PARIS, France — Scientists said Monday that they had developed a way of predicting if patients will develop Alzheimer's disease by analyzing their blood, ...
Nearly one million people in the UK have dementia. People living with the most common form, Alzheimer's disease, can experience difficulties working out ...
A company has started selling the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease, a leap for the field that could make it much easier for people to learn ...
DEMENTIA research aims to uncover the risk factors that underpin progressive brain decline. A new study suggests blood-based markers may help to spot ...
The new coronavirus infected people in the U.S. in mid-December 2019, a few weeks before it was officially identified in China and about a month earlier than ...
The coronavirus was present in the U.S. weeks earlier than scientists and public health officials previously thought, and before cases in China were publicly ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising travelers to avoid cruising for quite a while. The agency rates cruise travel a Level 4: Very ...
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday gave an update on the status of the COVID-19 vaccine. “Our state is preparing to receive the Pfizer vaccine that ...
Raleigh, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper will deliver another coronavirus update to the public Tuesday. He is scheduled to speak at 3 p.m., and you can watch that ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - State health officials said North Carolina will initially receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine once it gets final approved by the FDA.
Varon's comforting embrace of the white-haired man on Thanksgiving Day was captured by a photographer for Getty Images and has gone viral around the ...
An intensive care unit (ICU) doctor in Houston who has treated coronavirus patients more than 250 consecutive days is going viral for a simple act of ...
The Texas doctor captured in a photo cradling a distraught Covid-19 patient on Thanksgiving has spoken of the sad isolation of his elderly patients and pleaded ...
"They need to do the basic things: keep your social distance; wear your mask; wash your hands and avoid going to places where there are a lot of people.
An elderly man in a hospital gown buried his head in the arms of a doctor who, fully clad in protective equipment, hugged and consoled the patient. The doctor's ...
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo at UAB said a sharp increase in cases could be the beginning of a "tidal wave" poised to crash into Alabama in the next two to three weeks.
A health official says Alabama hospitals that already are treating a record number of COVID-19 patients are bracing for a "tidal wave" of additional cases linked ...
The number of patients hospitalized in Alabama for COVID-19 hit a new all-time high Monday, a troubling sign for healthcare workers already bracing for a surge ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control's report on daily COVID-19 new case counts exceeded 1,000 ...
The head of the World Health Organization said that"'Mexico is in bad shape" with the pandemic and urged its leaders to be serious about the coronavirus and ...
The World Health Organization insisted Monday it would do everything possible to find the animal origins of Covid-19, insisting that knowledge was vital to ...
Paris (AFP). While many scientists are racing to find vaccines to tame the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, other researchers are probing the past, trying to ...
Deaths from malaria due to disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic to services designed to tackle the mosquito-borne disease will far exceed those killed ...
ALBANY — Sunday should have been Day 10 for Albany County. School districts in the Capital Region had been gearing up to test 20 percent of their on-site ...
ALBANY — Albany County officials expressed concern Monday about the continued sharp increase in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, and announced a ...
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy delivered twin blows of grim news on Tuesday, reporting yet another county record for COVID-19 hospitalizations at 76 ...
Maine set another grim record on Tuesday when state health officials reported 20 more coronavirus deaths and 227 new cases across the state. It's the highest ...
Maine reported 20 new deaths to COVID-19 on Tuesday, the deadliest day since the pandemic began in March. The death toll has now reached 214, compared ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine's Bath Iron Works is dealing with a growing number of COVID-19 cases at the shipyard and at a fabrication facility in Brunswick.
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 1, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine. Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials reported another 2,510 COVID-19 cases and 19 additional deaths on Tuesday. The new cases were confirmed out of ...
Denmark's government is facing a grisly problem: What to do with the carcasses of some 17 million mink it ordered culled to stop the spread of a potentially ...
Denmark plans to dig up thousands of dead mink culled to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, after the animals started to rise out of their mass graves.
Denmark plans to dig up thousands of “zombie mink” that were culled to prevent COVID-19 from spreading after their bodies have since risen out of mass ...
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Office for National Statistics data show that the coronavirus death toll in England and Wales rose nine per cent in the week to November 20 after surging by 40 ...
CHI Health officials say they could start vaccinating staff as early as the week of Dec. 14, while Bryan Health officials say they should know within a couple of ...
ST. LOUIS — More than 4,000 people in Missouri have died due to the coronavirus and more than 300,000 have been infected with the disease, officials ...
While many health care workers have used social media to show Americans the harsh effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, one Oregon nurse is in trouble for ...
They say the rules were made to be broken, but maybe it's not a good idea when you're a health worker. A nurse was suspended after bragging on the TikTok ...
After a Salem hospital nurse was put on leave for making an online post about COVID-19, questions have been raised about the rights employees have in the ...
Hospital officials condemned the nurse's “cavalier disregard” for wearing masks and other social distance protocols after her “Grinch”-themed video went viral.
The number of residents in California nursing homes who became ill or died from the coronavirus more than doubled between May and August. Researchers ...
All public and private gatherings with anyone outside a single household are now banned in Los Angeles County, as most of the country grapples with an ...
Counties across California have enacted stricter COVID-19 restrictions after the state broke a record with more than 7400 coronavirus hospitalizations.
Jessica Lusk and Dylan Garcia cannot win. They must choose to stay safe and go broke, or work and risk their daughter's life in the coronavirus pandemic.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 9 new coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 933 in El Paso ...
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 1 new coronavirus-related death Monday. The death of a woman in her 70s brings ...
Among thousands of kids tested for COVID-19, an upset stomach, loss of taste/smell, fever and headache were symptoms most predictive of positive test results, ...
(HealthDay)—Type O and rhesus-negative (Rh−) blood groups seem to be associated with a lower risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...
With multiple COVID-19 vaccines expected to get emergency approval from the FDA within weeks, a new poll of Massachusetts residents found that more than ...
(State House News *Service*) — More than a third of Massachusetts adults would be unlikely to get the vaccine for COVID-19, according to new poll results, with ...
The virus is surging in California's overcrowded prisons as early releases slow. And county jails are struggling with a backlog of inmates awaiting transfers to ...
Prisons have been hotbeds of coronavirus infection across the country since early in the year. A prominent outbreak in June involving over 2,200 inmates at San ...
The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 28 more Iowans died of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours. That brings the total number of Iowans who have died ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: The daily numbers that we report do not line up with the numbers the state is reporting for each day. Every day at 10 a.m. we take the previous ...
At 10 a.m. Monday, Iowa reported an additional 1,199 cases of COVID-19 and 28 additional COVID-19-related deaths — including another in Johnson County ...
(Des Moines)-- The state of Iowa is reporting 1,200 new, confirmed cases of COVID-19 for the previous 24 hours ending at 10:00 am this (Mon.) morning, along ...
NEW JERSEY – A new CDC report says a New Jersey hospital dealt with a potentially troubling bacterial infection just as the COVID-19 crisis hit this year.
Plus: Cargill targeted in child slavery case; hunter killed in Beltrami County after mistaken for deer; how Rochester got the Trump campaign to abide by its rules; ...
Minnesotans with sickle cell disease or chronic vocal disorder, also known as motor tic disorder, will soon be able to participate in the state's medical cannabis ...
A new COVID-19 testing site is opening Tuesday in Wake County. The site is at 5809 Departure Drive in Raleigh. Tests are available from Tuesday until ...
Despite promising news on the vaccine front, we don't yet have a miracle cure for COVID-19. Emphasis on the yet, as scientists are plugging away at potentially ...
Certain foods and beverages such as green tea, dark chocolate and muscadine grapes — a grapevine species native to parts of the United States — contain ...
In a unique study, researchers have claimed that chemical compounds in foods or beverages like green tea, muscadine grapes, and dark chocolate can bind to ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health & Science University is looking for adults who live in the Portland area to take part in a research study into the safety and ...
Oregon Health & Science University needs volunteers for research on a potential COVID-19 vaccine. The Portland hospital is part of testing for a vaccine ...
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University are looking for Portland-area residents to participate in Phase 3 trials of an experimental vaccine for the ...
This daily round-up brings you a selection of the latest news and updates on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, as well as tips and tools to help you stay ...
A staggering 90 percent of adults in the UK have some gum disease on their teeth, and gum abscesses can often occur as a result. How do you know if your ...
The effort to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control is not going at all well. In Seattle and across the United States, infection rates and hospitalizations are ...
Restaurants across the city are just beginning to grapple with the total prohibition of outdoor on-site dining, a major source of revenue for the past six months ...
An infectious disease doctor at Intermountain Healthcare says symptoms or not, if you gathered with family over Thanksgiving, you should be tested for ...
Although Utah is seeing lower COVID-19 case counts and a reduced positivity rate, residents' choices on Thanksgiving will determine whether the trend ...
A Houston doctor who drew widespread attention after a photograph went viral showing him comforting a patient in a coronavirus intensive care unit on ...
The number of virus hospitalizations has reached an all-time high in Ohio, as the number of inpatients with COVID-19 surpassed 5,000, health officials said.
JACKSON, Tenn. — West Tennessee Healthcare announced Monday that COVID-positive patients can now receive a new antibody treatment at North Hospital ...
Tidelands Health announced Monday that it had received approval to begin offering a “groundbreaking,” albeit experimental, new treatment for COVID-19 ...
MYRTLE BEACH — With Horry County registering 111 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday — the second time in three days that the county had 111 in a day ...
Two hospitals in the West Tennessee Healthcare network began treating COVID-19 patients with an investigational antibody treatment called bamlanivimab, ...
CHARLESTON, S. C. (WCIV) — South Carolina is once again seeing a percent positive in the high teens for coronavirus testing, according to DHEC on Monday.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced Monday 1,174 new cases of coronavirus across the state, and 27 new ...
The app alerts users if they've potentially been exposed to someone with the virus. It uses Bluetooth, wireless technology, not GPS tracking to let users know if ...
U.K. restaurants, bars, cinemas and sports venues may require proof that people received COVID-19 vaccinations in order for them to visit, Britain's vaccine ...
Restaurants, cinemas and even sporting venues may turn customers away if they have not had a COVID-19 vaccine, the U.K. government's new vaccine minister ...
Restaurants, bars and cinemas may turn customers away if they have not had a Covid jab, the new minister for the mass vaccine roll-out suggested tonight.
Now that the first successful coronavirus vaccine is almost here, countries and regions of the world like the United Kingdom are beginning to grapple with how to ...
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- If you haven't had your flu shot yet this year, you can get one at a drive-through clinic Saturday at Lambeau Field. The Green Bay ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department said it will hold a public flu vaccination clinic from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The Green Bay Packers, Bellin Health and Brown County Public Health are working together to offer free flu shots to the local community at Lambeau Field with ...
