According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S. from the novel coronavirus. Beyond the loss of life, this pandemic has led to a grim news cycle, government social distancing restrictions and an economic crisis leaving millions of Americans unemployed. Fear, isolation and economic uncertainty can all have negative effects on mental health. People who have lost their jobs, their homes, their businesses or even a loved one during this time might not have adequate time and space to properly process and mourn. And even people who haven’t lost anything as concrete as a job or a loved one can also be affected by grief over seeing the world upended as our economic, healthcare and education systems struggle, according to the American Psychological Association. Here are ways to care for your mental health after experiencing loss during the coronavirus pandemic. (Kaitlin Miller, The Active Times)
State restrictions are slowly being relaxed and workout facilities have begun to implement new changes and guidelines. Here are some of the ways they will look a bit different.
Doctors are reporting success with newer drugs that control certain types of cancer better, reduce the risk it will come back and make treatment simpler and easier to bear.
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A new analysis of 172 studies, funded by the World Health Organization, confirms what scientists have said for months: N95 and other respirator masks are far superior to surgical or cloth masks in protecting essential medical workers against the coronavirus.
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Public health experts have said that many of these additional deaths from other causes may be undercounts or misdiagnoses of COVID-19, or otherwise indirectly linked to the pandemic.
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A lot of people are reading scientific papers for the first time these days, hoping to make sense of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The pandemic is helping U.S. abortion-rights advocates achieve a long-standing goal: Make it easier for women to use pills to end pregnancies up to 10 weeks.
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At least a quarter of the COVID-19 deaths in the United States were among nursing home residents, a new report said, a disclosure that came as coronavirus restrictions eased Monday even as U.S. protests against police brutality sparked fears of new outbreaks.
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The drugs have long been used to treat autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. But now many patients have been scrambling to find them because of shortages.
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More than 100 scientists and clinicians have questioned the authenticity of a massive hospital database that was the basis for an influential study published last week that concluded the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat people with COVID-19 did not help and may have increased the risk of abnormal heart rhythms and death.
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Older adults are more likely than young adults to have heart and vascular disease while the leading cause of death in women is heart disease.
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Advocates and experts on domestic violence likely saw this coming: the response to keep people safe from COVID-19 would result in greater harm for victims of domestic violence. All of that time isolated and at home alone with an abusive partner has meant that the severity of the abuse can increase.
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Doctors are reporting success with newer drugs that control certain types of cancer better, reduce the risk it will come back and make treatment simpler and easier to bear.
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The CDC subsequently issued a news release to clarify that indirect contact from a contaminated surface — what scientists call fomite transmission — remains a potential risk for catching COVID-19.
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Whether or not you inform your daughter of what you found on her phone, you have a helpful takeaway to work with. You now know that it’s probably not realistic to expect unsupervised teenagers to stay at least 6 feet apart from their peers.
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While the stay-at-home orders may be testing people’s patience with their significant others, most romantic relationships are surviving and thriving in close quarters.
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As many communities in the U.S. begin to slowly reopen and resume some regular activities that were restricted or closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to recommend social distancing measures for the indefinite future.
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Based on decades of previously gathered data, the overwhelming number of those collateral deaths will be male.
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One of the biggest mysteries of the new coronavirus is its relative harmlessness in most children who get infected.
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Fresno County interim health officer Dr. Rais Vohra and senior epidemiologist Dr. Stephanie Koch-Kumar, who investigates patterns and causes of disease and injury, provides some of the do’s and don’ts to wearing a mask.
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Their sessions are now virtual, via Google Hangouts — just one example in a field that is figuring out what the socially distanced future holds for those in a business that involves close physical contact with clients.
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Is it OK to resume athletic training, even if you have gotten through a bout of COVID-19 or tested positive for coronavirus or suspect you might have been infected?
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