A 3-year-old boy is now a double amputee after contracting a serious staph infection from what his family initially believed was a minor injury. Beauden Baumkirchner was camping with relatives near San Diego last month when he fell off his bike and scraped his knee — something he's "done that many, many times as any […]
Emily Skye is working hard at getting back to her pre-pregnancy fitness level — but if it doesn’t happen, she’s not going to “beat myself up about it,” the influencer said. Skye, 35, welcomed her second child, son Izaac, in a very unexpected home birth on June 18. Once she recovered enough to start exercising […]
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid at-home coronavirus test, which can give users results within the hour. According to the agency, the Lucira COVID-19 All-In-One Test Kit can be obtained with a prescription for patients 14 or older, and will return results in about 30 minutes. The test can also be […]
An Ohio wedding with 83 guests has turned into a superspreader event after nearly half of the attendees — along with the bride and groom — tested positive for COVID-19. Mikayla and Anthony Bishop narrowed down their guest list from 200 to 85 people for their Cinicinnati-area wedding due to the pandemic. On their Oct. […]
As the U.S. deals with the largest increase in COVID-19 cases yet, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is urging residents of his state to continue following safety restrictions, bluntly saying the precautions are better than dying from the virus. At a press conference on Thursday, Murphy was asked what he would tell residents who are […]
A massive Halloween party that went against Utah's COVID-19 restrictions is causing health officials concern. Utah officials estimate that there were anywhere from 3,000 to 10,000 people at a Halloween rave on Saturday night, as Utah sees some of its highest numbers of COVID-19 cases yet. According to social media posts, the party was organized […]
As she nears the end of her “year of health," Rebel Wilson is enjoying a relaxing trip to the beach with her sister — and the pair showed off matching swimsuits! The Pitch Perfect star, 40, and her younger sister Annachi are currently vacationing in Mexico, and decided to wear identical, forest green swimsuits from […]
A 20-year-old student has died in her dorm room while in quarantine after testing positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Bethany Nesbitt — a third-year psychology major at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana — was found dead in a residence hall on Friday around 10 a.m., her school confirmed in a statement. Kosciusko County […]
Despite the good news regarding early testing of Pfizer Inc.’s coronavirus vaccine, leaders have stressed that it won’t be an immediate cure-all to the global pandemic or far-reaching health inequalities. On Monday, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in a statement that in a phase 3 study their potential COVID-19 vaccine was "found to be more […]
The New York City Sheriff's Office shut down an illegal Halloween party where at least 387 people gathered in a Brooklyn warehouse amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Deputies shut down the party at 1 a.m. Saturday morning, the sheriff's office said in a statement on Twitter. A photo released by the sheriff's office shows a […]
