With COVID hospitalizing about 17,000 people a week in the US, according to the CDC, the CDC s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted nearly unanimously in favor of new XBB-containing shots.
A study of more than 60,000 middle-aged nurses found that people with an evening chronotype, or a circadian preference to feel energetic later in the day, experienced an increased risk for diabetes and were more likely to report unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, such as smoking, poor sleep and physical inactivity, compared with persons with a morning chronotype. The authors caution that profession, education, and socioeconomic status of study participants may affect results. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.