While Battaglia said that her lips seemed to be getting better on Wednesday, they got worse the next day. "By Thursday evening, I was starting to feel a tingling sensation on my lips and I noticed they were starting to swell again," she says, adding that she was getting nervous at that point. "It definitely […]
Read what your sign's 2021 horoscope predictions have in store for you or check out the Aquarius personality profile. Happy March, pretty Aquarius! February ended with blessings from Venus; in particular, an influx of abundance (or as much as possible in this economy). Now, your attention turns to your sex life when Mars enters charismatic Gemini and your […]
Read what your sign's 2021 horoscope predictions have in store for you or check out the Cancer personality profile. Happy March, pretty Cancer! At the end of last month, you found comfort in creative outlets. It's healthy to pick up a hobby now that we're all spending more time indoors. When warrior planet Mars enters chatty Gemini and […]
Robin Davidson entered the lobby of Houston Methodist Hospital, where her 89-year-old father, Joe, was being treated for a flare-up of congestive heart failure. Before her stretched a line of people waiting to get covid-19 vaccines. “It was agonizing to know that I couldn’t get in that line,” said Davidson, 50, who is devoted to […]
We’re more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and, as expected when dealing with any virus, new variants are beginning to spread. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "viruses constantly change through mutation, and new variants of a virus are expected to occur over time." And several variants of SARS-CoV-2, the […]
Over a month into a massive vaccination program, most older Americans report they don’t know where or when they can get inoculated for covid-19, according to a poll released Friday. Nearly 6 in 10 people 65 and older who have not yet gotten a shot said they don’t have enough information about how to get […]
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. The “What the Health?” panelists are taking a break for two weeks. But since the Supreme Court recently scheduled arguments in the case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, it seemed like a good opportunity to replay an episode from March, when the […]
Nursing homes are still taking days to get back COVID-19 test results as many shun the Trump administration’s central strategy to limit the spread of the virus among old and sick Americans. In late summer, federal officials began distributing to nursing homes millions of point-of-care antigen tests, which can be given on-site and report the […]
For weeks, doctors’ phones have been ringing off the hook with anxious older patients on the other end of the line. “When can I get a covid-19 vaccine?” these patients want to know. “And where?” Frustration and confusion are rampant as states and counties begin to offer vaccines to all seniors after giving them first […]
Imagine this: Your elderly mother, who has dementia, is in a nursing home and COVID-19 vaccines are due to arrive in a week or two. You think she should be vaccinated, having heard the vaccine is effective in generating an immune response in older adults. Your brother disagrees. He worries that development of the vaccine […]
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