of the virus.
The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) currently estimates that the Delta variant is behind as much as 99.8 percent of the country's total COVID cases....
A year after the United States bombed its pandemic performance in front of the world, the Delta variant opened the stage for a face-saving encore. If the U.S. had learned from its mishandling of the original SARS-CoV-2 virus, it would have been better prepared for the variant that was already ravaging India .
Instead, after a quiet spring, President Joe Biden all but declared victory against SARS-CoV-2....
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With more than 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines available, U.S. health authorities said they’re confident there will be enough for both qualified older Americans seeking booster shots and the young children for whom initial vaccines are expected to be approved in the not-too-distant future.
The spike in demand — expected following last week’s federal recommendation on booster shots...
MOORESVILLE, N.C.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Health Supply US (HSUS), a U.S.-based manufacturer of medical devices and supplies, has completed final deliveries of 100% American-made medical gowns to help replenish the Strategic National Stockpile, the company announced Thursday.
HSUS successfully delivered more than 8.7 million domestically produced medical isolation gowns over the past 12 months in response to the nation’s demand for...
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...
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...