The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced the agency was moving as quickly as possible to fully approve the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine but gave no timeline. The agency has approved three emergency-use vaccines – Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. Some doctors believe a full FDA approval will help the public’s vaccine hesitancy, but […]
Although covid-19 vaccines are being distributed, people are being encouraged to continue practicing safety precautions such as masks and social distancing. And, even if a person gets vaccinated, they are encouraged to continue the practices. According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, researchers want to know if the vaccines will keep people who have been vaccinated from […]
The Biden Administration recently announced it would directly provide retail pharmacies around the U.S. a minute number of Covid-19 vaccine doses. While many pharmacies have already been giving out the vaccines given to them, the new federal program will ship those doses right to the pharmacies. The goal is to broaden access to the community. […]
Intermittent fasting, a favorite diet trend with many celebrities, has been debunked. Studies found the diet, which limits eating to an eight-hour window, does not help people with weight loss and may actually lead to muscle mass loss. The University of California in San Francisco researchers found people who fasted for 12 weeks last just […]
Multiple hospitals in the U.S. are seeing a rise in new coronavirus cases, and doctors are treating the sickest patients with a steroid without waiting on the finding of a study carried out by British researchers. It’s a move that shows how the pandemic is altering how hospitals are handling COVID-19 patients. Typically, doctors will […]
The winter flu season in the U.S. has already kicked into gear – earlier than ever in the last 15 years. Health officials said it began with a slew of illnesses in the South where it spread quickly and now the flu season could have an earlier than a typical peak. According to the latest […]
Most people worry that science is going too far with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), and based on science fiction, the very idea of giving machines the power to create could be bad (Terminator, anyone?). However, Google’s AI is actually doing some very interesting things that should have people sitting up and taking notice. […]
When a six-year-old boy playing on a farm got cut on his forehead, the parents didn’t think about it. Take care of it and be done. However, six days later, the child’s parents realized something wasn’t right with their child. He was suffering from involuntary muscle spasms, had problems breaking, and his jaw was clenched. […]
One of the most popular New Year’s resolutions people make is the promise to lose weight and get healthy. If your goal is to change how you eat and feeling better, then you may already know that there are all kinds of diets you can use. Some diets are certainly better than others, and, according […]
Most people know smoking is bad for them, as is heart disease and diabetes. However, a sedentary lifestyle is actually much worse than any of these. That’s according to Dr. Wael Jaber’s new study. The Cleveland Clinic doctor said being unfit during an exercise stress test can be even worse than being a diabetic, hypertensive […]