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Health regulators on Tuesday unveiled their proposal to allow Americans to buy hearing aids without a prescription, a long-awaited move intended to make the devices more accessible to millions of people with hearing problems. The Food and Drug Administration said the proposed rule would cut red tape that currently requires hearing exams and a prescription […]
Almost 70 percent of Australians surveyed in the Take the Pulse of the Nation (TTPN) survey agree that fully vaccinated people should be allowed greater freedoms to access public events without restrictions, however between 16 to 23 percent disagree with the idea of excluding the unvaccinated from certain activities. Established in 2020, TTPN surveys Australians […]
As New York state’s lockdown orders wore on in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, residents increasingly felt cravings for alcohol—and reported subsequently misusing it, a new study from scientists at the Yale School of Public Health and Stony Brook University has found. The study analyzed survey data from nearly 600 young adults living […]
Peak coparenting. Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson have worked hard to develop “trust” in their coparenting relationship. Everything the Kardashian-Jenner Sisters Have Said About Coparenting “Tristan is so great and really trusts me as a mom and knows I’m always gonna do the right thing for [our daughter], True, so he really doesn’t tell me […]
At a loss for words when a cashier tries to make small talk at the shop? Struggling to remember how much eye contact is too much when you meet up with someone in your bubble? Welcome to the club. Aside from protecting us from coronavirus, the importance of which cannot be overstated, lockdown has brought […]
The crush of patients with coronavirus is so severe in Los Angeles that on Tuesday they exceeded the normal capacity at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, which serves many Blacks and Latinos in America’s largest county. The hospital in the south part of the city, which has a capacity of 131 patients, was treating […]
Should lawmakers get vaccine priority over health care workers? Biden, Harris to receive COVID vaccine Monday; reaction from ‘Media Buzz’ host Howard Kurtz on ‘The Daily Briefing’ It has been more than a week since the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine's much-anticipated shipments arrived at the NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. While thousands of front-line health care […]
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Sunday that the government has imposed a strict Christmas lockdown in London and southeast England because a new strain of the coronavirus was “out of control”. Hancock warned that the strict measures that affect almost a third of England’s population could stay in place until the virus vaccine is […]
Sophie Turner has no patience for anti-maskers. In a video she recently posted to her Instagram Story, the Game of Thrones actress reminded her more than 15 million followers that wearing masks is crucial during these COVID-19 times, a.k.a. in the middle of a pandemic. “If I can wear a mask while I give birth, […]
Many of us have heard: “Don’t go outside without a coat; you’ll catch a cold.” That’s not exactly true. As with many things, the reality is more complicated. Here’s the distinction: Being cold isn’t why you get a cold. But it is true that cold weather makes it easier to get the cold or flu. […]