The United States is experiencing a shortage of medical examiners. Like everything else, this ongoing problem has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, the opioid crisis caused a huge uptick in deaths nationwide. In October 2017, Brian Peterson, MD, then president of the National Association of Medical Examiners, told The New York Times , “The […]

Can we halt the march of the superbugs? Just as we’re learning to live with Covid, experts warn antibiotic-resistant infections could soon cause more than 50,000 deaths a year in Britain alone – and see children die of coughs and chest infections More than 135 cases of antibiotic-resistant infections detected in hospitals daily Figures suggest superbugs are responsible for about […]

Fox News Flash top headlines for February 11 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. World Health Organization (WHO) official Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove said earlier this week that the agency is tracking four omicron sub-variants, including BA.1, BA.1.1, BA.2 and BA.3. The infectious disease epidemiologist explained in a video clip she tweeted on […]

While nurses across the globe speak out about staffing shortages, unsafe work conditions, and employers more interested in the bottom line than their staff, one Missouri nurse resident bucked the trend with an essay about her supportive healthcare system. Monette Chiarolanza, RN “Not many nurses can say positive things about their hospital leadership right now,” Monette Chiarolanza, RN, a nurse-in-training […]

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has broad power to issue executive orders overturning mask mandates in schools, lawyers from the state Attorney General’s Office argued Wednesday, while lawyers for local school boards argued that the governor’s action usurps their authority. An Arlington County judge heard arguments from both sides in a lawsuit the school boards filed against […]

A woman walks into a plastic surgeon’s office with an image she has found online. She wants her body to look like the same, and thinks she knows how to get it. She tells the consulting surgeon exactly what she wants: round, 350cc implants, with full projection. She believes this will get her to a full D-cup shape. But after […]

Fox News Flash top headlines for February 11 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Olympian. World Champion. Human.  As Olympian Simone Biles vaulted into America’s hearts in the last Summer Olympics for her courage to talk candidly about her mental health struggles, Olympians in Beijing are inspired to continue the conversation she started […]

A discovery that blocks the normal transition of semen from a thick gel to a liquid shows promise for development of a new form of non-hormonal, over-the-counter contraception. A Washington State University-led research team recently showed that blocking prostate-specific-antigen in human ejaculate samples caused the semen to remain in its thick gel form, trapping the majority of the sperm. Normally, […]

The Olympics are supposed to be a fun, family-friendly spectacle. But two years into the pandemic and amid a nationwide mental health crisis, the 2022 Winter Olympics have, at times, been painful to watch. Team U.S. already has seen greatness; look at the 22-year-old fan-favorite figure skater Nathan Chen, or the redemption for Lindsey Jacobellis, who captured Team U.S.’s first […]

Nearly one-third of adults over age 65 developed one or more new medical conditions in the weeks following a COVID-19 infection, according to new research. The findings of the observational study, which were published in the BMJ, show the risk of a new condition being triggered by COVID is more than twice as high in seniors, compared with younger patients. Plus, the […]