LiveUpdated Dec. 3, 2020, 5:46 a.m. ET Dec. 3, 2020, 5:46 a.m. ET With cases in the U.S. blowing past the spring peak, more than 100,000 people were hospitalized for Covid-19 on Wednesday. Experts warn that the nation could be facing the most difficult time in its public health history. Heres…

(CNN)With the Covid-19 surge straining America’s health care system, the 911 emergency call system has been stretched to “the breaking point,” the American Ambulance Association says. Ambulance services are critical in getting sick patients to hospitals for care, and the American Ambulance Association, which represents all of the nation’s ambulance…

There are now about 50 million people with dementia globally, a number the World Health Organization expects to triple by 2050. Alzheimers is the leading cause of dementia and caregivers are often overwhelmed, without enough support. Neuroglee, a Singapore-based health tech startup, wants to help with a digital therapeutic platform…

The doctors are here to give the Earth its annual checkup, and they say its running a fever which is making people sick. They issued their findings showing all the ways climate change is affecting our health in the annual Lancet Countdown, published on Wednesday. The indicators included in the…

Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady who started the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, famously stated that there are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will become caregivers and those who will need caregivers. Sometimes a…

Health authorities in the UK have approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by U.S.-based pharma company Pfizer and German-based biotech firm BioNTech, according to a press release from the two companies. The first doses will be given free to some of the most vulnerable Britons and health care workers early next…

So very quickly, we start having more than 150 million doses a month in March, April, May, he added. He and other federal officials have said the general public will likely be able to get vaccinated by May or June. The Road to a Coronavirus Vaccine Words to Know About…

Vulnerable long-term care residents will also be at the front of the line An independent committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially recommended Tuesday that the limited first batch of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States go to health care workers and residents in long-term care facilities.…

During the pandemic, video games are more vital than ever to our mental health (and we arent just saying that). And as more people are playing video games than ever, controllers are a focal point at many parties and family gatheringswhich is why its important to regularly clean your controllers and…

Americas health care system has always been bizarre. During the Covid-19 pandemic, its become absurd. I am a laboratory medicine physician, and one of the most difficult parts of my job is giving patients bad diagnosesbad not just because of the disease but because of the unaffordable medical bills that…