Health

Daily walking during pregnancy increases the production of a breast milk compound that can help prevent diabetes, obesity, and heart disease in children who eat it. The researchers monitored 150 pregnant women using exercise trackers. The team then measures the levels of a compound responsible for health in milk. A …

“Health experts say it mitigates the risk, and the city council learned that military installations in Jacksonville also force it,” a source said of Curry’s thinking. Curry, a former chairman of the Florida Republican Party, has been ideologically resistant to approving government mandates. At one point, he considered closing bars …

State health officials reported 30 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, as well as one additional death. The number of new COVID-19 cases reported daily has been trending upward in recent days, with Maine averaging 36 new cases over the past week compared to an average of 23 per day …

Rightbader Diamondbacks Mike Leake He plans to opt out of the 2020 season, reports Steve Gilbert of MLB.com (via Twitter). Leake becomes the first known player to choose not to play amid public health concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, although others will surely follow suit. D-back general manager Mike …

HOUSTON (AP) – US health departments that are using contact trackers to contain coronavirus outbreaks are fighting to bolster their ranks amid a surge of cases and resistance to cooperation from those infected or exposed. With very few contact trackers trained to handle the growing number of cases, a heavily …