The nation’s top health agency is expected to backpedal Tuesday on its masking guidelines and recommend that even vaccinated people wear masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging, according to a federal official. The official…
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Journalists Dig in on Delta Variant Risks and Opioid Overdose Deaths
KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed outbreaks caused by the covid-19 delta variant in Missouri and elsewhere on Newsy on Thursday. Click here to watch Weber on Newsy Read Weber’s “The Delta Variant Thrives in a State of Political and…
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'Counting On' Cutie! Jessa Duggar, Ben Seewald Welcome Their 4th Child
Jessa Duggar has given birth to another Duggar family member! She and husband Ben Seewald‘s welcomed their fourth child after multiple days of contractions. Duggar Family: Meet the Next Generation “Baby Seewald #4 has arrived!” Duggar wrote via Instagram on…
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Watch Britney Spears Cheer on Boyfriend Sam Asghari During His Bicep Workout
If you were to imagine what it might be like to date one of the most famous pop stars on the planet, you’d probably come up with all kinds of perks. For actor and trainer Sam Asghari, one of the…
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Whitney Port Reflects on Miscarriage While Approaching Previous Due Date
Five months after her miscarriage, Whitney Port gave an update on how she’s healing. Stars Who Struggled to Conceive Children “Crazy to think I would have had a newborn within this week too,” the Hills alum captioned a Saturday, June…
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Social media’s impact on vaccine hesitancy
Though COVID-19 vaccines are widely available, many people in the United States have not received the vaccine and don’t plan on getting one. Assistant professor Young Anna Argyris, in the College of Communications Arts and Sciences, sheds light on the…
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Study on heavy drinking in young adults and the psychological impacts of COVID-19 yields unexpected findings
A novel longitudinal study on heavy drinking in young adults and the psychological impacts of COVID-19 has revealed some unexpected findings that challenge preconceived notions regarding pandemic-related alcohol use. In a sample of nearly 500 young adults ranging in age…
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Americans on the move as post-pandemic life begins
Americans flocked to beaches, parks and stadiums over Memorial Day weekend, as new coronavirus cases dropped to levels not seen since March 2020. With more than 40% of the country fully vaccinated and the seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases…
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Low on antibodies, blood cancer patients can fight off COVID-19 with T cells
Antibodies aren’t the only immune cells needed to fight off COVID-19—T cells are equally important and can step up to do the job when antibodies are depleted, suggests a new Penn Medicine study of blood cancer patients with COVID-19 published…
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New perspective on stress pandemics and human resilience from the analysis of COVID-19
A new analysis of the effects of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the current pandemic, on the human body has provided novel insights into the nature of resilience and how we deal with stressful situations. Using COVID-19 as an example, the…
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