New York City, NY USA – March 22, 2022. Covid-19 mobile testing sites offering PCR and rapid testing free of charge. (Shutterstock) By Manuel Holguin More than two years into the pandemic, things finally seem to be moving in a somewhat promising direction; despite the spike in COVID cases this...
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Washing your hands. Covering your cough and sneeze. Staying home when sick. These actions help limit the spread of common respiratory illness like colds, influenza and coronavirus. To help keep yourself and your communities well, there is another potentially life-threatening virus that should be on ...
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By Anne-Marie Boylan, Annalise Weckesser and Sharon Dixon, The Conversation Former Miss Ireland, Chelsea Farrell, recently shared the story of how she ended up in the emergency room in severe pain with a twisted ovarian cyst. After over two-and-a-half years of symptoms, Farrell found out she had end...
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Though you may know that you need to plan for the future, you may not realize what that entails. You may have heard the term estate plan and figured that you still had time to decide what you want to be done with your things. In fact many prefer not to think about it, though […]
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By Linda Nwoke Medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the United States. According to a study carried out by Johns Hopkins University, over 250,000 people die yearly from medical errors and negligence. Additionally, the American Medical Association, every one in three clinicians ...
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The good news is that Blacks are living longer, as pre-COVID death rates declined about 25% over the previous decade. Even with those obvious advances, however, Black people are living with and often dying of complications from conditions like high blood pressure that are better managed in other com...
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By Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News Older stroke patients who had a history of COVID-19 were more likely to develop dangerous blood clots in the veins than those who did not have the coronavirus-driven disease, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. B...
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By Chris Tobias Starting the morning under pressure sets the mood for the day, leaving you anxious and tense. Although people know it’s unhelpful to begin the day bogged down by tension, they continue regardless. But they can end the morning feeling terrific with a few simple tweaks. Morning s...
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By Laurie Archbald-Pannone, The Conversation People are understandably worn out, tired of thinking about COVID-19 and wanting to get back to a true normal. This so-called “pandemic fatigue” is real. But it’s also contributing to lapses in COVID-19 precautions and to more people getting infected with...
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By Amanda Woods and Tina Moore, NY Post The skeletal remains of an elderly man were found inside his crammed Brooklyn home over the weekend — and his spouse told cops she planned to wait a year before she reported his death, authorities said Monday. Brent Shapiro, 84, was found dead inside the coupl...
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