Health & Fitness

COVID-19 variant KP.3: Test positivity, deaths, symptoms

Cases of the latest COVID-19 variant, also known as KP.3, are on the rise in the United States. According to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the KP.3 variant has become the dominant variant in the…

SPECIAL REPORT: Insufficient funding undermines ‘free maternal care’ policy in Kano

On a quiet, frigid Sunday afternoon, Zainab Bala, a 24-year-old entrepreneur well into the third trimester of her second pregnancy, told the three women gathered in her home in Kano that she thought it was time to go to the…

I tried Jennifer Lopez’s 5-move home workout — here’s what happened to my body in just 20 minutes

I’ve been rather neglecting my fitness recently, largely to do with some post-op recovery, but right now, the thought of the gym feels a bit scary. Learning to adjust my body to heavy weights again and using pieces of large…

Benefits of consuming chia seeds on an empty stomach

Benefits of consuming chia seeds on an empty stomach  The Indian Express 5 healthy chia seed recipes  Health shots Enticing Health Benefits of Chia Seeds  Firstpost Chia seed recipes: 9 healthy options to start your day  News9 LIVE 7 benefits of eating chia seeds…

Nebraska Humane Society identifies cause of respiratory infection among dogs at shelter

The Nebraska Humane Society has identified the infection that led the shelter to initiate emergency operations as pneumovirus.The shelter said it’s an “increasingly common cause” of respiratory infections for shelter dogs and can lead to other complications, such as pneumonia.Two…

Abortion, wigs for cancer patients, IVF: Health insurance coverage changes in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — This session, the Minnesota Legislature approved new coverage requirements for health insurance plans in an effort to reduce out-of-pocket care costs.  Abortions, gender-affirming care, prosthetics and wigs for cancer patients are among the new mandates for health plans….

COVID on the rise again in California, after record-low deaths this spring

Once again it seems like a lot of people are coming down with COVID in the Bay Area, and data shows the increase in cases is not just anecdotal. In Santa Clara County, wastewater samples show levels of the virus are once…

Novo Nordisk CEO to testify in US Senate hearing on high cost of Ozempic, Wegovy

(Reuters) -The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions said on Friday that Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jorgensen has agreed to testify voluntarily in a hearing focusing on U.S. prices for weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. A U.S….

Halle Berry reworked her fitness routine when she was diagnosed with diabetes

Halle Berry isn’t one of those actors who trains for a movie role and then slides off the workout wagon. Fitness is a huge part of the 57-year-old’s life, and that’s one of the many reasons she seems to never…

‘Could not keep a straight thought’: Trump turns 78 amid concerns about mental fitness

Donald Trump turned 78 on Friday, a birthday that puts the spotlight on his own age amid a presidential contest in which either of the two major-party candidates would enter office as the oldest president in the nation’s history. President…