The family of a top New York City emergency room doctor who recently died by suicide is speaking out about the mental struggle health care workers are facing amid the coronavirus pandemic as well as the possibility that the virus may have “altered her brain” after she became infected herself. Dr. Lorna Breen, who served as…
In lieu of treatments you might find with professionals, Cuomo's wife, a luxury magazine editor, reached for a handy regimen of 'oxygenated herbs.' There is a particular brand of rich white lady wellness pseudoscience that I’ve never fully understood, but obviously has such consistent appeal that it can sustain the Goop Labs of the world.…
A respiratory therapist from Troy who was at one point intubated for 16 days and sick from COVID-19 is on the mend to recovery. Researchers are looking to learn more about whether a rare disease drug called Soliris — which she took as the first patient enrolled in a new clinical trial — helped with…
By Dixon Hayes | April 20, 2020 at 4:55 PM CDT - Updated April 20 at 5:12 PM ETOWAH COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - The coronavirus has taken an especially heavy toll on a family in East Alabama. Three members of the family, Phacethia Posey, her father Billy Ray Woods, both of Gadsden, and his nephew/her…
CLOSE There is a lot of misinformation out there about coronavirus. We sort the facts from falsehoods. WochitWOODLAND PARK, N.J. – It was the best news Steve Mastropietro could have hoped to receive.His 91-year-old father had made a near-miraculous rebound on Saturday morning after being diagnosed two days before with COVID-19.A nurse at the New…
Another outbreak was traced to the consumption and handling of meat Published: February 23, 2026, 12:05 am Researchers have shared details of an outbreak at a funeral in Uganda that killed three young people. Aeromonas bacteria can cause food poisoning with an incubation period of 12 hours to seven days, typically 24 to 48 hours. In February 2024
Here in the northern hemisphere, winter famously contributes to widespread vitamin D deficiency as sunlight exposure decreases. The trend is “very marked in clinical practice," Mary Gover, MD, an internal medicine doctor at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care in New York City, tells SELF. What you might not know, however, is that vitamin D isn’t the
Your 30s and 40s are what some would consider the best years of your life. You’re no longer “figuring it out,” but you aren’t “old” by society’s ageist standards either. It should be a sweet spot—right? But despite the illusion of stability and security, it’s also common for anxiety and self-doubt to worsen during your