by Richard A. Hendricks | Apr 19, 2021 | Health News
Even though the link is not yet firm, they’re calling the condition vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia or VITT. It’s characterized by unusual blood clotting combined with a low number of blood-clotting cells called platelets. Patients suffer from dangerous clots and, sometimes, hemorrhaging at the same time. It’s been linked most firmly with the AstraZeneca coronavirus […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 4, 2021 | Health News
They’re calling for federal health authorities to relax visitation restrictions in long-term care institutions, replacing guidance that’s been in place since September. And they want both federal and state authorities to grant special status to...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Feb 9, 2021 | Health News
He’d been home on and off but never seemed able fully recover. His blood oxygen would drop, although tests indicated he was negative for the virus. “We sequenced the virus from the first episode, from the second episode, and continued to sequence as the...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Dec 10, 2020 | Health News
The LabCorp Pixel COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit allows anyone 18 and older to buy the kit and collect nasal swab samples at home, the FDA said in a news release Wednesday. The samples are then sent to a LabCorp facility for testing. Positive or invalid results are...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 23, 2020 | Health News
You can turn that couch, however, into your secret weapon to feeling better and stronger. For this Pilates core and glute workout, for starters, you don’t even need to get off the couch! Strengthening your core can be easy to fit into your everyday life — no...
