(HealthDay News) – A good movie can be more than mere entertainment: It can also help you feel more prepared to tackle life’s challenges and be a better person, a new study suggests. This may be why folks sometimes choose films with difficult subjects or those that make them sad, researchers say. “Meaningful movies actually…  read on >  read on >

A single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine isn’t enough to develop adequate antibodies in kidney dialysis patients, Canadian researchers report. “We advise that the second dose of the [Pfizer] vaccine be administered to patients receiving hemodialysis at the recommended 3-week time interval and that rigorous SARS-CoV-2 infection prevention and control measures be continued in hemodialysis…  read on >  read on >

When the COVID-19 pandemic kept young kids indoors, their time spent watching TV and other screens rose dramatically. That’s the finding of a new study that investigated the screen time of kindergarteners from low-income families in Ohio. The researchers found that their use of television, video, movies, short clips, and apps or games on any…  read on >  read on >

In a decision that clears the way for schools to reopen safely next fall, U.S. health officials on Wednesday gave their final stamp of approval for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to be offered to children aged 12 to 15. The decision, which makes millions more young Americans eligible for immunization, came as COVID-19 cases and deaths…  read on >  read on >

Researchers say they have developed a rapid test for gonorrhea that could help reduce the spread of the sexually transmitted disease. The test consists of an inexpensive, portable device and a cellphone app that will diagnose gonorrhea in less than 15 minutes. It can also determine whether the strain of the infection will respond to…  read on >  read on >

An ambitious new vaccine effort is taking aim at future coronavirus mutations that may threaten global health down the road. So far, the “pan-coronavirus vaccine” has proven 100% effective in testing among monkeys, investigators reported. “Large outbreaks of coronaviruses have occurred three times in the last 18 years,” explained study author Kevin Saunders, director of…  read on >  read on >