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Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The new bivalent COVID booster this fall was relatively 80% effective at keeping older adults out of the hospital due to complications from the virus compared to seniors who were fully vaccinated with at least two shots but had let several months pass, according to a new study by […]
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite fears of a potential “tripledemic,” at least one of three viruses circulating in the United States seems to be trending downward. Cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, appear to have peaked in mid-November and are now declining, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House’s COVID-19 coordinator on Sunday said a sharp rise in cases and hospitalizations since Thanksgiving wasn’t “totally” surprising — and he reiterated that holiday gatherings would be safer if people received their updated vaccines. “We’ve seen increases each of the last two winters and then what else is happening? […]
Carolina Gonzalez (NEW YORK) — A Virginia girl will be able to celebrate the holidays this year with a bright smile on her face thanks to a life-changing surgery that she is believed to be the first pediatric patient to undergo. Nicole Serna-Gonzalez, 11, was born with a condition called unilateral congenital facial paralysis, which […]
Rainer Puster / EyeEm / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — China is reporting its first deaths linked to COVID-19 in weeks as cases surge amid the country lifting many of its so-called “zero COVID” policies. The deaths, which were reported on Monday by the National Health Commission and occurred in Beijing, are the first recorded […]
Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the country faces a rise in COVID, flu and RSV, there is a testing kit that the FDA authorized in May that is one swab for all three viruses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there have been at least 15 million reported flu-like illnesses, […]
James/Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the past few weeks, reports have emerged of sporadic shortages of over-the-counter children’s medications including Children’s Tylenol, Motrin and ibuprofen in some locations. It comes amid a respiratory virus season that started earlier than usual with the highest number of flu and RSV cases seen in […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Break out the gloves and hats: bitter cold is moving in, bringing what could be the coldest Christmas in decades for parts of the U.S. On Friday morning, the wind chill — what temperature it feels like — will drop to minus 7 degrees in Dallas and 1 degree in […]
Morgan Miller/Instagram (NEW YORK) — The wife of Olympic gold medalist skier Bode Miller is opening up about a health scare they faced with their 3-year-old son, one of the couple’s eight children. Morgan Miller shared on Instagram Tuesday that their son, Asher, was taken to the hospital after suffering what she described as a […]
Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 40% of street drug samples tested in Rhode Island contained the animal tranquilizer xylazine, according to a new analysis out of Brown University. It’s the latest sign that the drug, which causes sedation and can lead to skin infections and overdoses, is continuing to spread through the […]
