Health

But the American Academy of Pediatrics, which represents pediatricians, immediately struck down the decision, calling it “incredibly wrong.” Health and Human Services said it had amended the Public Relations and Emergencies Act (PREP) to immunize all state-licensed pharmacists children over the age of 3 “in order to access childhood vaccines …

On Monday, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones relinquished his title and posted a potential promotion to the heavyweight division. The announcement does not seem to catch on to the UFC, as the very next day Dana White announced that Dominick Reyes would face Jan Blachowicz for the relegated …

State health authorities have been gently asking Minnesotans for months to do their part to help stop the spread of COVID-19, but they are sharpening those messages now as the school year approaches for children and students. While asking people to do the right thing, they are increasingly frustrated by …

Evacuations were extensive last night in the San Francisco Bay Area as wildfires in the region shook hundreds of square miles of land, to the edge of San Jose, producing perhaps the worst air quality in the world. In all, more than 349,000 acres burned in Northern and Central California …

Between January and June this year, 51,405 deaths were recorded – more than 6,500 deaths (or 15%) over the same period in 2019. This is the highest number of deaths in Sweden in the first half of the year since 1869, when the country was hit by famine and 55,431 …