by Richard A. Hendricks | Jan 24, 2021 | Health News
“The CDC has reached out to UK officials and is reviewing their new mortality data associated with variant B.1.1.7,” a CDC official told CNN Saturday, using the scientific name for the variant first spotted in the UK in November. A UK report released Friday states there is “a realistic possibility” that the new variant has […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jan 20, 2021 | Health News
The variant was first spotted in South Africa in October and has now been found in more than a dozen countries. “I think we should be alarmed,” said Penny Moore, associate professor at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in South Africa and...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 19, 2020 | Health News
Data showed that 12.6% of live births among hospitalized women with Covid-19 in the study were preterm compared with 10% of births that were observed in the general US population in 2018. “In this study, preterm births occurred approximately three times more...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 16, 2020 | Health News
Thirteen-year-olds who weren’t very popular with their peers growing up, a new study released Tuesday has found, seem to have a heightened risk of developing circulatory system disease in later life. This includes higher risk for conditions such as narrowed and...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 7, 2020 | Health News
Two early research reports to be presented Monday at the European Respiratory Society International Congress describe how severe infection with the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can leave lasting lung damage and, in some cases, even psychological wounds. “The...
