Month: September 2021

Abe Coleman — a beloved, dedicated staffer — would do anything for the students he mentored, a congresswoman said. View original article Contributor: Kim Bellware

Third shot after eight months? Six? Five? “It shouldn’t be this confusing,” a doctor says. View original article Contributor: Joel Achenbach

“We will no longer subject our patients and staff to unnecessary risk,” Linda Marraccini, a South Miami primary care doctor specializing in family medicine, wrote to her patients. View original article Contributor: Timothy Bella

The reactions from the boosters should be somewhat similar to the second dose of the messenger RNA vaccines, experts suggest. View original article Contributor: Lindsey Bever

Prevention and treatment fell in poor countries last year as access to health care declined, according to a new report. View original article Contributor: Apoorva Mandavilli

An editorial published by more than 200 journals worldwide warned of ‘catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse.’ View original article Contributor: Winston Choi-Schagrin

An intubated patient was prescribed the deworming drug by his doctor. Federal health officials have said that it has not been shown to be effective against the coronavirus and that it can be toxic in humans. View original article Contributor: Derrick Bryson Taylor and Tiffany May

Lethargy, blood sugar and dehydration explain in part the paradoxical effects of coffee on our energy levels. View original article Contributor: Wudan Yan

High blood pressure (or hypertension) is often known as a ‘silent killer’ because most people show no symptoms. If left untreated it can increase the risk of heart attack, heart disease, stroke and kidney disease. Recent evidence shows that it has been linked to more than 8.5 million deaths world-wide and that rates have doubled … Read more