All posts by LadyLively

  • Teachers’ Unions, Doctors Agree: Vaccines, Masks Crucial for Return-to-School

    Schools are reopening as the Delta variant surges across America, a scary prospect for educators and parents alike. But experts representing teachers and doctors say reopening must happen for the sake of students, and a combo of...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • Parents’ Poll Finds Strong Support for Vaccination of Students, Teachers

    As the school year starts across much of the United States amid a surge in coronavirus cases fueled by the Delta variant, a new survey shows most parents support vaccines for students and staff alike. Sixty-two percent...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • Conservative Talk Show Host Who Railed Against Vaccines Dies of COVID

    Conservative radio talk show host Phil Valentine, a COVID-19 vaccine skeptic and mask mandate opponent, has died at age 61 of COVID-19. “We are saddened to report that our host and friend Phil Valentine has passed away,”...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • FDA Grants Full Approval of Pfizer COVID Vaccine

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. “The FDA’s approval of this vaccine is a milestone as we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic,” Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • Israeli Study Shows Pfizer Booster Gives Seniors Big Rise in Immunity

    A third dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine gives four times greater protection against COVID-19 infection and is five to six times more effective in preventing serious illness and hospitalization in seniors than just two doses are,...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: Aug. 23, 2021

    Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Monday, Aug. 23: FDA could give full approval to Pfizer’s COVID vaccine on Monday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could announce its full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • A Mentally Challenging Job Could Help Ward Off Dementia

    While every worker would prefer a fun, mentally stimulating job, new research reveals an added bonus: Such work could help prevent dementia in old age. On-the-job intellectual stimulation appears to lower levels of certain proteins that block...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • Longer, Worse COVID Leaves Stronger Antibodies: Study

    Survivors of severe or long COVID-19 could have greater antibody protection against future infection than those whose illness was shorter or milder, new research suggests. For the study, a Rutgers University team followed 548 health care workers...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • How Your Medicines Make Their Way Into Rivers, Lakes and Bays

    Leaky sewer pipes are to blame for large amounts of human medicines getting into rivers, lakes and other bodies of water, a new study reveals. Researchers found that tens of thousands of doses of drugs get into...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • Spotting the Signs of Deadly Melanoma Skin Cancers

    Regular skin checks to look for signs of melanoma could save your life. Self-exams for the deadliest type of skin cancer should be done at least once a month in a well-lit room in front of a...

    • Posted August 22, 2021
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