Biden says social media carrying COVID misinformation is 'killing people'

Slideshow ( 2 images )WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday said social media platforms such as Facebook “are killing people” after the White House continued criticizing the company for allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on its platform. “They’re killing people. Look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And […]

Red Cross warns Indonesia faces coronavirus catastrophe

Indonesia needs to urgently increase medical care, testing and vaccinations as the number of new infections in the country has rapidly increased and left it “on the edge of a COVID-19 catastrophe,” the Red Cross said Tuesday. The group said its coronavirus hospital in Bogor, outside of Jakarta, was “overflowing” and emergency tents had been […]

Breast cancer patients face insurance denials that complicate recovery

It had been a long four years since that July night when Marianne Sarcich first felt the lump in her right breast as she toweled off from a shower. Breast cancer. The cancer was caught early enough that it had not spread to other parts of her body, but doctors said she would need a […]

Diabetics with poor sleep face higher death risk, study finds

Fox News Flash top headlines for June 9 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A study involving nearly half a million people in the U.K. indicated those with diabetes who regularly battled sleep issues faced a higher risk of death.  Researchers affiliated with the University of Surrey and […]

Viewing your own face, even subconsciously, is rewarding

As humans, we each have a powerful ability to easily recognize our own face. But now, researchers from Japan have uncovered new information about how our cognitive systems enable us to distinguish our own face from those of others, even when the information is presented subliminally. In a study published this month in Cerebral Cortex, […]

Cloth face covering curbs exercise performance and physical capacity

A cloth face covering curbs exercise performance and physical capacity, reveal the results of a small clinical trial, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Wearers also reported increasing shortness of breath and claustrophobia at higher exercise intensities, prompting the researchers to suggest modifying the frequency, intensity, duration and type of exercise done […]

Rescuers at risk: Emergency personnel face trauma and post traumatic stress symptoms

A new study in Frontiers in Psychiatry has for the first time, demonstrated differences in the prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in different groups of rescue workers and emergency personnel, including firefighters, police officers and psychiatric nurses. The researchers showed that the varying experiences and circumstances these workers encounter, such as handling aggressive people, […]

Coronavirus face masks at polls encouraged, but not required in some states

Undecided voters on what they’re considering when going to the polls A panel of undecided voters explain what will ultimately sway their votes on ‘Fox & Friends.’ While public health officials recommend that you wear a mask to help prevent the spread of coronavirus while at the polls on Tuesday, many election officials across the country […]

Calculating possible fallout of Trump’s face mask remarks

As COVID-19 deaths in the nation top 225,000, President Trump continues to downplay the severity of the pandemic, belittle government infectious disease experts such as Anthony Fauci, and display a cavalier attitude at times toward key public health measures like wearing face masks, despite having contracted the virus himself, along with about two dozen in […]