Category: Health
U.S. COVID-19 Hospitalizations Increase for 6th Straight Week
Coronavirus hospitalizations in the U.S. are increasing with no sign of slowing. The week ending Aug. 19 saw more than 15,000 new COVID-19 hospital admissions, according...
European Countries Restrict Trans Health Care for Minors
Citing insufficient research, European health bodies from Sweden to France are taking a more conservative approach to gender-affirming care for minors. Chase, a...
Flint Water Crisis Charges Dismissed Against Ex-Gov. Snyder
A judge dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis, months after the state Supreme Court said indictments returned by...
States With the Worst COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
Unvaccinated people are at higher risk of severe sickness from COVID-19 compared with those who received a vaccine. While over 50% of the population in every U.S. state...
New Omicron Subvariants Increasing in the U.S.
Studies have suggested that coronavirus subvariants XBB, BQ.1.1 and BQ.1 are particularly good at evading prior immunity from infections and vaccines. Subvariants BQ.1.1...
China to Drop Travel Tracing as It Relaxes ‘Zero COVID’
China will drop a travel tracing requirement as part of an uncertain exit from its strict “zero-COVID” policies that have elicited widespread dissatisfaction. At...
White House: Repealing Military Vaccine Mandate Would be a ‘Mistake’
White House officials on Wednesday called ending the military vaccine mandate through must-pass legislation in Congress a ‘mistake’ but would not say whether Biden...
Better Imaging Allows More Women to Opt for Breast-Conserving Surgery
Mastectomy has long been the standard of care for certain breast cancer patients, but it still may be more extensive than many women need, a new study suggests....
Australia’s Telstra Suffers Privacy Breach, 132,000 Customers Impacted
Australia’s largest telecoms firm Telstra Corp Ltd said on Sunday that 132,000 customers were impacted by an internal error that led to disclosure of customer...
White gays over-represented in monkey pox vaccination, according to study
A study by authorities in New York published yesterday shows that African-American men are vaccinated against Monkey Pox much less often than American men from other...
