A disturbing new study by researchers at the Australian National University details an increase in vaccine hesitancy among many Australians over the period of August 2020 to January 2021. This may have serious implications for the country’s ability to achieve universal immunization. Study: Change in vaccine willingness in Australia: August […]
The family of a 9-year-old girl is "shattered" after she suddenly died in her sleep, just three days after testing positive for COVID-19. Makenzie Gongora, a 4th-grader from San Antonio, Texas, started feeling sick in her after-school care program on Friday, Jan. 29. "Kenzie was complaining about a really bad […]
As issues with COVID-19 vaccine distribution and availability continue, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control said that the vaccine likely will not be available to the general public for another few months. In December, former Trump administration health secretary Alex Azar had told Today that he expected […]
Amid concerns about the new, faster-spreading COVID-19 strain, researchers at Pfizer have said that their vaccine should still be effective at fighting the virus. The new COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.7, emerged soon after the Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's vaccine and the country began distributing it around the country, leaving […]
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric disorder brought on by physical and/or psychological trauma. How its symptoms, including anxiety, depression and cognitive disturbances arise remains incompletely understood and unpredictable. Now, researchers using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have found potential brain biomarkers of PTSD in people with traumatic brain […]
A November wedding ceremony that violated Washington's public health guidelines has now potentially been linked to the deaths of seven nursing home residents. Grant County health officials announced last week that seven residents of three separate long-term care facilities had died following previously-reported coronavirus outbreaks, bringing the total number of […]
Jonathan Van Ness has been at home — gardening and spending time with his four cats — throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As someone who is HIV positive and therefore at a higher risk of severe illness, he feels safer staying at home. And he is aware of how much of […]
Patrick Dempsey's kids are still getting into the swing of how to navigate their educations amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Grey's Anatomy star, 54, appeared virtually on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday, where he chatted about his recent surprise return to the ABC medical drama and how his kids — […]
As several states — primarily Arizona, California, Florida and Texas — continue to break their own records for their highest number of new COVID-19 cases, local officials say that the majority of cases are in young adults in their 20s and 30s. In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis said that new […]
"I'm secretly loving the fact that the world is recognizing that now. So I think we could see a lot of growth come out of this beyond just never judging stay-at-home moms again," she continued. "I think we have the opportunity, if we use this time wisely, for marriages to […]