Deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to more than 2,200 a day on average, matching the frightening peak reached last April, and cases per day have eclipsed 200,000 on average for the first time on record, with the crisis all but certain to get worse because of the fallout from Thanksgiving, Christmas and […]
Start planking every day and your body won’t be the same. No matter what your personal journey with exercise is, just about everyone has tried some kind of workout routine at some point in their life. Maybe it was only in high school gym class, but it still counts. And because of that, you probably […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released new hospital COVID-19 capacity data at the facility level. Previously released data about hospital capacity was aggregated at the state level. This new, more granular, data release aggregates daily hospital reports into a “week-at-a-time” picture to protect patient privacy while providing a view of how […]
(HealthDay)—Among older patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), survival rates are better for those undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, held virtually from Dec. 5 to 8. Ryotaro Nakamura, M.D., from the City of Hope in Duarte, California, and colleagues conducted […]
Taylor Hanson is adding another girl to his crew! On Friday, the Hanson musician's wife Natalie revealed on Instagram that she is pregnant with a baby girl, the couple's third daughter together and seventh child. "Sisters are so special and these two are getting a new one very soon! 🎀🎉🎀🎉," Natalie, 36, wrote on Instagram while […]
Rob Delaney is reflecting on his son Henry's death and how it changed his own perspective on dying. The Catastrophe and Deadpool 2 actor, 43, and his wife Leah lost their 2½-year-old in January 2018 after the toddler battled brain cancer since 2016. Delaney, who is also dad to three other sons, has since been […]
The remarkable success of antiviral therapy means that most people with HIV can now expect to live long and fulfilling lives. However, the increasing number of older people with HIV still face a range of challenges to their physical and mental health. In 1995, with the advent of antiviral drug mixtures known as combination antiretroviral […]
Combining a gene-targeted drug, a cancer-bursting virus and a drug that removes the immune system’s brake pedal can tackle thyroid cancer with newfound gusto, research has found. The triple-threat combination attacks cancer’s ability to develop resistance to a single drug by launching a multi-pronged attack, backing it into a corner with strong results in mice. […]
The emergency approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the UK and the imminent roll-out of several other vaccines in 2021 raises serious questions about New Zealand’s likely uptake of this vital public health response. Recent research into New Zealanders’ attitudes to vaccination suggest positions have become more polarized over the last decade, with 60% […]
Matt Hancock gives details of UK’s ‘mass vaccination programme’ The Covid vaccine found its first recipients in the UK today, as the Government went ahead with plans to inoculate the most vulnerable. People aged over 80 and in hospital treatment received their jabs this morning, and ministers hope to administer them to all vulnerable people […]
