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- Biden Administration Extends COVID-19 State of Emergency The Department of Health and Human Services has extended the COVID-19 state of emergency that was instituted in January 2020, Secretary Xavier Becerra announced on Wednesday.
- COVID Vaccine Acceptance Sees Dramatic Increase in U.S.: SurveyAcceptance of COVID-19 vaccines increased 20% in the past year in the U.S., with 8 in 10 people now saying they have been vaccinated or are willing to do so, according to a new global survey.
- U.S. Seniors Bearing Brunt of COVID Wave – Is Help Coming?Americans 65 and older are dying at disproportionately higher rates from COVID-19. Add to this the yet-to-be-fully appreciated impact of the latest Omicron subvariant on the rise, XBB.1.5, and the future remains anything but certain.
- For Homeless People, Care Homes Offer a Safe Place to Die With DignityA growing number of homeless and underserved people are spending their last days alone. Meet the people who are trying to change that.
- Anti-inflammatory Diets Improve Fertility, Survey FindsAnti-inflammatory diets such as the Mediterranean Diet, increase conception chances by boosting fertility in men and women, according to a review of research at Monash University, the University of the Sunshine Coast, and the University of South Australia (UniSA).
- Pediatricians Call for Drugs, Surgery for Obese ChildrenThe American Academy of Pediatrics said physicians should no longer wait to see if children with obesity outgrow the condition.
- Are You Using This Anti-COVID Secret Weapon?More and more research shows that physical activity can lower the risk of getting very sick from COVID. Yet, many adults remain inactive.
- Flu Cases Fall, But Not Admissions and DeathsThe proportion of visits for respiratory illness drops for the fifth consecutive week since peaking in late November.
- Autopsies Show COVID Virus Invades Entire BodyThe virus that causes COVID-19 can be found throughout the entire body and remain present for more than 7 months, researchers found after conducting extensive autopsies.
- Younger Patients Are Getting More Joints ReplacedFor a variety of reasons, the average age of joint replacement is dropping.
- Study: 31% of People With Chronic Pain Used Medical MarijuanaAbout a third of Americans have used medical marijuana to deal with chronic pain, a new study says. The study says 31% of respondents reported using medical marijuana to relieve chronic pain at some point in their life.
- New Omicron Subvariant Is ‘Crazy Infectious,’ COVID Expert WarnsThe newest subvariant of Omicron, XBB.1.5, is so transmissible that everybody is at risk of catching it, even if they’ve already been infected and are fully vaccinated, a health expert told USA Today.
- Nation Avoided Holiday Tripledemic, But Coronavirus Still ThreatensIt appears the U.S. avoided the much-feared holiday “tripledemic” of respiratory illnesses. Data now shows that flu and RSV appear to have peaked prior to the holidays. However, COVID-19 and its numbers are trending upward.
- Chinese Traveling for Lunar New Year as COVID SurgesMillions of Chinese are traveling home to visit relatives as the Lunar New Year begins amid an increase in COVID-19 cases in China.
- NFL Player Hamlin is Awake and Communicating, Doctors SayPro football player Damar Hamlin was “awake and breathing,” his doctors said Thursday, but they still do not know if he will fully recover from his on-field cardiac arrest or return to the NFL.
- Experimental Vaccine Turns Cancer Cells Against ThemselvesResearchers are working on an experimental cancer vaccine that turns cancer against cancer. Scientists keep the cancer cells alive and modify them. The cells are meant to produce agents that kill tumors and to form other proteins that help the body develop immunity against the cancer.
- What to Know About Newly Approved Alzheimer's DrugIt's not a cure, but the drug, given intravenously every 2 weeks, has shown moderate positive effects in clinical trials in slowing early-stage disease.
- New Study Offers Details on Post-COVID Pediatric IllnessMultisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is more common than previously thought. This pediatric illness occurs 2 to 6 weeks after being infected with COVID-19.
- Researchers Hunt Biomarkers – Potential Keys to Long COVIDMarkers will be key to research, diagnosis and treatment.
- Asian Children Most Likely to be COVID VaccinatedA new report shows wide racial and ethnic differences in COVID-19 vaccination of children, with Asian children being the most likely to be vaccinated and Black children being the least likely.
- FDA Approves Drug for Early Onset Alzheimer’s DiseaseThe FDA has approved lecanemab for Alzheimer's disease, even though trial results showed modest cognitive benefits and cases of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities
- Most Long COVID Cases Started With Mild Symptoms: StudyJust because you start out with a mild case of COVID-19 doesn't mean you won't develop long COVID, researchers say.
- Little-Used Fitness Measure Could Be Key to Exercise ResultsCrafting exercise programs around a long-ignored measure of fitness could help us more accurately predict health outcomes, enabling doctors to prescribe exercise as medicine.
- Staying Healthy While Staying Open: The Polyamory DilemmaPolyamory is becoming more common in the United States. In 2021, one in nine Americans said they’d been in polyamorous relationships, and one in six said they wanted to try it, according to a study by researchers at the Kinsey Institute.
- Pregnancy After Breast Cancer Is Safe, Landmark Study SaysInitial results from a new study show women who paused protective post-cancer therapies to get pregnant had no increased risk of their cancer coming back. Nearly 3 in 4 women in the study got pregnant, and 64% had a live birth.
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