Big city, big worry: New Yorkers fret as bustling city slows
New Yorkers awoke Friday to find the coronavirus had left their famously bustling city with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings, and a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening crisis. A dizzying series of temporary coronavirus-related closures announced Thursday…
Read MoreThe truth about working out during the coronavirus outbreak
You’ve been told to do a few things for your health in 2020: get more exercise, and more recently — avoid large crowds. So, how do you follow this advice during the deadly coronavirus outbreak? At this time, many people…
Read MoreHow to clean the bundle of germs that is your phone
You’re washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the coronavirus. You should also wash that extension of your hand and breeding ground for germs—your phone. Tests done by scientists show that the virus can live…
Read MorePotential treatment for Lyme disease kills bacteria that may cause lingering symptoms, study finds
For decades, the routine treatment for Lyme disease has been standard antibiotics, which usually kill off the infection. But for up to 20% of people with the tick-borne illness, the antibiotics don’t work, and lingering symptoms of muscle pain, fatigue…
Read More3 things to avoid if you want to keep your rugs mold-free
Carpets in places with elevated moisture levels—a bath mat in a bathroom, a shag carpet under a humidifier in a bedroom—are more likely to harbor mold than carpets in drier areas of homes, new research has found. The study also…
Read MoreHIMSS CEO: Cancelling conference was 'heartbreaking,' but HIMSS20 Digital is set for growth
This past week, just days before it was scheduled to begin – with a sitting president, for the first time ever, addressing its opening session – HIMSS announced the cancellation of its 2020 Global Health Conference & Exhibition. In the…
Read MoreShort-Course Rifamycin-Based Regimens Preferred for Latent TB
FRIDAY, Feb. 14, 2020 — For treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), short-course rifamycin-based regimens are preferred over longer-course isoniazid monotherapy, according to guidelines published in the Feb. 14 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity…
Read MoreItaly’s coronavirus ‘red zone’ gets used to life under quarantine
At the edge of the northern Italian town of Casalpusterlungo, residents are slowly getting used to the isolation measures descending around towns like theirs, the centres of Italy’s outbreak of the new coronavirus. Here the frontline of the fight against…
Read MoreNew research shows children and teens worry about political issues
Many surveys of American adults have revealed that they worry about political issues and are concerned for the future of the United States. But what about children and teenagers? A new psychological study, published in the journal Child Psychiatry and…
Read MoreQ&A: Canker sores often go away on their own, are not contagious
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Every few months, my teenage son gets canker sores in the back of his throat that really bother him and last for about a week. Is there something that he can do to prevent them? Will this…
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