(HealthDay)—More than 500,000 U.S. children had been diagnosed with COVID-19 as of early September, with a sizable uptick seen in recent weeks, a new report reveals. There were 70,630 new child cases reported between Aug. 20 and Sept. 3, 2020. That brings the total to 513,415 cases—a 16% increase over two weeks, according to state-by-state […]
Artificial intelligence, or “supervised machine learning,” could help identify which well-appearing infants with fever, who are 60 days old or younger, are at low risk for a serious bacterial infection, according to a study published in Pediatrics. Accurate risk determination could reduce unnecessary lumbar puncture, antibiotics and hospitalizations for these infants, as well as decreasing […]
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are on the track of a gene that might play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The research team is studying a gene called BIN1, which was first linked to Alzheimer’s disease in 2009. In a paper recently published online in eLife, the team shows […]
A detailed analysis of UK data from a global obesity study (the ACTION-IO study) has shown that, on average, people with obesity (PwO) in the UK were struggling with their weight for 9 years before they sought help from a healthcare professional/HCP, much longer than the global average of 6 years found in this study. […]
The funny family! Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer have kept the laughs and love coming since tying the knot in February 2018. The comedian and chef wed in a surprise ceremony in February 2018 after dating for only a few months — and the ceremony included its share of jokes. “I’m so happy for you, that you found me,” […]
Our sense of who we are is thought to be influenced by things like our childhood experiences, our interactions with others, and now, researchers say, our bodies. A study appearing August 26 in the journal iScience shows that, when pairs of friends swapped bodies in a perceptual illusion, their beliefs about their own personalities became […]
The world is settling into a new normal for everyday life amid the coronavirus pandemic: online school classes, intermittent Zoom outages, museums that will only allow about a quarter of their usual visitors. More than 800,000 people worldwide have perished from the virus and more than 23.5 million have contracted it, according to a tally […]
Something to sing about! Katy Perry announced in March 2020 that she is pregnant with her first child, but the singer has been vocal for years about her hopes of starting a family. The Grammy nominee debuted her baby bump in her “Never Worn White” music video, cradling it in a sheer dress at the […]
Breast-feeding her boy! Ashley Graham has been nursing her and Justin Ervin’s son, Isaac, since his January birth. The newborn made his debut on an episode of the model’s “Pretty Big Deal” podcast the following month, feeding while his parents detailed his arrival. “Now that I gave birth and I did it naturally and I […]
A team effort! When it comes to raising their little ones, many Teen Mom stars have chosen to put their kids first by coparenting with their exes. Working together after a split isn’t always easy — and Jenelle Evans gave fans of the MTV show a glimpse of that when she called Nathan Griffith out […]
