At the time of publication, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center has completed the plan to cut more than 200 inpatient hospital beds. Before I joined DSA, I worked for 3 years as a counselor to people ha

CINCINNATI (Enquirer) - One squirt per nostril and you’re protected from COVID-19? According to our media partners at the Enquirer, that’s the intent of a vaccine that’s about to be tested in a clini

Sept 13 (Reuters) - Drugmaker Merck & Co Inc said on Monday it sees potential U.S. emergency use authorization for its experimental COVID-19 antiviral treatment, molnupiravir, before year-end. "I wou

Perspective published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition argues the root causes of the obesity epidemic are more related to what we eat rather than how much we eat. Statistics from the Cen

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Dr. William ("Bill") Harris is one of the world's preeminent experts in the field of omega-3 fatty acid research. His work has focused on the roles that fatty acids in play in cardiovascular and neuro

PEORIA — A recent surge in the number of pregnant women hospitalized for COVID-19 is causing Dr. Michael Leonardi to lose sleep. Leonardi is an OB-GYN with OSF HealthCare who specializes in high-risk

A Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan holds a sign during the first half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio) A Tampa Bay Buccaneer

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Often times when measuring heart health, we are encouraged to seek a medical professional and perform expensive tests. However, a new study highlighted by the European Society of Cardiology has found

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Researchers are ready to test possible vaccine candidates for the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in a clinical trial. Benchmark Research is recruiting adults over 18 for RSV vac

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — First, it was the flu shot every year. Then, thankfully, there was the COVID vaccine. Then there’s the shingles vaccine and the pneumonia shot. Now we hear that we may need a

Vaccinations against human papillomavirus (HPV), a major cause of throat and back of mouth cancers, are expected to yield significant reductions in the rates of these cancers in the U.S., but will not

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But there are many in French political circles - including the opposition - who find the court's action to be troubling. An over-assertive judicial branch, they fear, is in danger of paralysing the ex

Home News > New study shows how air pollution varies block by block New study shows how air pollution varies block by block The amount of air pollution in a community depends greatly on its proximit

Key Points Question What is the effect of screen time in the first 48 hours after concussion on the duration of concussive symptoms? Findings In this randomized clinical trial including 125 patients

The makers of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will soon ask regulators for clearance to use it in children 5 and older, and are getting ready to make smaller doses of the vaccine for younger children, acc

If you have gout, a common and painful form of arthritis, there’s a good chance you’ve been told to avoid eating purines in your diet. But what exactly are purines — and does avoiding them actually he

A new study in mice provides insights into the use of green tea and cocoa flavonoids as nutritional interventions for the treatment of aging-related neuromuscular alterations that occur with sarcopeni

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 Pentag

Research published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that unvaccinated people are significantly more likely to not only become infected with Covid-19, but also die from th

FRANKFURT — BioNTech is set to request approval across the globe to use its Covid-19 vaccine in children as young as five over the next few weeks and preparations for a launch are on track, the biotec

New U.S. studies released Friday show the COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death even as the extra-contagious delta variant swept the country. One study tracked

The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief said Friday the agency will rapidly evaluate COVID-19 vaccinations for younger children as soon as it gets the needed data — and won’t cut corners. Dr

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Mississippi health officials are urging expectant mothers to get vaccinated after a "significant" number of COVID-19 fatalities in pregnant women during the state's delta surge. The state health depa

They are the new 99 percenters: The vast majority of Americans who are getting serious cases of COVID-19 or dying are unvaccinated. While COVID-19 cases continue to spike across the US, the overwhelm

As an expert treating women with infertility, Dr. Eve Feinberg of Northwestern is asked often about the perceived risk of the COVID-19 vaccines. “I have vaccine conversations every single day,” says

Medical and reproductive health experts say the reference to a heartbeat is medically inaccurate as an embryo does not have a developed heart at six weeks’ gestation. Flickering that we see on the ul

As excited as Lily Rose Clifton is about starting college as a freshman at the University of Washington in a few weeks, she’s just as anxious about attending school in person after being homebound wit

Only one major hospital network and one free-standing hospital in Maine are in compliance with a new federal law that requires hospitals to publish detailed prices of medical procedures. And the publ

Exposure to noise from road traffic and railways is associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to the largest study of its kind. Research has consistently linked transport noise to heal

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday is toughening COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers and contractors as he aims to boost vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant th

Contraception will now be free for women up to the age of 25, French Health Minister Olivier Véran announced Thursday. France will make access to birth control free for women aged up to 25 years old

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Soin Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company based in Dayton, OH, was granted orphan drug status from the FDA for low dose naltrexone (LDN) to treat complex