The U.S. food system makes junk food plentiful and cheap. Eating a diet based on whole foods like fresh fruit and vegetables can promote health – but can also strain a tight grocery budget. Food leaders are looking for ways to improve how Americans eat. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty […]
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Long COVID-19 is keeping between 2 million and 4 million Americans out of work, resulting in about $170 billion in lost wages annually, according to a new report. The report from the Brookings Institution estimates that 16 million “working-age” Americans between the ages of 18-65 currently have long COVID. “If […]
By By Sydney Murphy HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Whether it’s fact or brag, tweets suggest people ate healthier during COVID lockdowns and restaurant closures, a new study finds. Tweets about healthy foods rose 20% between May 2020 and January 2021, while those […]
News Monday that a vaccine developed by Pfizer and partner BioNTech has proved 90% effective at providing protection from Covid-19 may encourage people to begin adjusting plans for the spring, said epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, who has been appointed as a coronavirus adviser to President-elect Joe Biden. But he warned that […]
“I went through the CDC data, because I kept hearing about new infections, but I was like, ‘Why aren’t they talking about deaths?’ ” Trump Jr. said. “Oh, because the number is almost nothing. Because we’ve gotten control of this thing, we understand how it works. They have the therapeutics […]
(Joe Klementovich/Aurora Photos via Getty Images) As 2020 begins – and health-related New Year’s resolutions take effect – roughly one-in-five U.S. adults (21%) say they regularly wear a smart watch or wearable fitness tracker, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted June 3-17, 2019. As is true with many […]
A blond woman in a hot pink spandex tank hoists a sledgehammer over her shoulders, then slams it down with a dull thud onto the big tire in front of her. Beside her, another woman swings her sledgehammer even higher, grimacing and groaning with the effort. Their faces are bright […]