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By Associated Press Health Staff Jennifer Bergin was already obese and pre-diabetic before the pandemic, and learning she also had high blood pressure made her worry about how sick she might get with Covid-19. She began walking three hours a day, eventually losing 60...
By Ethan Siegal At the very end of 2019, a new disease began to emerge in humans: COVID-19. Originally described as a set of pneumonia-like symptoms with a hitherto unseen cause, a set of alarming facts soon came to light. A novel virus — now known to be SARS-CoV-2 —...
By Jon Sanders If you’re among those of us who aren’t tribally invested in Covid politics but would like good information about when life will resume as normal, chances are you’re interested in herd immunity. You’re likely not interested in having to rely on the...
By Maggie Fox When the final Phase 3 data came out last November showing the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna were more than 90% effective, Dr. Anthony Fauci had no words. He texted smiley face emojis to a journalist seeking his reaction. This...
By Matthew Crawford When I was small, my father would conduct experiments around the house. When you blow across the top of a wine bottle, how many modes of vibration are there? How do you get the higher notes? Another time, the matter under investigation might be the...
By Roxy Manson Pfizer, Moderna and other Covid-19 vaccines have been proven to be effective for at least six months -- since the first shots were administered late last year. Based on comments from a few pharmaceutical executives and some public health officials,...
By Adrianna Rodriguez The U.S. public health system was thrust into the limelight by the coronavirus pandemic, and a survey published Thursday found many Americans aren't happy with its performance. According to the survey, conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson...
By Daniel Funke Nearly 150 million Americans have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, but some say it may not make much of a difference in limiting the spread of Covid-19. In an article published May 3, LifeSite, which bills itself as “an...
By Holly Strawbridge After being confined to health-food stores for years, gluten-free foods now show up everywhere. Supermarket aisles abound with products proudly labeled “Gluten free,” and many restaurants now offer gluten-free options. For people who can’t...
By Julie Creswell Inside a state-of-the-art lab, tucked in an industrial neighborhood on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, employees wearing protective suits move around two clear boxes, careful not to disrupt the tubes and sensors that keep temperature and...
By Mark Mahoney An updated review on some of the reasons we may be overeating as well as some recent research was discussed in the latest newsletter from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). Some of that research is covered in this column. The latest...
By David Leonhardt The development of the Covid-19 vaccines happened with great urgency, for obvious reasons. One of the timesaving techniques by Moderna and Pfizer involved scheduling the two vaccine doses fairly close together — just three or four weeks apart —...
By Melissa Erickson Whether eggs are good or bad for you cholesterol often depends on what you eat with them. With six grams of protein, vitamins and nutrients yet no sugar or carbs, are an affordable wonder food. On the other hand, eggs are naturally high in...
By Karl Sweetman The term “vaccine hesitancy” has been used in the medical field since the early 2010s but has come into mainstream use recently because of widespread resistance to vaccination for Covid-19. Depending on your point of view, justification for such...
Paracetamol medications are no more effective than a placebo for the most common illnesses or injuries, a medical review of the drug has revealed. The most ineffective use of paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen and sold under such brand names as Tylenol, Mapap...
By Leah Croll Proof of vaccination against Covid-19 may soon allow us to begin resuming our normal activities in the near future. Photos that display the vaccination card like a badge of honor have been making the rounds on social media for months, but the card is...
By Andreas Kluth For the past year, an assumption — sometimes explicit, often tacit — has informed almost all our thinking about the pandemic: At some point, it will be over, and then we’ll go “back to normal.” This premise is almost certainly wrong. SARS-CoV-2,...
By Simon Shuster The Biden administration issued an open threat on March 8 to several Russian media outlets. Over the last few months, the U.S. had been monitoring their campaign of “disinformation” about COVID-19 vaccines, and it now intended to push back “with every...
By Cheyenne Buckingham If someone asked you what is your favorite condiment, do you know what you would say? For many, hot sauce is likely at the top of the list. Aside from having to pour a glass of milk to cool down your mouth after eating several chicken wings that...
By Elizabeth Weise If you get the choice, which COVID-19 vaccine should you choose? For now, experts are clear: The best vaccine is the one about to go into your arm. But as the vaccine supply grows, you might eventually might find someone asking, “Which vaccine do...
