Students are headed back to class amid the coronavirus pandemic, and to keep you posted on what’s unfolding throughout U.S. schools — K-12 as well as colleges — Yahoo Life is running a weekly wrap-up featuring news bites, interviews and updates on the ever-unfolding situation. A teachers’ group is calling for a nationwide strike next week to call attention to […]
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People in European countries with the strictest COVID-19 lockdown policies were more likely to show symptoms of depression and anxiety, according to an international study investigating the impact of disconnecting from nature. Led by the Basque technology center AZTI, and involving the University of Exeter, the study built on pre COVID-19 evidence that access to outdoor spaces benefitted mental health […]
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FRIDAY, Dec. 11, 2020 — A two-dose regimen of a lipid nanoparticle-formulated, nucleoside-modified RNA vaccine that encodes a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 full-length spike protein, BNT162b2, is 95 percent effective for preventing COVID-19, according to a study published online Dec. 10 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Fernando P. Polack, M.D., from Fundacion INFANT in Buenos Aires, […]
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Matthew McConaughey's daughter has a little constructive criticism for him. The 51-year-old actor's middle child Vida, 10, joins her famous father on camera briefly during an interview with Amy Jo Martin for her newest Why Not Now? podcast episode, out in full on Saturday — and PEOPLE has an exclusive first clip that shows the cute exchange between McConaughey and […]
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule Thursday aimed at improving the electronic exchange of healthcare data among payers, providers and patients. The rule would require Medicaid, CHIP and QHP programs to build HL7 FHIR-based APIs to support data exchange and prior authorization. It also includes a proposed API standard for healthcare operations nationwide. “For […]
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Living through a global pandemic means having to think twice about doing stuff that used to be a no-brainer, like visiting your family for the holidays. With everything happening right now, traveling or spending time with loved ones comes with a very real risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19. You’re not flying blind here: Plenty of local governments and public […]
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FRIDAY, Dec. 11, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — How a woman feels about her roles at home and at work during midlife can affect several factors that influence her heart health, new research shows. The study, published Dec. 11 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, found women who felt more stressed at their jobs or in their […]
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The appealing array of fruit and candy flavors that entice millions of young people take up vaping can harm their hearts, a preclinical study by University of South Florida Health (USF Health) researchers found. Mounting studies indicate that the nicotine and other chemicals delivered by vaping, while generally less toxic than conventional cigarettes, can damage the lungs and heart. “But […]
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Jeannie Mai is opening up and sharing more about her emergency throat surgery for epiglottis that ended her run on Dancing With The Stars. In an all-new episode of her YouTube show Hello Hunnay, Jeannie had her former pro partner, Brandon Armstrong, on to talk about everything that happened. Jeannie Mai is opening up and sharing more about her emergency […]
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A study has found that 32% of people who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 were still experiencing at least one symptom 6 weeks after their tests. The most common of these symptoms were fatigue, shortness of breath, and a loss of taste or smell. People with relatively mild COVID-19 usually recover within 2–3 weeks of the symptoms arising. However, many have […]
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