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2022-02-02 It’s Day 6 of Covid, and a Rapid Antigen Test Comes Back Positive. Stay Home, Say Virologists. Rae Ellen Bichell What does it mean if a person’s rapid antigen test result comes back positive after five days of isolation due to covid-19? According to the experts, that person is most likely still […]
Beat Burnout With These Playful Tips (StatePoint) For many, the additional isolation and never-ending uncertainty of the past couple years has led to mental fatigue and burnout. Experts say that no matter your age, turning to play instead of social media can help you feel more like yourself again. “While it’s tempting to […]
Owning and interacting with pets, according to studies, can be a form of therapy for many. We have dedicated Saturday to dogs and Wednesday to cats, when we will post an article on each of those days. We will also post articles on occasion about other animals people may have as pets. – […]
2021-02-01 CDC Tells Pharmacies to Give 4th Covid Shots to Immunocompromised Patients Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reached out to pharmacists Wednesday to reinforce the message that people with moderate to severe immune suppression are eligible for fourth covid shots. The conference call came a […]
Road Trips with Your Laptop By: Blair Stephens Are you on the road again? From shorter family road-trips to retired folks who roam the U.S. in their RV’s, more and more people want to stay hooked in with their laptops on the road. Depending on the age of your laptop and its capabilities (many […]
A New GMO Labeling Rule Takes Effect, but Food Anxieties Remain By Kavin Senapathy On Jan. 1, the long-running public debate about labeling genetically modified foods entered a new phase. A U.S. federal rule went into effect mandating that food companies disclose whether their products contain a detectable amount of recombinant DNA — genetic material […]
2022-02-01 Tonnes of COVID-19 health care waste expose urgent need to improve waste management systems Geneva, 1 February 2022 – Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, threatening human and environmental […]
2022-01-31 Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage Susan Jaffe A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule that left hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries without coverage for nursing home care, and no way to challenge […]
Do Your Dreams Have a Hidden Meaning? By: Wendy Owen Dreams, what are they? Dreams come from your subconscious mind as a means of processing and sorting information. But the truth is no one really knows what causes dreams and why some folk seem to have vivid colorful dreams and others have short uneventful […]
How zinc helps you fight off infections Our bodies require the vital mineral for the healthy functioning of the immune system By Diana Kwon Walk down the cold-remedy aisle of almost any pharmacy and you’ll see a shelf full of zinc supplements. Clearly, people must be worried that they’re not getting enough zinc, a […]