Health

To fill the gap in COVID-19 coverage, the Biden administration announced Thursday that Medicare beneficiaries will soon be able to obtain free over-the counter tests. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that Medicare will provide up to eight...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in America. Every year, over 350,000 cardiac arrests are performed outside of hospitals. Research shows that women are less likely to receive CPR from an outsider than men and more...

Walgreens and CVS have lifted the limits on the number of over-the-counter rapid COVID-19 test kits customers can buy at once. This was to ensure that the kits were in stock. The Omicron variant was rapidly spreading in the...

A judge in northern Virginia issued a temporary restraining orders against Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin’s executive order, which allows parents to opt out of local school mask requirements for their children. , Louise M. DiMatteo, Arlington County Circuit Court judge, wrote...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that hundreds of wastewater treatment facilities across the country will begin submitting water samples for testing for COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that water samples from wastewater...

Pfizer asked the FDA for an exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for children aged 6 months to 4 years. Parents who believed their children below 5 years old would need to wait for COVID-19 vaccines might be wrong. They could...

Si te criaste en un hogar Latinx, sabras que, cuando se trata de salud mental, no crecemos hablando de eso. Personalmente, ninguna de nosotras (Isabeth y Naydeline) hablamos de eso con nuestros padres hasta la universidad, cuando ambas fuimos a...

Another tragic milestone has been reached by the United States in its fight against COVID-19. Two years ago, the first COVID-19-related cluster was identified in Wuhan, China, Friday saw the country surpass 900,000. According to public health experts, the coronavirus will...

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A group of doctors from across the country, including one North Jersey pediatrician, has recommended that schools stop mandating masks. NEW JERSEY -- A North Jersey pediatrician signed on to a report calling for the end of mandatory mask mandates...