HEALTH

President Biden is requiring nursing home employees to get vaccinated in order to keep receiving federal funding for Medicare and Medicaid.

Florida schools who defy Gov. Ron DeSantis' orders by enforcing mask mandates may see their funding cut or salaries withheld.

As plans to roll out COVID boosters are revealed, health care workers and nursing home residents are first in line.

Financial abuse is said to be the most common subtype of abuse.

Singaporean medical investigators said the 16-year-old developed acute severe myocarditis six days after receiving his first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

Researchers found a link between lead production and toxic exposures.

The case was confirmed a few months after Guinea reported the end of a four-month Ebola outbreak in June.

Too much vitamin D can be harmful to dogs.

There were 12,000 COVID cases in the first week of July and 96,000 by the first week of August.

As COVID cases in adolescents rise, parents are recommended to take necessary precautions.

With almost 5,600 breakthrough cases of COVID-19 among the vaccinated public, the CDC and Gov. Tim Walz continue to encourage people to get vaccinated.

The study found that the effectiveness of the vaccines fell after the Delta variant became the dominant strain in the United States.

The CDC is urging all pregnant women to get vaccinated along with breastfeeding women, women trying to get pregnant, and women who may get pregnant in the future.

Four cases have been recorded in the U.S., all in different states.

Herd immunity occurs when a large majority of a population gains protection against a virus, either through vaccination or a previous infection.

The head of the second-largest teachers union on Sunday said that COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for teachers to protect students who can not be vaccinated.

Local leaders are critical of Gov. Ron DeSantis amid the latest surge in COVID-19 cases.

Avery Anderson developed flaky, black lips due to a combination of getting infected with the delta variant of COVID-19 and using acne medication.

An unnamed 34-year-old woman in New South Wales, Australia, has died from thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome days after getting a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

The levels of SARS-CoV-2 in Houston wastewater are up 320% compared to last year.

As the Delta variant continues to spread and cause more hospitalizations, U.S. officials work on getting a Covid-19 booster shot t0 Americans with compromised immune systems.

Researchers found that pregnant women who are on keto diets are more likely to have a child with a neural tube defect.

Two cases of the Delta plus variant has been found in South Korea, the Delta plus was first found in India and England.

She later learned that some of her neighbors had fallen ill around the same time.

Vector control measures will take place during the closures.

President Joe Biden reached his goal of getting 70% of eligible Americans partially vaccinated as the Delta variant remains a deadly threat.

It remains unclear whether the Lambda variant is more dangerous than the Delta variant.

In a paper published by the UK Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, British academics said they believe the eradication of COVID-19 is “unlikely.”

National Minority Donor Awareness is observed throughout the month of August.