As public conversations around coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increase, children may worry about themselves, their family, and friends getting ill with COVID-19. Parents, family members, school staff, and other trusted adults can play an important role in helping children make sense of what they hear in a way that is honest, accurate, and minimizes anxiety… Continue reading Talking to Kids About COVID-19
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COVID-19: How You Can Make A Difference in The Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges in our everyday lives. As we each do our part to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease, we look to the helpers all around us and wonder if we, too, could do more. Here, from the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are some ways you and your… Continue reading COVID-19: How You Can Make A Difference in The Pandemic
COVID-19: What People with High Blood Pressure Need to Know
Most people have concerns about staying healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those with a chronic condition such as high blood pressure — a reading above 130/80 — may face an increased risk for severe complications if they get the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). With nearly half of Americans… Continue reading COVID-19: What People with High Blood Pressure Need to Know
U.S Airlines and America on Thin Ice with COVID-19
Short of living on a giant petri dish, you’ve be hard pressed to find a more ideal environment for the spread of germs than a pressurized airline cabin that hauls thousands of passengers each day. Knowing that the COVID-19 Coronavirus is highly contagious under normal circumstances, it may be virtually impossible for it NOT to… Continue reading U.S Airlines and America on Thin Ice with COVID-19
Scientists Testing Possible COVID-19 Vaccine
A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine designed to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) in Seattle, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is funding… Continue reading Scientists Testing Possible COVID-19 Vaccine
The Coronavirus Pandemic: An Update
Officials of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that spread of the novel (new) coronavirus 19 could have a “significant effect” on “daily life” in the United States. The virus, also known as COV-19, originated in Wuhan, China and has since spread to 37 international locations, the CDC said on its website.… Continue reading The Coronavirus Pandemic: An Update
Do Birth Years Affect Flu Pandemics?
Researchers now say that the year you were born can predict to a certain extent how likely you are to get seriously ill or die in an outbreak of an animal-origin influenza virus. The study was conducted by investigators from the University of Arizona and UCLA and could hold important clues for public-health measures aimed… Continue reading Do Birth Years Affect Flu Pandemics?