A new study from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found that, after the
city’s soda tax, the weekly number of soft drinks per week among teens fell from
5.4 prior to the tax to 3.9 per week.
A clinical trial from the NIH found that there was no difference in the time of
recovery when hospitalized Covid patients were given interferon beta-1a compared
to just remdesivir.
A new study from the University of California, San Francisco found that young
adults with depression were 73% more likely to experience cognitive decline
later in life.
A new CDC study found that of adults diagnosed worldwide with MIS-A, 52% of
patients, or 115, needed to be admitted to ICUs and 45%, or 101, required
respiratory support.
With a COVID-19 death toll of 663,963 in the U.S. and a total population of
331,449,281, this means one in 500 Americans has died of the virus since the
pandemic began.
Nearly 72,000 American children tested positive for COVID-19 last week, making
up 19% of all cases in the U.S for the week ending July 29, according to a new
report from the AAP.
A new study from Rouen Hospital in France found that after two doses of Pfizer’s
vaccine, 88.9% of dialysis patients developed antibodies against the virus
compared to 17.8% of transplant recipients.
In a memo written by the California DMV, Tesla’s executives privately admitted
that Elon Musk is exaggerating about all of the company’s cars to have full
self-driving technology
A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that 55
large U.S. companies paid no federal income tax last year due to legal
deductions and exemptions.
CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky pleaded with Americans to not travel over
Spring Break during a press briefing on Monday over fears the trips could lead
to a surge in cases.
A new CDC report found Hawaii residents have the highest life expectancy at
birth, living to an average age of 81 while West Virginia had the lowest life
expectancy, with adults living to about age 74
A new study from the University of Florida has found that infectious coronavirus
particles were found in air samples taken between seven feet and 16 feet away
from hospital patients.
Gary Lenius, 68, died in March after he and his wife Wanda both drank the fish
tank cleaner that contained chloroquine phosphate. Detectives say it is normal
protocol for homicide to look into it.
A study led by Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, into
pregnancy after 42 weeks has been canceled after five babies were stillborn and
a sixth died early.
Adam Hergenreder, 18, from Gurnee, Illinois, was hospitalized in August with a
severe breathing illness linked to vaping and says he was left with lungs
comparable to a man in his 70s.
Congress passed a law, which went into effect last year, requiring publicly
traded companies reveal their workers’ median pay. Google led tech companies
with workers earning $246,804.
A new study, led by the University of Washington in Seattle, has found that the
number of suicides deaths globally increased by 6.7 percent from 765,000 in 1990
to 817,000 in 2016.