The reactions from the boosters should be somewhat similar to the second dose of the messenger RNA vaccines, experts suggest.
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Is your heart skipping beats? If it’s happening a lot, it could be AFib.
An erratic heart rhythm needs to be checked out by a doctor because atrial fibrillation can lead to such complications as stroke and heart failure.
The Big Number: Every 46 minutes, a child goes to an ER after furniture falls on them
In the study’s 30-year span, 560,203 youths 18 and younger got treatment for such injuries.
Twenty years ago, a cancer reprieve for my husband on one of the country’s most terrible days
It’s hard to fathom that the worst day for the country — the terrorist assault on 9/11 — was one of the happiest for our family.
Adults need to take seriously vaccines for other diseases besides covid-19 and flu
Thousands of them get sick annually from illnesses — such as pertussis, shingles, human papillomavirus and pneumonia — that could have been prevented by vaccination.
In Florida, a summer of death and resistance as the coronavirus rampaged
Residents and leaders are surveying the damage left from more than 7,000 deaths since July Fourth and communities scarred by feuds over masks and vaccines.
About 7,000 California preterm births linked to wildfire smoke risks, study says
Exposure during the first trimester didn’t increase risk, but the second trimester was associated with the most wildfire-related preterm births, according to the research.
Telemedicine — a boon for many in the pandemic — threatened with cutbacks
Emergency orders that mandated coverage of telehealth visits are expiring. Patients and doctors say that’s a problem.
Eating disorders are exploding, hurting adolescents who have trouble finding care
A medical student rotating in the psychiatric ER witnesses the consequences — self-injurious behaviors and increasing suicidal ideation.
As pediatrician and parent, I’m troubled we still can’t immunize kids under 12 against covid
We need to drastically speed up the research on an effective coronavirus vaccine for this age group. I’m queasy about what this fall and beyond will bring.
