Health
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PublishedDecember 15, 2022
White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free tests
COVID-19 cases have shown a marked increase after Thanksgiving, and further increases are projected from Christmas and New Year's.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2022
New Zealand imposes lifetime ban on youth buying cigarettes
Health authorities want to make the country smoke-free by 2025.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2022
Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for U.S. seniors
Hospitalizations for people with COVID-19 rose by more than 30% in two weeks.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2022
More women than men suffer strokes, but many don’t realize risk
According to the American Stroke Association, strokes kill more than 85,000 women each year.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2022
FDA gives OK to updated coronavirus shots for children under 5
The agency also cleared an updated shot of the coronavirus vaccine by Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, for children 6 months through 4 years old.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2022
COVID hospitalizations rising post-Thanksgiving after an autumn lull
Hospitals are already under strain from RSV and the flu.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2022
FDA change ushers in cheaper, easier-to-get hearing aids
About 30 million people in the United States deal with hearing loss, according to the Food and Drug Administration. But only about 20% of those who could use a hearing aid seek help.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2022
Teen brains aged faster than normal from pandemic stress, study says
Before the pandemic, premature aging of children's brains was observed in cases of chronic childhood stress, trauma, abuse and neglect.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2022
Mayor says NYC will treat mentally ill, even if they refuse
Hospitals, outreach workers and first responders, including police, will be allowed to involuntarily hospitalize anyone they deem dangerous. Critics say it's a crackdown on the mentally ill and the homeless.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2022
Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy
Public health officials say its termination could lead to more false claims about the virus or the efficacy of vaccines.
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