Health

• CDC: New COVID Strain May Dominate U.S. by March

  1 day ago Health WebMD 11

  CDC modeling indicates the variant could account for a majority of COVID cases in the U.S. in March, peaking at around 80,000 cases a day in late...

• Ongoing Coverage: COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation

  2 days ago Health WebMD 19

  WebMD is providing ongoing coverage about misinformation and myths around the COVID-19 vaccine.

• COVID Vaccinations Slowest in Hardest Hit States

  3 days ago Health WebMD 22

  The U.S. government’s race to beat back the pandemic with vaccines — dubbed Operation Warp Speed -- has faltered in its last phase: Getting badly...

• Why COVID Vaccines are Falsely Linked to Infertility

  4 days ago Health WebMD 20

  There’s no evidence that the new vaccines against COVID-19 cause infertility, yet that’s a worry that’s been cited by some health care workers as a...

• Most Wuhan COVID Survivors Still Have Health Issues

  5 days ago Health WebMD 23

  The study from China involved more than 1,700 patients first diagnosed with the virus in Wuhan between January and May,  and then followed to June...

• Ankylosing Spondylitis: The Long Hunt for a Right Diagnosis

  6 days ago Health WebMD 24

  Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a rare type of arthritis in the spine whose main symptom -- back pain -- is a common, everyday complaint. That’s...

• COVID Stressing the Nation’s Stress Therapy System

  1 week ago Health WebMD 28

  The nation’s mental health system is stressed and strained amid the increased need that COVID-19 continues to create. And that help is also harder...

• The Link Between Gut Health and Breast Cancer

  1 week ago Health WebMD 26

  The tens of trillions of microorganisms living and working in your gut -- called your microbiome -- may hold clues to preventing, treating, and...

• Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Wave of Mental Illness

  1 week ago Health WebMD 28

  The disruption to daily life caused by the pandemic has increased the number of children seeking mental health care, further straining a system...

• COVID Vaccinations Lag as Virus Rages

  1 week ago Health WebMD 36

  As of January 4, the CDC reports just 4.5 million people—mostly healthcare workers and residents of long term care facilities—have gotten their...

• Healthier 2021: Laura's Ready to Make Some Changes

  1 week ago Health WebMD 36

  Since the pandemic, I’ve been out of control -- I need a reboot. I want to start eating healthier and feeling better about myself.

• U.S. Hits 20 Million Cases as COVID Variant Spreads

  2 weeks ago Health WebMD 48

  Along with the case county, more than 346,000 Americans have now died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. That is 77% more...