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Upstate hospital system restricts visitors amid COVID-19 surge
NIGEL: WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. PRISMA HEALTH WILL RESTRICT PATIENT VISITATION STARTING TOMORROW. THE SURGEON COVID-19 CASES ACROSS THE STATE IS TO BLAME. PRISMA HEALTH SAYS…
A major threat to the next pandemic: Vaccine hesitancy
In April, more than 1,000 vaccine experts gathered in Washington, D.C. for the first time since the pandemic began. Over four days, scientists, doctors and drugmakers pored over…
Women in their 30s and 40s warned over popping painkillers for headaches
Headaches are uncomfortable and for most people a pill can relieve the pain.But women in their 30s and 40s have been warned over popping over-the-counter medication…
Dr. Fauci Says Don’t Go to These 3 Places
Over the last year, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert and the director of the National Institute…
Do You Want a Long Healthy Lifespan? The Characteristics of a “Longevity Diet”
USC professor outlines the characteristics of a “longevity diet” based on a range of nutrition research from studies in laboratory animals to epidemiological research in human…
Impact of population mixing between vaccinated and unvaccinated subpopulations on
AbstractBackground: The speed of vaccine development has been a singular achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic, although uptake has not been universal. Vaccine opponents often frame…
Covid Live Updates: News on Omicron, Boosters, and Cases
Black Americans haven’t been sufficiently included in long Covid trials, treatment programs and registries, according to the authors of a new report.Credit...Shannon Stapleton/ReutersIt…
What a Negative Result Means on At-Home Covid Tests
When Dr. Jillian Horton, an internal medicine doctor in Winnipeg, started feeling ill, she was pretty sure she had Covid. Her husband had been exposed and had symptoms, too. She decided…
Is grieving too long a disorder?
What is the correct amount of grief? How much bereavement constitutes an appropriate portion? And when does the expected sorrow of loss cross over into something else…
Autopsies suggest COVID’s smell loss is caused by inflammation, not virus
Enlarge / A woman holds a nasal swab for a COVID-19 antigen rapid test in front of her desk on January 5 in Berlin.…