More Americans Are Dying From Parkinson’s Disease
By Alan Mozes HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Oct. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans who are dying from Parkinson's disease has jumped by 63% in the past two decades,…
How 1.3 Million Americans Became Controlled by Conservatorships
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Pop singer Britney Spears was at the height of her fame in 2008 when, through a series of arcane…
Survey: 60% of Americans Will Delay or Skip Flu Shot This Year
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Experts are warning that the upcoming flu season could be severe as social distancing measures are relaxed across the United States, but a…
Black Americans Still at Higher Risk for Heart Trouble
By Amy Norton HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans have been persistently hard-hit with heart disease risk factors for the past 20 years — and social…
More Than 400,000 Americans Have Received COVID Booster Shots
Sept. 29, 2021 -- More than 400,000 people in the U.S. have received COVID-19 booster shots at pharmacies since the third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was authorized last week,…
Fatal Opioid ODs Keep Rising in Black Americans
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The decades-long U.S. opioid epidemic could be hitting Black people harder than white folks as the crisis enters a…
Americans warier of US government surveillance: AP-NORC poll
As the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches, Americans increasingly balk at intrusive government surveillance in the name of national security, and only about a third…
Americans’ COVID Medical Bills Are Set to Rise
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 care is likely to get more expensive for Americans with the expiration of insurers' temporary waivers on…
Coronavirus Infected One-Third of Americans in 2020
Aug. 26, 2021 -- About one third of the US population had been infected with coronavirus 2 by the end of 2020, according to a new study published today in…
Poll Finds Most Americans Believe Nurses Are Underpaid
Aug. 11, 2021 -- Large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans believe that nurses and health care aides are underpaid, while many Americans say doctors, physical therapists, and pharmacists are…