HEALTH

NYC Mayor has announced that the city has made “tremendous progress,” detailing various changes to COVID-19 protocols. 

Two deaths were reported, one of which was a child fatality.

The House of Representatives passed a new bill aimed at expanding healthcare services to U.S military members who were exposed to toxic substances from “burn pits” after an appeal from President Biden to make this happen.

A recent study from Northwestern University found that COVID-19 can potentially invade cells in the penis.

As states begin to relax their COVID protocols, NYC announced that it will put an end to its main contact tracing program in April.

Employees had 18.2% reduction in anxiety and 13% reduction in stress.

The association between green spaces and oxidative stress was analyzed "for the first time."

Rare Disease Day aims to raise awareness about rare diseases and their impact on the people who live with them.

The lockdown that followed the spread of COVID-19 is almost a metaphor for the worst days of the pandemic yet a recent study shows that it may have actually been a boon to young people's mental health.

Rather than transmitting COVID-19, breastfeeding may instead help pass along protective antibodies that fight against the virus.

Compared to those who don't have any pets, dog owners had lower disability risk.

The mother and her child are in good health nearly four months after the delivery, with the baby now weighing around 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds).

The new vaccine also increased antibody levels in recipients by at least 18-fold when used as a booster shot.

New data from the CDC shows that the amount of protection provided against the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was cut in half by the time the Delta variant arrived.

One or two out of every 100 children may develop long-haul symptoms that include fatigue, shortness of breath, anxiety and depression.

The COVID-19 subvariant dubbed “stealth Omicron” could also cause more severe symptoms than the original Omicron strain.

A new research paper was published by a team in Denmark that found people who previously were infected by Omicron were at risk of reinfection, especially if it is the variant's "stealth strain".

People have been wondering how long they need to wait before getting another booster dose, or if they even need to at all.  

One of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome's mysteries is that it appears to only affect some regular marijuana users and not all of them.

A recent study by the CDC found that these five states had the highest life expectancy in the United States.

The 12-year-old boy died on Feb. 3 from septic arthritis at the knees and septic shock, a laboratory biopsy revealed.

As the second year of the COVID pandemic comes to a close, there are still various questions that health experts need answers to.

In this heart-to-heart, two consultant cardiologists share with us their expert advice on keeping the fist-sized organ beating healthy.

There are many people “who could stand to take this disease a lot less seriously”, according to this governor.

Is another pandemic lurking around the corner? Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates seems to think so. 

When addressing the drop in COVID-19 testing rates, the WHO said the “bigger concern right now…is the still increasing number of deaths."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released statistics on the number of excess deaths and found that over a million Americans perished in the last two years. This is over 100,000 more deaths than those who lost their lives to the virus itself. 

Participants' depressive symptoms were measured before and after the treatments using the GRID-Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.

The injuries may have been the result of the vaccines being given too high into the shoulder joint.