Rate of long COVID may be lower in pregnant people, study suggests
A little more than 9% of pregnant women developed long COVID six or more months after their initial infection, according to a new study. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News…
California schools now allow kids to attend with cough and cold symptoms, health department says
A growing number of schools are relaxing their restrictions and opening their doors to kids with coughs, sore throats and other symptoms. This is a marked difference from the…
Alaska man dies from novel animal-borne virus, likely contracted from stray cat
The first fatality from Alaskapox, a type of orthopoxvirus, has been reported on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. State officials released a bulletin Feb. 9 detailing that an…
After recovering from testicular cancer, Ivory Coast’s Sébastien Haller scores winner in Africa Cup of Nations final
Ivory Coast players and staff celebrate winning the AFCON title. Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images…
Study finds that proteins may predict who will get dementia in 10 years based on blood samples
A study of frozen blood samples has turned up a trove of proteins that may predict several forms of dementia more than 10 years before the disease is diagnosed, researchers from…