Month: November 2021

Big BirdPhoto: Matthew Peyton (Getty Images) Today, in “News We Can’t Wait To Hear Tucker Carlson Repeat At A Much Louder Volume Tomorrow” news: Sesame Street resident Big Bird has now received the COVID-19 vaccine. The famed Bird (category: Big) announced the news on his official Twitter account today, informing his various Follow-That-Birders that, although his wing is feeling a little sore, he’s happy that the vaccine will “give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy.” This sensitive medical information (brought to you in apparent defiance of the letters H, I, P, A, and A) was released as part of a CNN Town Hall designed to help explain the COVID-19 vaccines to kids, who just became (at aged 5 through 12) eligible for the Pfizer version of the vaccin...

I have had a chronic seasonal cough for more than ten years and it's having an increasing impact on my personal and social life. In the current situation with Covid, it makes things embarrassing. The only medication that relieved it was codeine, but it came back as soon as I stopped taking it. Please help – it's affecting my sleep. A constant cough can be a nuisance – especially in the current climate when no one wants to be potentially infectious. There are a number of causes of coughs. There's the obvious ones such as respiratory infections, but a cough can also be a side effect of medication or triggered by acid reflux in the food pipe. Uncovering the underlying cause involves lots of tests by lots of different specialists. Sometimes there is no obvious answer, but it is possible to fi...

Vaccinating girls against HPV has dramatically reduced cervical cancer rates, British researchers have found.  In a study published last week in The Lancet, the researchers followed the outcome of the Cervarix vaccine, which was introduced in England in 2008 and protects against the two most common types of HPV. US CERVICAL CANCERS FALL BUT OTHER SEX-RELATED CANCERS RISE Using data from a population-based cancer registry between January 2006 and June 2019, the study looked at seven groups of women between the ages of 20 and 64. Cervarix protects against two strains of human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cancer. Since 2012, the U.K. has also been using another vaccine called Gardasil that protects against four types of HPV and was not evaluated in the paper. In the study, t...

Houston authorities say that a chaotic concert stampede that left 8 people dead included a suspected unwanted opioid injection that caused several people to be injected with the drug Narcan to reverse the symptoms of a drug overdose. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said during a press conference Saturday that a security guard reported feeling a "prick" in their neck and medical staff administered Narcan to the guard as well as several individuals.  NARCAN is used to help revive opioid overdose victims. A pair of Cincinnati police officers recently used the medication to help a woman who was experiencing a drug overdose. (Photo By MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images) (Getty Images) ASTROWORLD FESTIVAL: POLICE CONFIRM VICTIMS MAY HAVE BEEN INJECTED WITH DRUG...