Month: July 2021

Everything from how much you sit to what you eat can make or break your heart health. Whatever you're putting your body through right now–whether it's excessive stress or running a marathon—can either raise and reduce your risk of developing heart disease in the future. Considering heart disease is the most common killer in the U.S.—with 1 in 4 deaths being the result of a heart-related issue, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—there's no better time than the present to change things up for the sake of your heart health. Now, there's a new item to put in the what-not-to-do category. New research has found that not only can eating one type of food make you more likely to develop hea...

Even fully vaccinated people should wear masks, according to the WHO. Sarah Tew/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization don't share the same perspective when it comes to the coronavirus. CDC Director Rochelle Walensk...

A familiar respiratory virus is finding a foothold in the U.S. as the Covid-19 pandemic eases and people take fewer precautions: respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Health authorities and pediatricians said they are recording an unseasonably high number of RSV cases, which are typically more common in the fall and winter. Infections of RSV and influenza were way down last season, officials said, likely because of distancing, face-mask wearing and hygiene measures to contain Covid-19. “The things we were doing to protect ourselves from getting Covid are also excellent at preventing us from getting flu and RSV,” said Chulie Ulloa, a pediatric infectious disease specialist and assistant professor at the UC Irvine School of Medicine. “As everything is relaxin...

Fully vaccinated individuals who then go on to contract COVID-19 are likely to have milder symptoms, a shorter infection time and a lower viral load, ongoing studies suggest. The data, compiled by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers, included 3,975 participants across two studies, and saw just five fully vaccinated individuals develop SARS-CoV-2 infections compared to 156 unvaccinated individuals.  The researchers also noted 11 infections among participants who were partially vaccinated. Participants who had been vaccinated had received either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccines. Infections detected in fully vaccinated individuals are considered "breakthrough cases." Among those cases, researchers noted a viral load about 40% less than what was detected in unvacc...

A top U.S. official suggested that people who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine likely are protected against the delta variant.  U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy told CNBC that data shows the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot – a "cousin" of the J&J – is highly effective against the variant first identified in India and currently surging across the nation.   “While we are still awaiting direct studies of Johnson & Johnson and the delta variant, we have reasons to be hopeful, because the J&J vaccine has proven to be quite effective against preventing hospitalizations and deaths, with all the variants that we’ve seen to date,” Murthy said Wednesday.  Murthy's comments come as other companies such as Moderna announced that their vaccine is effective against all variants of CO...

A top U.S. official suggested that people who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine likely are protected against the delta variant.  U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy told CNBC that data shows the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot – a "cousin" of the J&J – is highly effective against the variant first identified in India and currently surging across the nation.   “While we are still awaiting direct studies of Johnson & Johnson and the delta variant, we have reasons to be hopeful, because the J&J vaccine has proven to be quite effective against preventing hospitalizations and deaths, with all the variants that we’ve seen to date,” Murthy said Wednesday.  Murthy's comments come as other companies such as Moderna announced that their vaccine is effective against all variants of CO...

A top U.S. official suggested that people who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine likely are protected against the delta variant.  U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy told CNBC that data shows the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot – a "cousin" of the J&J – is highly effective against the variant first identified in India and currently surging across the nation.   “While we are still awaiting direct studies of Johnson & Johnson and the delta variant, we have reasons to be hopeful, because the J&J vaccine has proven to be quite effective against preventing hospitalizations and deaths, with all the variants that we’ve seen to date,” Murthy said Wednesday.  Murthy's comments come as other companies such as Moderna announced that their vaccine is effective against all variants of CO...

A top U.S. official suggested that people who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine likely are protected against the delta variant.  U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy told CNBC that data shows the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot – a "cousin" of the J&J – is highly effective against the variant first identified in India and currently surging across the nation.   “While we are still awaiting direct studies of Johnson & Johnson and the delta variant, we have reasons to be hopeful, because the J&J vaccine has proven to be quite effective against preventing hospitalizations and deaths, with all the variants that we’ve seen to date,” Murthy said Wednesday.  Murthy's comments come as other companies such as Moderna announced that their vaccine is effective against all variants of CO...