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7 immune-boosting foods to eat when you’re sick with COVID or flu
Life7 immune-boosting foods to eat when you’re sick with COVID or flu
By Alexa MikhailJanuary 15, 2024
The World Economic Forum's run-of-the-mill pandemic preparation session was blown out of proportion late this week, leading to the phrase “Disease X” trending on both Twitter and Google at times.
Health‘Disease X’ could cause the next pandemic, according to the WHO—or Ebola, SARS, or Nipah. 9 pathogens researchers are keeping a watchful eye on
By Erin PraterJanuary 12, 2024
World Health Organization's technical lead on Covid-19, Maria Van Kerkhove speaks on during a press conference on the World Health Organization's 75th anniversary in Geneva, on April 6, 2023.
HealthCOVID levels are up to 19 times higher than reported, WHO says as it warns of the potential dangers of repeat reinfection: ‘We don’t know everything about this virus’
By Erin PraterJanuary 12, 2024
A Muslim woman is walking past a mural painting of a face wearing masks amid a sudden surge of the JN.1 coronavirus in Mumbai, India, on Jan. 11. The variant is dominant globally, and its descendants appear poised to take off.
HealthHighly mutated COVID variant ‘Pirola’ JN.1 is spawning. Its descendants are climbing the charts, as the global death toll mounts
By Erin PraterJanuary 11, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration authorized importation of penicillin G benzathine made by a French company, Laboratoires Delbert. Pfizer’s Bicillin L-A, the only version of the drug available in the U.S., has been in short supply since April.
HealthFDA allows imports of French syphilis drug alternate during US penicillin shortage
By Ike Swetlitz and BloombergJanuary 10, 2024
A diet rich in vegetables, legumes, and nuts—and low in dairy and meat—may help keep COVID at bay, according to a Brazilian study published this month in the British Medical Journal.
HealthLooking to avoid COVID infection? Your diet could help, according to a new study
By Erin PraterJanuary 9, 2024
People wearing masks amidst rising concerns about the new, highly mutated COVID variant JN.1, as seen in Kolkata, India, on Dec. 27, 2023. BA.2.86, a close ancestor of JN.1, may cause more severe disease, according to two new studies published Monday.
HealthNew, highly mutated COVID variants ‘Pirola’ BA.2.86 and JN.1 may cause more severe disease, new studies suggest
By Erin PraterJanuary 8, 2024
Flu and COVID infections got worse over the holidays, with more misery expected, CDC says
HealthFlu and COVID infections got worse over the holidays, with more misery expected, CDC says
By Mike Stobbe and The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2024
With COVID testing at all-time lows, wastewater is now the best and quickest way to gauge the growth of the virus, experts say. Other indicators, like hospitalizations and deaths, only reflect the most severe cases and lag by several weeks.
HealthHighly mutated COVID variant ‘Pirola’ JN.1 is fueling the pandemic’s second highest U.S. wave—and it’s still growing
By Erin PraterJanuary 5, 2024
The new, highly mutated COVID variant JN.1—dubbed “Pirola” by volunteer variant trackers—has achieved global dominance. And like Omicron, it came flying out of left field. It could represent the next chapter of the COIVD pandemic.
Health‘Pirola’ JN.1 is the probable future of the COVID pandemic, experts warn—but you didn’t hear it from the WHO
By Erin PraterJanuary 4, 2024
Artistic rendering of a COVID-19 pathogen
HealthCOVID-19 variant JN.1 symptoms: Is ‘Pirola’ different from other Omicron spawn?
By Erin PraterDecember 28, 2023
"Pirola" JN.1, a highly mutated COVID strain, is the wildcard in this season's winter respiratory disease forecast, experts say.
HealthJN.1—a new, highly mutated COVID variant—could cause one of the largest U.S. waves yet, experts say. When each state could see the variant peak
By Erin PraterDecember 23, 2023
Roughly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or its predecessor. It makes us a nation of sick people, experts say—driving up the country’s health care infrastructure and staffing needs and the cost of health care, and harming the economy in a way never seen before in U.S. history.
HealthNearly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or prediabetes—and many have no clue. Are you among them?
By Erin PraterDecember 23, 2023
A teacher from a drawing academy is painting posters to raise awareness about the ongoing surge of the JN.1 COVID variant, which is spreading in the Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Goa, in Mumbai, India, on Dec. 19. The World Health Organization declared JN.1 a "variant of interest" on Dec. 19, second only in alert level to "variant of concern."
HealthJN.1, the WHO’s newest ‘variant of interest,’ has spiked COVID wastewater levels to all-time highs in some countries. What you need to know about the ‘Pirola’ offshoot
By Erin PraterDecember 20, 2023
doctor's scale.
HealthSevere obesity increasing among young American children, new study confirms
By Mike Stobbe and The Associated PressDecember 18, 2023
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