General Health

Aug. 27, 2020 -- Three COVID-positive people with no symptoms were successfully identified and isolated at four overnight camps in Maine, a new government report shows. The actions prevented COVID transmission to more than 1,000 other…

Aug. 27, 2020 -- Just when we have gotten used to social distancing 6 feet from each other to slow the spread of COVID-19, scientists from Oxford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggest that it may not always be…

THURSDAY, Aug. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A new case study adds to growing evidence that the new coronavirus can be transmitted from a pregnant woman to her fetus."It's very important to bring to the forefront this finding that mothers…

Aug. 27, 2020 -- An effort that began in 1996 has led to the eradication of polio in Africa, according to the World Health Organization. The campaign by governments and nonprofits delivered nearly 9 billion polio vaccines, WHO…

Aug. 26, 2020 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is changing COVID-19 reporting requirements for hospitals again, drawing the ire of the two major U.S. hospital associations. The rule, issued Aug. 25 by the Centers for…