In pregnant women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, male placentas showed increased immune activation compared with female placentas, according to a new study published in Science Translational ...
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By studying 110 children aged two weeks to 21 years who tested positive for COVID-19 at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) or urgent care clinics, researchers confirmed earlier findings that infants, children and adolescents ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Massage has been used to treat sore, injured muscles for more than 3,000 years, and today many athletes swear by massage guns to rehabilitate their bodies. But other than making people feel good, do these "mechanotherapies" ...
Oct 6, 2021
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Many people have been talking about the "COVID 15," referring to gaining 15 pounds during quarantine. But did people really gain weight? This question intrigued researchers. So they examined patient data from electronic health ...
Oct 6, 2021
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AHarvard infectious diseases expert says that vaccination rates among the elderly need to be close 100 percent if another surge of COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths is to be avoided this winter.
Oct 1, 2021
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As the baby boomer generation moves into retirement age, it is expected that by the year 2034, older adults (ages 65 and up) will outnumber children in the United States for the first time in history. As the population ages, ...
Sep 27, 2021
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Steep declines in delta variant outbreaks in India and, more recently, the U.K., are likely not due to the nations reaching "herd immunity" or viral behavior, but rather because of shifts in human behavior prompted by mounting ...
Aug 25, 2021
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With much of the world still susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, experts predict the virus will become endemic.
Aug 13, 2021
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Since the pandemic began, parents and researchers have been trying to understand how it affects children's mental health. For 18 months, children have dealt with the disruption of their daily lives, fear of COVID-19 contagion, ...
Aug 12, 2021
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With the Delta variant wreaking havoc on unvaccinated populations and COVID-19 cases spiking around the world, the pandemic is far from over. Despite the impressively fast development of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests over the ...
Aug 6, 2021
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