In One Chart Published: June 17, 2020 at 2:05 p.m. ET Flushing a toilet can generate a mist of aerosol droplets that wafts three feet in the air and lingers long enough to be inhaled by the next visitor Eww! MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto Wash your hands, don’t touch your face, maintain social-distancing, wear a mask…
Iowa DPH confirms cases of West Nile, Heartland viruses The Iowa Department of Public Health on Wednesday confirmed the state’s first case of West Nile Virus in 2020.According to a news release, the patient is an adult between 18 and 40 years old from Polk County.Additionally, the Iowa DPH confirmed its first ever case of…
Medical personnel move a deceased patient to a refrigerated truck serving as make shift morgues at Brooklyn Hospital Center on April 09, 2020 in New York City.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesA coronavirus model once cited by the White House now projects more than 200,000 Americans could die of Covid-19 by Oct. 1, as new…
Some kids could soon have a doctor's note prescribing half an hour of video games every day.On Monday, Boston-based company Akili Interactive's EndeavorRX made history by becoming the first-ever video game to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a medical treatment.In other words, it's the first FDA-approved prescription video game.EndeavorRX, which…
June 17, 2020 | 10:55am | Updated June 17, 2020 | 12:03pm A Texas woman said she tested positive for coronavirus again after recovering months earlier from the illness. Meredith McKee said she beat the virus, even donating plasma twice, before she was admitted again Friday to Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas, news station DFW-TV…