Health and Lifestyle
Health and Lifestyle news; exercise, diet, health, and medical reports for Chicago, National, and International.
Healthy Ways to Cope With Anxiety
Any number of situations can trigger anxiety. Of course, it is expected in stressful situations, like worrying about health-related issues,...
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Recipient of Gene-Editing Sickle Cell Treatment Continues to Thrive
In early 2019, a 34-year-old woman from Mississippi underwent a gene-editing experiment to treat the sickle cell disease that had...
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People With Omicron Variant Infections Less Likely to Be Hospitalized
Newly released data from Scotland and South Africa hint that those infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus could be...
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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Booster Shot Authorization for Children 12-15
Children ages 12-15 are likely the next group to be eligible for Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 booster shot. The Food and Drug...
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CDC Changes COVID-19 Isolation Rules for Health Care Workers
The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) reduced the isolation time for health care workers who contract or were...
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COVID Vaccination Proof and ID Required in Chicago’s Public Indoor Spaces
The City of Chicago is instituting new rules to help control the spread of COVID-19. Everyone age five and older...
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Chicago Addresses Youth Mental Health Crisis
The challenges faced by the young people of this generation are "unprecedented and uniquely hard to navigate," according to U.S....
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CDC Advisers Recommend Pfizer and Moderna Over J&J Vaccines
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) advisory panel have recommended that people should not get the Johnson & Johnson (J&J)...
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COVID Cases in Chicago on the Rise Again
COVID-19 is on the rise in Chicago with an over 9% positivity rate in one area of the city alone....
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Mayor Urges Everyone Be Vaccinated as First Omicron Case Found in Chicago
As city leaders urged Chicagoans to prepare for the coronavirus variant, the first Omicron case was detected in the state....
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