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- Pandemic helped cause biggest drop in US life expectancy since WWII, study finds
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A new study estimates that life expectancy in the United States decreased by nearly two years from 2018 to 2020, primarily due to the coronavirus pandemic, marking the largest drop since ... read more - COVID-19 vaccines safe for kids despite rare heart complication: What parents should know
baona/iStock(ATLANTA) -- Amid more than 300 confirmed cases of heart inflammation in teens and young adults who have received COVID-19 vaccines, the nation's leading health experts say the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines remain safe ... read more - Doctors unsure on recommending new Alzheimer’s treatment
juststock/iStock(NEW YORK) -- This month, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease -- the first in nearly 20 years. But the decision was not without controversy, with doctors split ... read more - Vaccine or virus? CDC says vaccines are still safer for young people than risks of COVID
sshepard/iStock(ATLANTA) -- The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are safe for teens and young adults despite 323 confirmed cases of heart inflammation out of the more than 26 million young people who have received the ... read more - US had nearly 17 million undiagnosed COVID-19 cases in early months of pandemic: Study
PinkOmelet/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- There may have been nearly 17 million undiagnosed COVID-19 cases in the United States in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new National Institutes of Health study. The ... read more - Missouri sees rise in severe COVID-19 cases among the young, unvaccinated as delta variant spreads
Hoptocopter/iStock(SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) -- Health care workers in southwest Missouri are sounding the alarm over a wave of young, unvaccinated COVID-19 patients who are now filling hospital beds. Leanne Handle, an assistant nurse manager of ... read more - What to know about the lifeguard shortage across the US
CHUYN/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As Americans head back to beaches and pools this summer, there is a new warning for families: Swim at their own risk. Some parts of the country are experiencing a lifeguard ... read more - Why officials are particularly concerned about unvaccinated population in the South
Ridofranz/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Although national coronavirus metrics have been declining rapidly, infections in areas with low vaccination rates persist -- a particularly worrisome trend, experts say, as new, and more transmissible variants emerge. Health ... read more