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Los Angeles County could reach herd immunity from the coronavirus among adults and the oldest teenagers by mid- to late July, public health officials said Monday.Herd immunity, sometimes referred to as community immunity, occurs when…

Here’s what you need to know:Funeral pyres of coronavirus victims at a makeshift crematorium in New Delhi on Sunday.Credit...Anindito Mukherjee/Getty ImagesAmid a deepening crisis in India, growing numbers of medical experts are adding…

Dementia is a general term for the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interferes with doing everyday activities. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia although dementia mostly affects older…

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A third of Americans yet to receive a COVID-19 vaccine say they would be more likely to get the shot if offered $100, a study has found.The cash incentives proved far more persuasive than an endorsement from a doctor or pharmacist, a…

Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a heart attack, which amounts to about 805,000 heart attacks every year. Of course, this statistic applies only to humans. But what about other animals — do they also experience this…

"People were worried about safety, we now have hundreds of millions of doses out there, so we have great data on safety," emergency medical physician Dr. Anand Swaminathan told CNN on Saturday. "People were worried about efficacy," he…

News Janelle De Souza 7 Hrs Ago Prof Courtenay Bartholomew - Photo by Sureash Cholai Prof Courtenay Bartholomew, who diagnosed the first case of Aids in the English-speaking Caribbean, died on Friday…

Declining demand for Covid-19 vaccines in the US is causing states across the country to refuse their full allocations of doses from the federal government, despite concerted efforts to raise national take-up rates.Reduced demand, which…

Chrystal Bougon cried after the needle went into her arm. Not because her first dose of the Moderna vaccine hurt. But because, finally, being fat actually paid off.The 53-year-old was inoculated in the parking lot of Kaiser Permanente in…