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Most young people aren't getting latest Covid-19 booster, but they're not filling hospital beds at three large health care systems
As the US mulls over its future Covid-19 vaccination plan, data from three large health care systems indicate that even though a small percentage of people under age 65 have gotten the new Covid-19 booster, people this age are not becoming severely ill and overwhelming hospitals.
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Changes to US school meal program helped reduce BMI in children and teens, study says
Changes to school nutrition standards that pushed more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy products significantly decreased kids' and teens' body mass index after the standards were implemented in 2010, a new study finds.
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FAST X | Watch the Big Game Spot
The end of the road begins. Fast X, the tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of cinema’s most storied and popular global franchises, now in its third decade and still going strong with the same core cast and characters as when it began.
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Keep Your Heart Healthy At Any Age
Happy heart, happy life! So what’s the key to maintaining a healthy heart no matter your age? According to The American Heart Association, it all boils down to your lifestyle. While there are seven major independent risk factors for coronary heart disease:
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The fungal threat to human health is growing in a warmer, wetter, sicker world
In the HBO show "The Last of Us," characters identify zombies among them by the fungi that bursts from their bodies, and fungal parasites manipulate the humans to infect the communities around them.
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For the first time, US task force proposes expanding high blood pressure screening recommendations during pregnancy
The US Preventive Services Task Force has released a draft recommendation to screen everyone who is pregnant for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, by monitoring their blood pressure throughout the pregnancy, and the group is calling attention to racial inequities.
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Everyone who is pregnant should be screened for high blood pressure, according to new draft recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force. Mandatory Credit: …
Published on February 8, 2023
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Could you still have Covid-19 if you have symptoms but test negative? A medical analyst weighs in
It has been over three years since Covid-19 cases were first diagnosed in the United States. And while President Joe Biden announced last week that he intends to end the state of national emergency around Covid-19, this does not mean the pandemic is over.
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Fears of contaminated water and air fester where a derailed train carrying a toxic chemical burned
The flames may have died down, but a cloud of anxiety now wafts through East Palestine, Ohio.
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Selfie taken by Gabby Petito shows she had a facial injury on the day she was interviewed by Moab police over domestic disturbance call, lawyer says
A selfie taken by Gabby Petito weeks before her death shows she had facial injuries on the day she and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, were stopped by police investigating a domestic disturbance call, according to her family's lawyer.
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Black, Hispanic dialysis patients are at greater risk of dangerous bloodstream infections
Patients with failing kidneys who need regular dialysis treatments still have sky-high rates of dangerous staph infections in their blood compared with people who don't need these treatments, according to a new Vital Signs report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates of infection are particularly high among people who are Black or Hispanic or who have a lower socioeconomic status, the report said.
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Patients who need regular dialysis treatments have high rates of staph infections in their blood compared with people who don't need these treatments, according to …
Published on February 6, 2023
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Samara Joy: What to know about the Grammy best new artist winner
It was a big enough surprise that a jazz singer won best new artist at Sunday's Grammy Awards, but that it was Samara Joy was a delight for many.
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Cancer is striking more people in their 30s and 40s. Here's what you need to know
Cancer deaths are on the decline in the United States, and the outlook for winning the war against this deadly disease is both good and bad.
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Healthy lifestyle may mean lower risk of long Covid, study says
People who have a healthy lifestyle before Covid-19 infection may have a lower risk of long Covid than their peers, a new study says.
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Fort Bend County Goes Red for Heart Health
Fort Bend County çtoday along with Health and Human Services and Risk Management, hosted County employees at the Historic Fort Bend County Courthouse in support of American Heart Health Month.
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Houston Symphony presents Blast Off to Space, Feb. 25
Critically acclaimed American conductor Nicholas Hersh returns to the Jones Hall stage for an epic outer-space adventure with action-packed music from Star Wars, E.T., The Planets, and more on February 25, 2023. From the moon to Mars and beyond, this concert transports every child’s imagination to a galaxy far, far away! Lobby activities will take place beginning at 9 a.m., an hour prior to the first concert at 10 a.m., and again following the second concert until 1 p.m.
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The 4-7-8 method that could help you sleep
Falling asleep or coming down from anxiety might never be as easy as 1-2-3, but some experts believe a different set of numbers -- 4-7-8 -- comes much closer to doing the trick.
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Proposed changes to school lunches aim to reduce sugar and sodium, but flavored milk stays
If new US Department of Agriculture school food guidelines stand as proposed, chocolate milk is in, but for the first time ever, at least some added sugars will be out -- and sodium levels will be reduced gradually.
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We cannot accept mass murder
Once more the horror. Three mass shootings in California – 11 killed at a ballroom dance hall in Monterey Park, seven killed at Half Moon Bay, and a week earlier, a 16-year-old mother and four others shot in a California farming community – are tragic and grotesquely routine. The savage beating and murder of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers was criminal, and one more incidence of police brutality that too often is unleashed on African American men.
