Health
China trims Covid quarantine time by two days
China’s Covid outbreak is at its worst in about half a year. Residents of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, are pictured here lining up for regular virus testing in their community on Nov. 10, 2022. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China reduced the quarantine time for international travelers by two days, state […]
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Nearly 2% of healthy infants hospitalized with RSV before first birthday, study finds
Even healthy infants face a considerable risk of hospitalization from respiratory syncytial virus, according to a large European study published Thursday. Dutch and British scientists, in a study published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine, found that 1.8% of healthy infants are hospitalized with RSV before their first birthday. This means about 1 in 56 healthy infants […]
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Why flu season is so bad this year
If it seems like everyone around you is getting sick, you’re not imagining it. The flu season is hitting the United States unusually early and much harder than it usually does. “I’m scared about what’s going to happen this flu season because I don’t think we’ve ever seen a coalition of multiple viruses kind of […]
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Unvaccinated infants were hospitalized with Covid more this summer than most age groups, CDC says
Infants too young for vaccination were hospitalized with Covid-19 more often than any age group other than the elderly during the omicron BA.5 wave over the summer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC, in a report published Thursday, found that hospitalizations among infants younger than six months surged elevenfold from […]
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Covid outbreak worsens in southern Chinese city of Guangzhou
Guangzhou city in the southern province of Guangdong is the hardest hit in the latest Covid outbreak. Pictured here are closed stores in part of the city on Oct. 31, 2022. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Covid infections are surging in the capital of China’s export-heavy Guangdong province, raising concerns […]
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Mindfulness meditation reduces anxiety as much as a common antidepressant drug, study finds
Mindfulness meditation is as effective at reducing anxiety as a commonly prescribed antidepressant, according to a study published in a major journal on Wednesday. The study, led by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center, is the first randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation with the antidepressant escitalopram. The results were published […]
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Stocks usually climb in the year after midterms. These Club names have been big winners in prior cycles
Strange, but true: The S & P 500 has been solidly higher 12 months after the midterm elections in every cycle since 1954, according to Yardeni Research, regardless of which party won or lost. The broad market index’s average one-year gain in 17 post-elections windows has been about 15%. Those facts are on our minds […]
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Abortion rights are on the ballot in these states. Here’s what you need to know for the midterms
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens as she’s introduced by Jodi Hicks, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and Co-Chair of the Yes on Prop 1 campaign, during a Planned Parenthood clinic in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Jane Tyska | Digital First Media | East Bay […]
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Lab-grown blood given to humans in world-first trial aimed at combatting rare disorders
Blood grown in a laboratory has been transfused into humans for the first time in a landmark clinical trial. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images LONDON — Blood grown in a laboratory has been transfused into humans for the first time in a landmark clinical trial that U.K. researchers say could significantly improve […]
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6 health insurance terms you need to know as open enrollment begins
Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images It’s open enrollment season, the time each year when millions of American workers and retirees must choose a health plan, whether new or existing. But picking health insurance can be a dizzying venture. Health plans have many moving parts — which may not come into focus at first […]
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