Some people, especially those who had severe COVID-19, experience multiorgan effects or autoimmune conditions with symptoms lasting weeks, months, or even years after COVID-19 illness. Multi-organ effects can involve many body systems, including the heart, lung, kidney, skin, and brain. No matter what phase we consider Covid to be in, allowing it to spread unchecked …
Are you still making your New Year’s resolutions? Maybe you don’t know where to start? We’ve compiled a list of healthy recommendations to adopt in 2023, to help you start small and kick off January with easy-to-maintain health goals! We’ve listed goals that we think are really practical—that people actually can accomplish, and that can …
Two-Minute Tuesday | January 10, 2023 A healthy approach to your New Year’s health goals Read More »
The scarcity of several high-profile prescription drugs, such as the antibiotic amoxicillin, have had some patients searching pharmacies and rationing pills, and now in some areas, people are having to hunt to find over-the-counter pain- and fever-reducing medications for their sick family members. So what’s going with the availability of medications in the United States? …
Two-Minute Tuesday | January 3, 2023 Medication shortages in US and Canada Read More »
Flu hospitalization rates double and Strep A increases in the US When the COVID-19 pandemic started back in 2020, it seemed that no disease was spreading other than the one that had the world on edge. But with the advance of the fight against Covid, previously common diseases are resurfacing and gaining global attention. Below …
On Monday, December 5th, the Centers for Disease Control Prevention encouraged people to wear masks to help reduce the spread of respiratory illnesses this season as Covid, flu, and RSV circulate at the same time. The CDC’s Director, Rochelle Walensky, told reporters that wearing a mask is one of several everyday precautions people can take …
Flu, RSV, and COVID-19: Is the US facing a triple pandemic? Globally, during the pandemic, many steps have been taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, while everybody has been focused on COVID, other formerly common diseases have gone overlooked. As summer ended and the United States headed into fall and winter, doctors were …