Greece and a handful of other European Union members began vaccinating children aged 5-11 on Wednesday against COVID-19 as governments brace for the holiday season and the spread of the omicron variant.
Dec 15, 2021
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A recent study by Monash University has found that among healthy older adults, social isolation and low social support are strong predictors of overall cardiovascular risk.
Dec 14, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Video teleconferencing (VTC) is an effective alternative to in-person health care services for many common conditions, according to a review published online Dec. 7 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Dec 13, 2021
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U.S. health authorities again expanded the nation's booster campaign Thursday, opening extra doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to several million 16- and 17-year-olds.
Dec 9, 2021
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The World Health Organization's European region has recorded a slight drop in both COVID-19 cases and deaths last week after facing a string of weekly increases.
Dec 8, 2021
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European Union health authorities on Tuesday backed using a mix of COVID-19 vaccines, saying it could in some cases produce a better response than a single jab.
Dec 7, 2021
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(HealthDay)—During 2018, there were 223,050 nonfatal traumatic brain injury (TBI)-related hospitalizations, which occurred most often among persons aged 75 years or older, according to research published in the Dec. 3 ...
Dec 6, 2021
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Denmark's health authorities said Sunday the country had seen a "concerning" jump to 183 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Dec 5, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Some progress has been made in the U.S. fight against HIV, with new infections falling among white gay and bisexual men over the past decade. But their Black and Hispanic counterparts did not see that advance, ...
Dec 1, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Since 2007, almost one-third of mumps cases in the United States occurred in pediatric patients, and most of these patients were vaccinated, according to a study published in the December issue of Pediatrics.
Dec 1, 2021
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