After testing negative for COVID-19 and leaving isolation last Sunday, First Lady Jill Biden again tested positive for the virus on Wednesday. “After testing negative on Tuesday, just now, the First Lady has tested positive for COVID-19 by antigen testing,” the First Lady’s Deputy Communications Director Kelsey Donohue said in a statement. “This represents a… read on > read on >
Childbirth shouldn’t put any dent in your future lovin’, regardless of the way your baby was delivered, new research assures. Sexual enjoyment isn’t affected at all by method of delivery in the years following childbirth, according to a study involving the mothers of more than 14,000 babies born in the United Kingdom between April 1991… read on > read on >
Fecal transplant treatments could infect patients with monkeypox, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned. Since May, an outbreak of monkeypox has been spreading in multiple countries, including the United States. Nearly 16,000 people in the United States have already been infected with the virus, which is transmitted through close physical contact with symptomatic… read on > read on >
The Biden Administration plans to roll out updated booster shots that target Omicron variants shortly after Labor Day, in an effort to protect Americans against a possible winter surge in COVID-19 cases. Dr. Peter Marks, the top vaccine regulator for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, told the New York Times on Tuesday that his… read on > read on >
Pfizer’s modified COVID-19 vaccine for use in children under 5 was 73% effective in shielding them from infection during the Omicron surge this spring, company data released Tuesday shows. The specially formulated doses for America’s youngest children were approved for distribution in June, although the American Academy of Pediatrics says uptake has been low. Just… read on > read on >
What your kids eat for breakfast and where they eat it could matter for their social and emotional health. That’s the upshot of a new nationwide study from Spain that concluded that eating breakfast away from home was almost as detrimental as skipping the meal altogether. Researchers said this could be because meals away from… read on > read on >
New research suggests that not getting enough sleep may doom adolescents and teens to obesity and poorer health as they enter adulthood. Those who slept less than eight hours a night were more likely to be overweight or obese than their peers who do get enough sleep, the study found. Those shorter sleepers were also… read on > read on >
Marijuana and hallucinogen use are at an all-time high among young adults, U.S. health officials reported Monday. Compared to five or 10 years ago, the use of these drugs over the past year has risen significantly among 19- to 30-year-olds, according to the Monitoring the Future panel study. The new data were collected through online… read on > read on >
If you get infected with COVID-19, the time from infection to possible onset of symptoms — the incubation period — is significantly shorter now than it was at the beginning of the pandemic, new research shows. Researchers in China who looked at data from 142 different studies found that people who got infected with the… read on > read on >
Pregnant women with a family history of any mental health condition may be at increased risk of depression after giving birth, a new research review finds. In an analysis of 26 studies, researchers found that women with a family history of psychiatric diagnoses were at heightened risk of postpartum depression. On average, they were twice… read on > read on >
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