COVID-19 pandemic may be driving rise in opioid deaths
Overdoses rose in 2020 as people faced heightened risk factors
DATE: Jan 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health
La Plata County nonprofit receives 3,000 pounds of vitamins
Supplements will help those with nutritional, health needs
DATE: Jan 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
Another record decline reported in U.S. cancer death rate
NEW YORK – Researchers on Tuesday reported another record one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they attribute to success against lung cancer.
The overall cancer ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health
COVID-19 herd immunity unlikely in 2021 despite vaccines
GENEVA – The World Health Organization’s chief scientist warned that even as numerous countries start rolling out vaccination programs to stop COVID-19, herd immunity is highly unlikely this...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health
Fauci: U.S. could soon give 1 million vaccinations a day
The U.S. could soon be giving at least a million COVID-19 vaccinations a day despite the sluggish start, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday, even as he warned of a dangerous next few weeks as th...
DATE: Jan 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health
Explainer: Vaccine dosing debates add to public confusion
The first Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 are getting their second dose, while Britain has decided to postpone boosters and focus instead on giving more people a first shot – internati...
DATE: Jan 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health
Ignacio-area 3-year-old faces second battle with cancer
Extremely rare genetic mutation could be a cause of medical difficulties
DATE: Jan 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
The autopsy, a fading practice, revealed secrets of COVID-19
NEW YORK – The COVID-19 pandemic has helped revive the autopsy.
When the virus first arrived in U.S. hospitals, doctors could only guess what was causing its strange constellation...
DATE: Dec 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Scientists urge concern, not alarm over new virus strains
Does it spread more easily? Make people sicker? Mean that treatments and vaccines won’t work? Questions are multiplying as fast as new strains of the coronavirus, especially the one now movi...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
U.S. clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, 2nd shot in arsenal
WASHINGTON – The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
U.S. experts debate: Who should be next in line for vaccine?
NEW YORK – The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination campaign has begun, and the few available doses are mostly going into the arms of health-care workers and nursing home residents.
But what...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
What to know about COVID-19 vaccination in the U.S.
When will it be your turn?
DATE: Dec 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
