How the pandemic gave power to superbugs A surprising outcome of the COVID pandemic has been the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections. How did that happen? 05/29/2024 - 1:52 pm | View Link
Article reported on rising cancer rates before pandemic, didn't link to vaccines | Fact check The article describes rising cancer cases between 1990 and 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts say cancer rates and the vaccine aren't linked. 05/29/2024 - 11:42 am | View Link
For Asian Americans, the pandemic brought threats beyond the virus Month honoring Asian and Pacific heritage is an opportunity to listen and learn from untold narratives. Opinion editor's note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes a mix of national and local commentaries ... 05/29/2024 - 10:31 am | View Link
Winnipegger loses court fight to quash ticket for attending People's Party rally amid pandemic restrictions A Winnipeg man has lost his bid to have a judge quash a $1,296 fine he received after attending a rally for People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier in Winnipeg three years ago in contravention ... 05/29/2024 - 10:24 am | View Link
Low-wage states with cheap housing dominated the post-pandemic jobs boom More than half of the nation’s jobs created in the past five years have come in two states: Texas and Florida. They’re at the forefront of a job creation revolution in which states with lower wages ... 05/29/2024 - 10:00 am | View Link
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is a global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in Wuhan , the capital of Hubei , China, in December 2019, before it spread to other areas of Asia ... 05/24/2024 - 11:56 am | View Link
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Key facts. COVID-19 is a disease caused by a virus. The most common symptoms are fever, chills, and sore throat, but there are a range of others. Most people make a full recovery without needing hospital treatment. People with severe symptoms should seek medical care as soon as possible. 05/23/2024 - 7:57 pm | View Link
The Covid-19 Pandemic Everything you need to know about coronavirus, including the latest news, how it is impacting our lives, and how to prepare and protect yourself. 05/23/2024 - 4:27 am | View Link
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus →. Information on COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. 05/22/2024 - 11:12 pm | View Link
Pandemic | Description, History, Preparedness, & Facts ... Pandemic, outbreak of infectious disease that occurs over a wide geographical area and that is of high prevalence, generally affecting a significant proportion of the world’s population over the course of several months. Learn about how pandemics arise and about pandemic preparedness and historical pandemics. 05/22/2024 - 11:05 pm | View Link
The global fertility rate has fallen from 5 births per woman in 1950 to 2.3 in 2021 - and even lower in the U. S., partly due to the cost of child-rearing and shifts in priorities. But "falling population and an elderly or aging population puts a lot of fiscal and economic pressures on society," says Economics Professor Melissa Kearney.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times he experienced a series of health issues in recent years, including an abnormality that he said was caused by a worm that entered his brain and then died. CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains how this could have happened.
Americans' mental health issues are not identified and treated as readily as physical symptoms, especially among children - in part due to a shortage of clinicians. "We're looking for ways to integrate mental health into settings where children and families are every day," says Dr. Tami Benton, President of The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
For some who see a therapist, just talking things through isn't enough. Drama therapy allows the patient to relive a moment or play out their biggest fears.