The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now given emergency use authorization to three COVID-19 vaccines. Two of them—the one developed by Moderna and the one developed by Pfizer/BioNTech—require two separate doses given a few weeks apart. The third vaccine, developed by Johnson & Johnson, is only one dose. People are considered fully vaccinated two […]
Remember, carbohydrates are your body’s primary energy source and are critical to replenish after exercise, she says. After something like a low-intensity upper-body workout or a short run, you don’t really need to increase your carb or calorie intake over what it usually is, David Creel, Ph.D., R.D., a psychologist and registered dietitian with the […]
BRASILIA (Reuters) — After two straight days of record COVID-19 deaths in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday told Brazilians to stop “whining” and move on, in his latest remarks attacking distancing measures and downplaying the gravity of the pandemic. Brazil has the world’s second-highest death toll over the past year, after the United States. […]
Texas’ top health official said Wednesday that Gov. Greg Abbott (R) did not consult him before announcing that the state would become the largest in the nation to lift its COVID-19 restrictions. Abbott said Tuesday that he would end the state’s mask mandate and that all businesses could operate at full capacity, effective March 10. […]
A single dose of Pfizer and BioNtech’s COVID-19 vaccine could significantly reduce the risk of transmission of the virus, a U.K. study has found. Researchers analyzed results from thousands of COVID-19 tests carried out each week as part of hospital screenings of healthcare staff in Cambridge, England. Mike Weekes, an infectious disease specialist at Cambridge University’s […]
Federal health officials are urging gymgoers to wear a mask at all times while exercising indoors after two separate reports published Monday found high coronavirus transmission during high-intensity exercise classes at gyms in Hawaii and Illinois. COVID-19 outbreaks in both states late last summer were linked to fitness centers that were not reliably enforcing physical […]
Tiger Woods is in recovery after undergoing emergency surgery for injuries sustained in a serious single-car accident on Tuesday, February 23. Orthopedic trauma specialists at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, a level one trauma center in Los Angeles County, operated extensively on the golfer’s lower right leg and ankle to treat several significant orthopedic injuries, according to […]
A Michigan woman contracted COVID-19 and died last fall after receiving a double-lung transplant, doctors said. The organs were infected with the coronavirus, even though the donor initially tested negative and showed no signs of illness. It appears to be the first confirmed U.S. case of donor-to-recipient transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, […]
OAKLEY, Calif. (AP) — All members of a San Francisco Bay Area school board resigned days after they were heard making disparaging comments about parents at a virtual board meeting they didn’t realize was being broadcast to the public. The four members of Oakley Union Elementary School District Board had stepped down by Friday amid […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci continues to open up about his experiences working under the Trump administration, revealing the moment he began to lose influence with former President Donald Trump. In a wide-ranging interview with The Telegraph, the infectious disease specialist recalled a marked shift in his professional relationship with Trump in April or May of last year, […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions was suspended by a federal judge Friday on its second day in effect. Judge Mary Geiger Lewis put a 14-day temporary restraining order on the law and will renew it until she can hold a more substantial hearing on March 9 to decide whether […]
Demi Lovato has long been open about her mental health, shining a spotlight on substance use, bulimia, and bipolar disorder. Now Lovato is telling the full story of her 2018 overdose in a new documentary series—including the factors that led up to the terrifying ordeal. On Wednesday, YouTube released a trailer for the series Demi Lovato: […]
A journalist in England was mistakenly offered the COVID-19 vaccine early after an administrative error saw his height listed in his medical records as just 6.2 centimeters. Liam Thorp, the six-foot-two-tall political editor of the Liverpool Echo, was incorrectly deemed to have a body mass index of 28,000 and therefore listed as vulnerable. Thorp, 32 […]
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And then even if everything goes totally as planned, no stitches needed, and you’re able to walk out of that hospital room, your body is still different than it was before you were pregnant. It takes a long time for your uterus to shrink back down to its pre-baby size. Your pelvic floor muscles and […]