Health

One in four air samples collected from hospital intensive care units tested positive for COVID-19 virus particles after they treated infected patients, an analysis published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open found....Read More

A new model helps identify areas with high populations of the ticks that carry Lyme disease, a study published Tuesday by the Proceedings of the Royal Society B found....Read More

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday further detailed its recommendations for distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, reaffirming that healthcare workers and older adults should receive priority....Read More

A commercially available hand-held particle counter can be used to measure concentrations of COVID-19-causing virus particles in the air, according to a study published Tuesday by the journal Physics of Fluids....Read More

Artificial intelligence can effectively identify women at high risk for gestational diabetes during the first trimester, allowing treatment to begin at an earlier stage in the course of the disease, a new study says....Read More

Applying small amounts of electrical jolts to the brain can help reduce the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and other mental health disorders, according to a study published Monday by JNeurosci....Read More

Nearly 75% of parents ranked overuse of social media during the pandemic as a leading health concern for their children, according to the results of survey released Monday by the University of Michigan....Read More

Three percent of patients undergoing surgery for head and neck cancer in 26 countries worldwide last spring tested positive for COVID-19 within 30 days of their procedures, according to a study in the journal Cancer....Read More

Roughly half of adults in the United States believe the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is yet to come, according to the findings of a survey released Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation....Read More

Well under 1% of nasal and throat samples screened for influenza nationally have tested positive for the seasonal virus, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....Read More