Health & Fitness

Peet Sapsin directs clients inside custom built "Gainz Pods", during his HIIT class, (high intensity interval training), at Sapsins Inspire South Bay Fitness, Redondo Beach, California, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Peet Sapsin directs clients inside custom built "Gainz Pods", during his HIIT class, (high intensity interval ...

Murphy's law just might be striking again. "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong" seems to be 100% true in 2020. COVID-19 cases continue to rise in many U.S. states. Concerns are rising that the coronavirus outbreak could intensify in the fall at the same time the seasonal flu rears its ugly head. And now U.S. health officials are closely monitoring another virus that scientists fear could become another pandemic. Investors saw the stock market plunge as the COVID-19 pandemic first hit only to bounce back nicely. With the potential for another deadly virus on the way, should you change how you're investing sooner rather than later? Image source: Getty Images. Why experts are nervous Last week, a team of scientists published their findings about a newly discovered influenza strain ...

The Associated Press has the latest from Seattle, where one of two people hit by a car which drove into protesters early on Saturday morning has died: “Summer Taylor, 24, of Seattle died in the evening at Harborview Medical Center, spokesperson Susan Gregg said. Taylor and Diaz Love, 32, of Portland, Oregon, were hit by the car that barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters on Interstate 5, officials said. Love is in serious condition in the intensive care unit, Harborview, Gregg said. Dawit Kelete of Seattle drove the car around vehicles that were blocking I-5 and sped into the crowd about 1.40am, according to a police report. Video taken at the scene by protesters showed people shouting “Car! Car!” before fleeing the roadway. Love was filming the protest in a nearly t...

The changes followed pleas from health officials who warned holiday crowds and packed gatherings like the ones the US witnessed over Memorial Day weekend would likely lead to further spikes in coronavirus cases -- amid an already raging crisis across the country. Already, nearly half of US states halted their reopening plans as new coronavirus cases surged to record-breaking numbers in past weeks. Both city and state leaders attributed part of that rise to gatherings of young groups. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now projecting the country will see nearly 148,000 coronavirus deaths by the end of the month. So far, at least 129,676 Americans have died and more than 2.8 million have been infected, according to Johns Hopkins University. And while many cities took me...

The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. /VCG The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. /VCG The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, which was touted by U.S. President Donald Trump, was found effective in treating COVID-19 patients by a new study after many others said no. The study, led by a research team from Henry Ford Health System in southeast Michigan, U.S., was published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases on July 1. They looked at 2,541 hospitalized COVID-19 patients between March 10 and May 2 and found that those who took hydroxychloroquine had a "significantly" lower mortality rate. Patients involved were generally over 18 years ol...

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The changes followed pleas from health officials who warned holiday crowds and packed gatherings like the ones the US witnessed over Memorial Day weekend would likely lead to further spikes in coronavirus cases -- amid an already raging crisis across the country. Already, nearly half of US states halted their reopening plans as new coronavirus cases surged to record-breaking numbers in past weeks. Both city and state leaders attributed part of that rise to gatherings of young groups. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now projecting the country will see nearly 148,000 coronavirus deaths by the end of the month. So far, at least 129,676 Americans have died and more than 2.8 million have been infected, according to Johns Hopkins University. And while many cities took me...

This is a breaking news story and will be updated throughout the day Saturday, July 4. This story is part of the Reno Gazette Journal’s essential COVID-19 coverage and is being provided for free. Please consider subscribing to the RGJ to support our work. 29 residents and staff from of Nevada Veterans Home have COVID-19 This item has been updated to clarify that 10 residents of the Nevada Veterans Home sick with COVID-19 are in a special unit with an ICU level of care.  Ten residents of the Northern Nevada State Veterans Home have been moved to a special unit at the Reno VA Hospital that has an ICU level of care.  They are in stable condition, according to Julie Dudley, communications director for the Nevada Department of Veterans Services The Northern Nevada State Veterans Home in Sparks...

Noting the mild winter on the East Coast, Sapi says, "We do have a bad year for the ticks." Hikers, campers and anyone else eager for an escape could "just explode into the outdoors. And there may not be the same thoughtful approach" to preventing exposure, explains Dr. Sorana Segal-Maurer, director of the Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens health care system. "I'm a little nervous that their guard may be down just a slight bit," she adds. Outdoor crowds were so big around Memorial Day weekend, that parks from southern California to North Carolina had to close early after hitting capacity. Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a rise in Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, with seven additional germ...