What Does It Mean When Your Right Eye Hurts?

Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock By Sam Ramsden/Sept. 7, 2021 12:29 pm EDT Because they provide one of the most important functions of the human body, experiencing pain in your eyes can be a very alarming experience. Thankfully, the majority of discomfort in the eyes is usually down to a temporary condition. But, what does it mean when your right eye

Idaho enacts crisis hospital care standards amid COVID surge

Mobile morgues on standby as COVID surges Over 600 thousand Americans have died from the coronavirus and the number of hospitalizations of COVID patients are at an all-time high. Some states like Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina are putting mobile morgues on standby. BOISE, Idaho – Idaho public health leaders on Tuesday activated “crisis

Kids need the COVID-19 jab for herd immunity

James Cook University scientists have developed a new model to track the COVID pandemic—and it’s telling them Australia should now prioritize delivering the Pfizer vaccine to 12-40 year-olds. Epidemiologist Professor Emma McBryde and mathematician Dr. Michael Meehan from JCU’s Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine produced the model, demonstrated in a new paper in

Germany urges vaccine shots; warns of fall COVID-19 surge

Germany’s top health official is urging more citizens to get vaccinated, warning Saturday that if the vaccination numbers don’t go up the country’s hospitals may get overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients toward the end of the year. “We need at least 5 million vaccinations for a safe autumn and winter,” Health Minister Jens Spahn tweeted. More

The Trauma and Healing of 9/11 Echo in COVID-19

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The scope and magnitude of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were unprecedented in US history. It was arguably the most serious trauma to beset Americans on US soil. The twentieth anniversary of 9/11

COVID cases rise sharply among kids as school year starts

(HealthDay)—As the school year gets underway across the United States, new data shows that coronavirus cases among children are climbing. Since the pandemic began, children have represented 14.8% of total cases, but for the week ending Aug. 26, that percentage jumped to 22.4%, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. While child COVID-19 cases declined

Why Applying Collagen Topically Won't Fight Fine Lines

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8 Celebrities Who Have Openly Discussed Having An Abortion

Stevie Nicks In an interview with The Guardian, Nicks opened up about how abortion rights should have been her “generation’s fight.” She revealed that she chose to have an abortion in 1979, when Fleetwood Mac was at its peak.  “If I had not had that abortion, I’m pretty sure there would have been no Fleetwood