Month: April 2022

(NEXSTAR) – Just days after the BA.2 strain of coronavirus achieved world dominance, international health officials are already turning their attention to a new, mutant variant believed to be even more transmissible – XE. XE is a combination of the first form of omicron to spread across the globe, BA.1, and so-called “stealth omicron,” the subvariant BA.2, that is now dominant. The highly transmissible XE strain was first detected in the United Kingdom on January 19, according to the WHO document, and there have been more than 600 documented cases in the UK since. Ohio, other states sue to end mask mandates on planes and other transit Preliminary findings suggest that XE may be about 10% more transmissible than BA.2, which is considered 50-60% more trans...

Clinical psychologist Geri-Lynn Utter grew up in Kensington, Pennsylvania — one of Philadelphia's grittiest corners — where her family ran a bar that opened at 7am and closed at 2am every day. ...

Photo: Brian A Jackson (Shutterstock) After making it through another long winter, warmer spring weather gave us a reason to get excited. But now that allergy season is in full swing, those who live with seasonal allergies—sometimes referred to as “hay fever”—may be wishing that they lived somewhere else. Specifically, somewhere where allergy season isn’t so severe. But where, exactly, is that? And where are the places that people with seasonal allergies should avoid? Those are a few of the questions the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) sought to answer in their annual Allergy Capitals report. Here are their 2022 findings. What the Allergy Capitals report took into consideration In order to rank how challenging it is to live with spring or fall allergies in various U.S....