States will likely receive far fewer doses of coronavirus vaccines than they told their residents to expect this month, a new report suggests. The projected number of shots that states including New York and Nevada said they’d be able to give in the first round of the vaccine rollout, expected to begin next week, was … Read more
Annette Guest, 69, a retired sales manager, developed shingles three weeks after having Covid-like symptoms — a pounding headache that lasted days and a sore throat — in early March Are we living through a quiet epidemic of shingles triggered by Covid-19? Doctors have been reporting a higher than expected number of cases of the painful … Read more
Six years ago, Carly Barton was in such severe pain that she started Googling end-of-life clinics. Following a stroke at 24, the former ‘bubbly’ university lecturer from Brighton developed fibromyalgia — widespread pain and muscle stiffness that at times was so bad she needed a wheelchair. Her doctor prescribed strong opioid painkillers, but the pain … Read more
CDC’s smartphone tool that will track the first Americans to receive coronavirus jabs may be vulnerable to hackers and anti-vaxxers filing false reports about the safety of the shots, health officials claim V-SAFE is a smartphone tool developed by the CDC to track patients who received the first coronavirus vaccines Patients will scan a QR … Read more
Public transportation is not a large contributor in the spread of viral respiratory diseases, a new study suggests. After reviewing national data for 121 cities, researchers found there was no link between bus or train ridership and mortality rates of influenza and pneumonia. It comes as the public remains generally fearful of beginning to use … Read more
Kristen Choi (pictured), an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at UCLA said she experienced several side effects after taking the second of two shots of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine including pain at the injection side, headache, nausea and a fever of 104.9F A nurse who took part in Pfizer Inc’s late-stage coronavirus vaccine trial … Read more
Americans’ mental health sinks to a 20-year low: More than 25% of US adults say their emotional wellbeing is just ‘fair or poor’ in 2020, poll reveals In November 2020, 76% of Americans said theirm mental health was ‘good’ or excellent’ in an annual Gallup poll That’s down from 85% last year, and marks the … Read more
How the pandemic is driving Americans to drink: Binge-drinkers are nearly 20% more likely to overdo it each week a coronavirus lockdown drags on, study finds Researchers surveyed nearly 2,000 US adults between mid-March and mid-April They found that 34% of participants reported binge drinking during coronavirus pandemic lockdowns About 60% of binge drinkers increased … Read more
Top U.S. health officials are urging Americans to be patient, with the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine as little as days away from approval. Even if Pfizer‘s shot gets greenlit after Food and drug Administration (FDA) officials review the firm’s trial data on Thursday, the vaccine won’t be an instant silver bullet to reduce the number … Read more
Kristen Choi (pictured), an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at UCLA said she experienced several side effects after taking the second of two shots of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine including pain at the injection side, headache, nausea and a fever of 104.9F A nurse who took part in Pfizer Inc’s late-stage coronavirus vaccine trial … Read more