• Working from Home? Here’s How to Preserve Your Posture

    If you’re working at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, you need to have a work space that’s doesn’t cause pain or discomfort in your back, neck or legs, a spine specialist says. “Most couches may not provide...

    • Posted February 28, 2021
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  • FDA Approves Third COVID Vaccine

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Saturday approved Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine for emergency use after its advisory panel unanimously backed the vaccine a day earlier. Adding a third vaccine to the country’s arsenal...

    • Posted February 28, 2021
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  • FDA Set to Approve Third COVID Vaccine

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it will move quickly to approve Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine for emergency use after its advisory panel unanimously backed the vaccine earlier in the day. In...

    • Posted February 27, 2021
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  • Spring Allergies Are Near, Here’s What Works to Fight Them

    For millions of Americans, sneezing, coughing, runny noses, itchy eyes and congestion are sure signs that spring is on the way. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) has advice for coping with these classic...

    • Posted February 27, 2021
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  • Education Level Now Prime Driver of COVID Vaccine Hesitancy: Poll

    In the early weeks of the U.S. vaccine rollout, race looked like it would determine who was willing to get a shot in the arm, but education level now plays the most powerful role in that decision,...

    • Posted February 26, 2021
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  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Meds May Help Fight Severe COVID-19

    Rheumatoid arthritis drugs may save lives of patients hospitalized with severe cases of COVID-19, according to a groundbreaking clinical trial. The findings, first announced in January, have now been peer-reviewed and published in a major medical journal....

    • Posted February 26, 2021
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  • AHA News: From Mild COVID-19 to Heart Failure in 4 Weeks – at Age 20

    FRIDAY, Feb. 26, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Madeline Neville tried her best to avoid catching COVID-19 while attending Temple University in Philadelphia. In late October, she was visiting her parents near Scranton, Pennsylvania, when she...

    • Posted February 26, 2021
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  • In Israel, Widespread Vaccination Slashes Severe COVID Cases in Older Patients

    Israel is among the first nations in the world to have a majority of its citizens vaccinated against the new coronavirus. That effort may be already paying off, with rates of severe COVID-19 cases declining by two-thirds...

    • Posted February 26, 2021
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  • Mental Health ‘Epidemic’ Threatens Communities of Color Amid COVID-19

    Communities of color face a burgeoning wave of mental health problems as a result of how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people interact and grieve, experts warn. “We’re about to have a mental health epidemic...

    • Posted February 26, 2021
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  • Expert Panel Set to Consider Approval of J&J COVID Vaccine

    An advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will spend Friday weighing whether a coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson should be approved for emergency use. The expert panel is expected to endorse the...

    • Posted February 26, 2021
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