Just after closing a $28 billion deal to acquire electronic health records company Cerner, tech giant Oracle said it thinks it can solve one of the biggest tech problems in healthcare: patient records. The combined companies will create a national health records database that pulls in data from thousands of hospitals, stated Larry Ellison, Oracle board […]
The US will reportedly no longer require international air travelers to take a COVID test before traveling to the country. According to Reuters, the change will be effective starting Sunday morning, June 12th, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will reevaluate the decision in three months. That means people flying into the US won’t have […]
Last Thursday, the White House announced that the COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 is expected to become available in the next few weeks. The Biden Administration’s coronavirus response coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, shared in a briefing an estimated timeline for when kids ages 6 months to 4 years old around the country could be […]
Questions about the rare monkeypox virus are on the rise in tandem with reports about new cases of the zoonotic disease. Among them: How worried should you be about the recent outbreak? How does monkeypox spread? And what does a monkeypox rash look like, anyway? The first U.S. case this year was confirmed in Massachusetts […]
There are plenty of well-documented health benefits associated with getting outdoors—increasing vitamin D production and exercise are simply two of them. But did you also know that spending time outside can actually improve your productivity levels? According to Dr. Allison Chase, a clinical psychologist and regional clinical director with Pathlight Mood and Anxiety Center, heading […]
No one likes wasting avocados. They’re as delicious as they are pricey. But a popular hack for keeping your avocados fresh that has continued to make the rounds on social media might not be as ideal as advertised — and even the FDA has repeatedly warned against it. On Friday, Newsweek covered a viral TikTok […]
Nick Jonas is reflecting on his type 1 diabetes diagnosis. The “Jealous” singer, who received the Golden Glove award from the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation on Wednesday for his diabetes advocacy, spoke to Variety about what it was like to learn he had the chronic health condition when he was just 13. Recalling that his life […]
An unending series of tragedies seem to have become America’s new normal. These days it seems unusual to tune into the news and not hear about another mass shooting or other unprovoked act of violence. There have been more than 200 mass shootings in 2022 alone. As BuzzFeed reports, the American Public Health Association says […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning travelers to “practice enhanced precautions” as monkeypox spreads. Monkeypox, a disease that results from infection with the monkeypox virus, a viral illness in the same family as smallpox, has been identified in 16 countries across the globe, including the United States. The CDC, which issued the Level 2 travel health notice last […]
Since nicotine is an addictive substance, it can be challenging for individuals to stop smoking. However, the short and long-term benefits of quitting smoking are significant, and quitting improves the health status of those who smoke and who are exposed to secondhand smoke. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Quitting smoking: […]