For many people, today is the last day to enroll in federally subsidized health insurance for 2021, as open enrollment in the 36 states that use the federal exchange will end tomorrow. Americans are rushing to sign up for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), otherwise known…

Breastfeeding isnt as simple as baby plus nipple. It can create a lot of unexpected biological quirks and emotional reactions, leaving many new parents blindsided. Here are some common breastfeeding experiences you may not have heard about, compiled by new moms and womens health experts. Breastfeeding may not be something…

[Read about restrictions in place now.] As of Monday, intensive care units in the San Joaquin Valley were still full, and intensive care capacity in the vast Southern California region had dipped to 2.7 percent. Nevertheless, the wheels are in motion. As Hilda Solis, a Los Angeles County supervisor who…

Several years ago, Rachel Hodgdon, an expert in green buildings, was touring a new high school in DeKalb County, Georgia, when she asked teachers how they liked their new building. They loved it. The best part, they told her, was that they no longer went home each afternoon with the…

Mondays vaccinations, the first in a staggeringly complicated national campaign, were a moment infused with hope and pain for hundreds of Americas health care workers. Some of the medical centers that have endured the worst of the coronavirus found the gloom that has long filled their corridors replaced by elation.…

In Queens, dozens of residents at the Astoria Houses were forced to cook on hot plates for months after the cooking gas was turned off in September to fix a leak. The problem was not the fixed until December, tenants said. These repairs are particularly important during the Covid-19 crisis…

By Reuters Staff SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Monday that Chinas health authorities are not transparent in authorizing emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines, a statement that may further inflame political tension in the South American country. FILE PHOTO: A nurse holds a dose of China’s…

FILE PHOTO: Nurse David Rosas checks a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an intensive care unit of a hospital, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina said on Monday that it had now recorded 1.5 million cases…

As the first covid-19 vaccines roll out across the U.S., some of us are chanting inject me now!, while others are anxious about potential side effects. I reached out to two dozen scientists and public health experts to see how theyre feeling about these vaccines. I asked them if theyre…