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World Health News

Pharma Companies Plan Joint Pledge on Vaccine Safety

A group of drug companies competing with one another to be among the first to develop coronavirus vaccines are planning to pledge early next...

Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Officials Urge Caution Ahead of Labor Day Weekend

This week, Hungary became the first E.U. member to close its borders completely to all nonresidents, including other European citizens. Belgium, in an abrupt...

To Build Emotional Strength, Expand Your Brain

Academic and Online OptionsThere are also educational opportunities for nontraditional students at some top universities through academic or yearlong programs for executives and other...

Bat Got Into Your House? Here’s What to Do

Tracy Wait Dowd was in her second-floor apartment in Kingston, N.Y., one night in July when she heard a noise in her kitchen: A...

Trump Vaccine Chief Casts Doubt on Coronavirus Vaccine by Election Day

The owner of e Salon SF, Erica Kious, told Fox News that the appointment had been arranged by a stylist who rented a chair...

Babies Born at High Altitudes May Be Smaller

Living at high altitudes may be associated with giving birth to smaller babies who grow more slowly through childhood.Researchers studied 964,299 children in 59...

Dr. Seymour Schwartz, Who Wrote the Book on Surgery, Dies at 92

“Sy is the aspirational mentor that we all want to emulate,” said Dr. David Linehan, chairman of the surgery department at the University of...

For Kids With O.C.D., Coronavirus Precautions Can Go Too Far

“What I tell parents is trust your radar,” he said. “If your child seems off emotionally, or raw or fragile in a way you...

In Hard Times, a Barrage of Ads Promises Peace of Mind

Meditation apps, tinctures, stress-busting gummies — spending on commercials for all of them is rising amid the pandemic’s climbing death toll and economic strain. Source...

Covid-19 Live Updates and Tracker

Most of the redirected money will go to children’s immunization and influenza surveillance, officials said. But the United States Agency for International Development will...

Backed by Federal Funds, New Virus Tests Are Hitting the Market

WASHINGTON — The coronavirus pandemic remained a distant threat to many Americans on Jan. 24 when Douglas C. Bryant, the president and chief executive...

New Covid-19 Outbreaks Test South Korea’s Strategy

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea was so proud of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic that it coined a term for it: K-Quarantine,...

‘Sudden’ Cardiac Arrests Often Aren’t So Sudden

Most “sudden” cardiac arrests are not sudden, in the sense that most patients have visited a doctor or gone to a hospital during the...

Young People Are Fighting Hunger and Finding Purpose

The line snaked around the block on a recent Sunday afternoon as Angelenos on foot and in their cars waited to receive grocery bags...

Valved Face Masks and Face Shields Offer More Comfort but Less Protection

The research is unlikely to be the final word on face shields. A 2014 study has often been cited as evidence that face shields...

Dizziness Upon Standing Can Lead to Falls and Fractures

In an interview, Dr. Gibbons said orthostatic hypotension can be “a presymptomatic sign of Parkinson’s disease, dementia and other disorders of the autonomic nervous...