SATURDAY, Oct. 24, 2020 — The United States broke a bleak record on Friday, logging the highest daily number of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. The tally of over 80,000 new infections eclipses the previous record of 76,533 new cases set on July 17, during a surge in cases across the Sun Belt, […]
For those of us who insist on seeing the glass half full, even when the miserable brigade point out that it’s also half empty, COVID-19 poses particular challenges. In regular times, our relentless optimism wins us friends and provides us with a host of benefits including higher levels of wellbeing, increased resilience and better health. […]
Patterns set during childhood can influence adult life profoundly, and exercise habits are no exception. With the U.S. seeing a 20-year trend of increased risk of being overweight or obese among children, there’s reason for concern about both short- and long-term effects on health at a population level. Recent USC findings—from one of the first […]
Small, indoor group gatherings are driving the current spike in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the U.S., said Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Robert Redfield. As the weather cools down in most of the country, people are holding “small household gatherings” that are leading to an increase spread of COVID-19, Redfield said during […]
In a rare complication, a 45-year-old British man has permanently lost his hearing after contracting COVID-19, marking the first known case of hearing loss tied to the virus in the U.K. The patient, who had no preexisting complications other than asthma, was initially able to treat his COVID-19 symptoms at home after contracting the virus. […]
Swine flu and COVID-19 have been repeatedly compared in the past few months, given that they're both pandemics that sparked major panic across the world and in the US. But while these two illnesses have some things in common—symptoms, diagnoses—they're actually quite different on many, many levels. "Swine flu was the last major pandemic we […]
Jodie Turner-Smith says her newly expanded family is the only thing that makes "sense" in tumultuous 2020. Speaking with Vogue for the magazine's October issue, the Queen & Slim actress, 34, reflects on welcoming daughter Janie with husband Joshua Jackson in April, right in the middle of a global pandemic and a renewed focus on […]
With more than 210,750 Americans dead from COVID-19 since March, the virus is killing people at an unprecedented rate, unlike any disease seen in over 100 years. Yet an incorrect belief, that COVID-19 is no more deadly than the seasonal flu, continues to circulate on social media, frequently driven by President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, […]
Dr. Nesheiwat says America needs to continue social distancing with the approaching flu season 22 states report spikes in coronavirus cases; reaction from Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat. Countries around the world have ordered a record number of flu vaccinations in the hopes of avoiding overlap with the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. alone […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a flood of potentially substandard research amid the rush to publish, with a string of papers retracted or under a cloud and a surge in submissions to pre-print servers where fewer quality checks are made, a leading ethicist has warned in the Journal of Medical Ethics. This has implications for […]
