Need Another Reason to Exercise? It Could Protect You from COVID-19

Regular physical activity may help protect you from severe COVID-19—and could even keep you from getting infected, according to a research review published Aug. 22 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. “It’s time to consider exercise as medicine,” says co-author Yasmin Ezzatvar, a doctor of physical therapy and a nursing instructor at Spain’s University … Read more

These Apps Pay You in Crypto for Working Out

Some of us look at a treadmill, sigh dramatically, and declare: “You couldn’t pay me to go to the gym.” Others, however, can be bribed into working out with small amounts of obscure cryptocurrencies. Those in the latter crowd are the target audience for move-to-earn apps, which reward users with cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs, which … Read more

Pfizer-BioNTech Submits the First Omicron COVID-19 Booster for FDA Authorization

All COVID-19 vaccines that are used in the U.S. target the same original strain of SARS-CoV-2. But boosters designed to protect against the latest Omicron subvariants could be coming soon. On Aug. 22, Pfizer-BioNTech submitted a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize its Omicron-specific vaccine. The shot targets BA.4 and … Read more