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Older people who get covid are at increased risk of getting shingles

Those 50 and older who had a mild case of covid-19 are 15 percent more likely to develop the painful ailment within six month than those who had not been infected by the coronavirus, study says.

She went to one doctor, then another and another

Plagued by mysterious symptoms and bouncing among doctors, 28-year-old wonders, “Is this going to be the rest of my life?”

Looking at a juice cleanse? Here’s what you need to know about it.

Some people swear by these regimens, but experts say there’s no evidence they’ll help you lose weight or detox your body.

More than 50 percent of people worldwide have headache disorders

Headache disorders range from annoying to disabling. They include migraines, tension headaches, cluster headaches and headaches related to things like exercise or sinusitis.

A tale of many pandemics: In year three, a matter of status and access

At this precarious moment in the pandemic — with cases comparatively low but poised to rise again — the reality is that people are experiencing different pandemics depending on their job, health, socioeconomic status, housing and access to medical care…

Synthetic blood substitute research advances rapidly

Shortages of the vital fluid during the pandemic have given urgency to finding alternatives.

FDA authorizes first breath test to detect coronavirus

Experts said that breath tests like the InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer, approved by the FDA Thursday, could eventually be used as a quick screening device at large events.

New, highly transmissible forms of omicron may pose latest covid threat

It is too soon to predict how far the new subvariants might spread and how sick they might make people, experts said.

To find out where the covid pandemic is headed, look here: The sewer

As the U.S. enters year three of the coronavirus pandemic, disease trackers are trying to stay one step ahead of the constantly evolving virus — by hunting for it in feces.

Covid booster shot bolsters protection in 5-to-11-year-olds, Pfizer and BioNTech say

The third shot appears to broaden the ability of the immune system to recognize variants such as omicron.