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SATURDAY, Jan. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Puffy coats have their place, but it's not inside a car seat.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers a va...
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Friday that a new, more infectious coronavirus variant first spotted in the...
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The first monthly shots to treat adults with HIV were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Not many people have had the opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine yet.
But while y...
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Though masks are effective in stopping the spread of COVID-19, half of Americans don't wear them when mixing with the publ...
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- In these stressful pandemic times, health experts have more reason to circle back to the link between anx...
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As President Joe Biden began to enact key parts of his ambitious pandemic response plan on Thursday, he warned Americans t...
Baseball Record-Setter Hank Aaron Dead at 86
Baseball Legend Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron has died at age 86.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As worldwide obesity rates continue to soar, new research shows that growing numbers of p...
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Your cancer has gone into remission, so you breathe a sigh of relief as you try to navigate the coronavirus pandemic safel...
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The harmful effects of obesity on the heart can't be undone by exercise, and it's not possible to be "fat but healthy," Sp...
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Family and friends can influence whether people follow social distancing recommendations during the coronavirus pandemic, ...
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Previous coronavirus infections might prime the immune system to fight the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a new st...
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Deaths from overdoses of methamphetamine are rising across the United States, especially among Blacks and American Indians...
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Millionaires, rejoice! It turns out that money can, in fact, buy happiness. And a new stu...
FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Everyone has heard the scary reports about the new, more infectious coronavirus variants that are circulating in countries...
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Stem cell transplants may have long-lasting benefits for some people with aggressive case...
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Mental decline is one of the most feared aspects of growing older. People will do just about anything t...
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Despite scattered media reports of severe allergic reactions to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, a detail...
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) - - With rising obesity rates, more young women American women are developing type 2 diabetes, putting them at hugely incre...
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A day after his inauguration, President Joe Biden plans to unveil a new, far-reaching pandemic response plan...
Hahn Resigns as Head of FDA, Dr. Janet Woodcock New Interim Chief
Dr. Stephen Hahn resigned as commissioner of the U.S. Food and ...
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to re-energize the nation's response to COVID-19, but one of his top pandemic ad...
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The arthritis drug tocilizumab doesn't help hospital patients with severe COVID-19, according to a new study that cont...
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- While children are less susceptible to illness with the new coronavirus, they are nearly 60% more likely than adults ove...
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- You may think that cats crave the plants catnip and silver vine because it makes them feel euphoric, and that's true.
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Just over 200,000 Americans have the autoimmune disorder lupus, and minority women are at highest risk, according to a n...
THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Menopause is known to bring a variety of unpleasant symptoms ranging from hot flashes to insomnia. Yet, for those who ha...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In what may signal a seismic shift in the treatment of methamphetamine addiction, a pair of prescrip...
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When intensive care units are swamped with COVID-19 patients, death rates may climb, a n...