Grocery store workers have a 20-fold higher risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than the general population, a new study suggests. At one supermarket in Boston, researchers found an infection rate of 20 percent compared to the rate of up to...
California doctors say they have successfully separated nine-month-old twin girls born conjoined at the head after a marathon 24-hour procedure. After more than 10 months of preparation, Abigail and Micaela Bachinskiy are recovering from their operation at UC Davis Children’s Hospital in...
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said this week that “we’re not going to control the pandemic,” effectively conceding that the administration has pivoted from prevention to treatment. But COVID-19...
So much is different and hard during this pandemic — including planning for the holidays. It’s understandable to want to gather with friends and family. We are all so worn out by the COVID-19 pandemic, and need some cheering up. And...
With the presidential election just five days days away, coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all on sharp upward track in the US as the average number of daily infections reached a record high on Wednesday. The seven-day rolling average number...
By Victoria Knight “Because our family couldn’t afford health insurance, Obama/Biden penalized us about $10,000, then took that $10,000 and used it to pay for others’ free Obamacare. Trump ended that theft.” In a Facebook post, Oct. 20, 2020 A viral...
A lab experiment aimed at fixing defective DNA in human embryos shows what can go wrong with this type of gene editing and why leading scientists say it’s too unsafe to try. In more than half of the cases, the editing...
Coronavirus immunity can last up to five months – and maybe even longer – in the majority of survivors, a new study suggests. Researchers found that those who had mild-to-moderate illness, about 90 percent of people, had a robust and stable...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — U.S. security authorities warned Wednesday of an “imminent cybercrime threat” to hospitals and health care providers, urging them to increase their protection. An advisory released by the FBI and two other government agencies said they had “credible...
When Jayden called our clinic to talk about worsening migraines, a medication change was one potential outcome. But moments into our telehealth visit, it was clear that a cure for her problems couldn’t be found in a pill. “He’s out of...
