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RSV Infections Are Spiking Among Kids And Swamping Children’s Hospitals — Here’s What Parents Need To Know
Though RSV infections typically cause mild cold-like symptoms and go away on their own after a few weeks, the virus is potentially lethal for very young children and it is one of the world’s biggest infant killers.
Cancer Deaths Continue Falling In U.S., Report Finds
Cancer death rates in the U.S. fell by 2.1% each year between 2015 and 2019.
Covid Hospitalizations Climb Again As Another U.S. Wave Looms Large—These States Lead The Way
Around 2,500 people are dying with Covid each week as cases rise rapidly in some states and hospitalizations climb after weeks of decline.
Germany Moves To Legalize Cannabis—Would Be Largest European Country To Do So
Health minister Karl Lauterbach said Germany’s government-regulated model could serve as an example for the whole of Europe, where only a few countries have decriminalized cannabis and only one, Malta, has legalized it.
Biden Getting Updated Covid Booster Shot Amid Dismal Public Uptake
Fewer than 20 million Americans have received an updated shot, according to CDC data.
Scientists Work Out How To Grow Zombie Mushrooms In A Lab — It Could Help Unlock New Virus-Fighting, Anti-Cancer Drugs
Cordyceps fungi, which infect and zombify insects, are difficult to cultivate but contain chemicals that could help fight cancer and viruses and possibly help treat Covid-19.
Europe’s Covid Wave Suggests U.S. Outbreak Looms Around The Corner
Though cases, hospitalizations and deaths are down across the U.S., mutated omicron variants are gaining ground and high levels of coronavirus have been found in wastewater.
Here’s Why Exercising Is Tougher After Covid
Researchers said those with long Covid could be less able to exercise, suggesting that people swimming laps may have to switch to low-impact aerobics and doubles tennis players may have to switch to playing golf using a cart.
Women And Hospitalized Patients More Prone To Long Covid, Study Finds
An estimated 63% of global long Covid cases are in women, the researchers said, and 43% of patients admitted to the ICU developed persistent symptoms.
Cholera Making An ‘Unwelcome Comeback,’ WHO Warns. Here’s What You Need To Know About One Of Humanity’s Most Feared Killers
Cholera is one of the most rapidly fatal human diseases known and can kill within hours if untreated, though is preventable with vaccination and treatable with rehydration therapy.
