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Ziyad Al-Alyis chief of research and development at VA St. Louis Health Care System and a clinical epidemiologist atWashington University in St. Louis. From the very early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19. Brain fog is a colloquial term that describes a state of mental sluggishness or lack of …

With a brief memo, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo has subverted a public health standard that’s long kept measles outbreaks under control. On Feb. 20, as measles spread through Manatee Bay Elementary in South Florida, Ladapo sent parents a letter granting them permission to send unvaccinated children to school amid the outbreak. The Department of Health “is deferring to parents …

A recent study by the Environmental Working Group found a chemical pesticide in oat-based foods sold in the United States — but how concerned do consumers need to be about potential health impacts? The pesticide, chlormequat, is used as a growth regulator for plants, according to theNational Library of Medicine. It is approved in Canada and other countries for use …

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilization, or IVF, are considered children under state law and are therefore subject to legislation dealing with the wrongful death of a minor if one is destroyed. “The Wrongful Death of a Minor Act applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location,” the opinion states, …

What’s the best time for working out: morning, afternoon or evening? Experts say it depends on your goals, but that any movement — no matter the time of day — is better than none. “What I tell my patients is work out when you can,” medical weight loss physician Dr. Sue Decotiis recentlytold CBS News. “If it’s easier and more …

Women are getting more bang for their buck than men when they exercise, researchers said in a newstudypublished Monday. The researchers found that women needed just under 2.5 hours of moderate to vigorous aerobic physical activity a week to get the same “survival benefit” that men get with five hours of physical activity. The mortality risk for women who engaged …

Anthony Stumbo’s heart sank after the doctor shared his mother’s chest X-ray. “I remember that drive home, bringing her back home, and we basically cried,” said the internal medicine physician, who had started practicing in eastern Kentucky near his childhood home shortly before his mother began feeling ill. “Nobody wants to get told they’ve got inoperable lung cancer. I cried …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is weighing its first major revision to COVID-19 guidance since the end of the federal public health emergency last year. Among the changes being considered by the agency is an end to its pandemic-era plea that people isolate for at least five days after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a Tuesday report …

News that an elderly man in Alaska has died from Alaskapox — the first known fatality, according to state health officials — has brought newfound attention to the recently discovered virus. The man, who lived in the remote Kenai Peninsula and had a suppressed immune system due to cancer treatments, was hospitalized in November and died in late January, according …

A human case of the plague has appeared in Pueblo County, Colorado, according to preliminary test results. It is the first case in the state since achild from La Plata County died in 2021. Southern Coloradois a hot spot for the plague in the U.S., as it mostly occurs sporadically in rural areas. But this isn’t the first case in …