Diagnostic mammograms, screenings and treatments for the disease were disrupted or delayed during the coronavirus outbreak, researchers say.
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The sleep gap: If you’re wealthy, you probably get plenty. If you’re poor or a minority, you may not, research finds
Sleep deficits are robbing poor people and racial minorities of health and earning power. What can be done?
Eating too many eggs can still be risky, but most people don’t have to give them up entirely, experts say
Nutritionists have shifted their focus on dealing more with low-density lipoprotein, or “bad” cholesterol. You still need to be cautious with eggs, which have dietary cholesterol.
When will the summer coronavirus surge peak? It will get worse before it gets better, experts predict.
America faces a choice, experts argue — take more precautions and get vaccinated, or allow the summer surge to accelerate.
My depression was consuming me. My doctor’s prescription? Shock therapy. It worked.
Electroconvulsive therapy is a treatment where — under anesthesia — electric currents are passed through the brain to trigger a seizure. It’s different from what you’ve heard.
Vaccinated people are ready for normalcy — and angry at the unvaccinated getting in their way
The unwelcome resurgence of the coronavirus has prompted impatience, frustration and even rage from Americans who have gotten their shots toward those whose resistance won’t budge.
Study paints stark picture of how some get mired in collections because they can’t pay medical bills
Researchers say that medical debt, like poverty, housing status or race, should also be considered a social determinant of health.
FDA vows ‘all hands on deck’ effort to get Pfizer coronavirus vaccine full approval as quickly as possible
Some agency officials have suggested it could be a matter of weeks, not months, when a coronavirus vaccine receives full approval.
‘A rush to get shots’
Vaccine holdouts in covid hotspots roll up their sleeves as delta variant takes hold. Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and other states report double-digit growth in vaccinations in the last two weeks.
CDC study shows three-fourths of people infected in Massachusetts coronavirus outbreak were vaccinated but few required hospitalization
The report offers key evidence bolstering the hypothesis that vaccinated people can spread the more transmissible variant.
