If you already got your first shot, it’s time to start thinking about getting your second one.
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Scientists Call on CDC to Better Protect Workers From Covid
Letter calls for stronger action to protect high-risk workers from airborne exposure to the coronavirus
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How many people get ‘long COVID’ – and who is most at risk?
About 1 in 3 people with COVID-19 will have symptoms that last longer than the typical two weeks.
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Less pain, more gain – improving health and fitness with minimal exercise
The amount of exercise you need to do may be less than you think.
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Opioid Deaths Spark Push to Ease Buprenorphine Rules
Doctors say requirement to take an 8-hour course and submit to Drug Enforcement Administration oversight has stymied the drug’s availability.
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As Drug Prices Keep Rising, State Lawmakers Propose Tough New Bills to Curb Them
Fed up with a lack of federal action , state legislators are pushing bills to penalize drugmakers for unjustified price hikes and to cap payment at much-lower Canadian levels.
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The ACA Marketplace Is Open Again for Insurance Sign-Ups. Here’s What You Need to Know.
For people who’ve been without health insurance during the pandemic, relief is in sight.
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Many of us overestimate our exercise levels – here’s how to calculate how much you really do
You might not be getting as much physical activity as you think you are.
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Special enrollment period offers another chance to get health insurance
The special enrollment through Washington Healthplanfinder is open from Feb. 15, 2021 through May 15.
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No, you are not addicted to your digital device . . .
. . . . . . but you may have a habit you want to break
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Snack your way to better health with bite-sized exercise breaks
Climbing 3 flights of stairs, 3 times per day, 3 days per week for 6 weeks will increase fitness.
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In Hard-Hit Indian Country, Tribes Rapidly Roll Out Vaccines
By Alex Brown, Stateline When the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma began receiving its first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in December,
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AIs are no substitute for human contact, but they can diminish loneliness.
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UK, South African, Brazilian: a virologist explains each COVID variant and what they mean for the pandemic
Kirsty Short, The University of Queensland Australia has recently seen SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) escape several times from
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Are vaccines already helping contain COVID?
Early signs say yes, but mutations will be challenging
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