The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, a landmark moment in the fight to suppress a virus that has killed nearly 300,000 people in the United States and sickened tens of millions around the world. “Today’s emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine […]
Our immune system is built to fight viruses, bacteria, and fungi, which can cause infections. A strong immune system is important to keep us from getting sick. But does taking vitamin C supplements as a preventative measure really make a difference? Myth #1: “Vitamin C protects us from the common cold.” Getting enough vitamin C […]
You’ve probably heard that you should drink eight glasses of water a day for optimal health and digestion. While that’s a great rule of thumb generally recommended by health authorities, the truth is there isn’t one standard amount of water that everyone should be drinking. How much water you should be drinking daily is probably […]
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today recommended universal mask use in all indoor settings, except when people are in their own homes, as part of a multipronged strategy to slow the nation’s surge and speed economic recovery. The advice comes a day after the nation recorded new single-day highs for cases […]
On Friday, CDC Director Robert Redfield, MD, in a statement said he accepted the interim recommendation from its vaccine advisory panel earlier this week that healthcare workers and nursing home residents should be the first two priority groups for receiving the first vaccine doses. He said he hopes future recommendations, when more vaccine is available, […]
The Washington Post reports that the British government has granted emergency approval to the coronavirus vaccine from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the German company BioNTech, becoming the first Western country to authorize mass inoculations that could lead to an end of the pandemic. Drug regulators in Britain have a global reputation for being tough but […]
They don’t call protein one of the building blocks of life for nothing.This macronutrient makes up the major component of all our cells and provides the essential amino acids that keep our bodies up and running. Problem is, some of us aren’t getting as much of it as we should be. A true protein deficiency […]
As temperatures drop across much of the country and we’re forced to spend more time indoors, many of us are looking to clear the air, so to speak. Air purifiers have become a hot commodity this year, and though there’s evidence they can help alleviate allergies by removing dust, dander, mold, and other indoor pollutants, […]
Dusty Donaldson usually says she didn’t have any symptoms when she was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2005. But now, she says, hindsight is everything. “I had a swollen gland in my neck,” she said in an interview with Yahoo Life. “It wasn’t problematic, but it kept flaring up and then calming down.” Donaldson, 66, […]
It’s totally normal to get chilly when temperatures drop— but feeling a little cold is different from having the chills, which tends to happen when you’re sick. Yes, that means chills can be a sign of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but chills aren’t an immediate indicator of having the […]