BOISE, Idaho The holiday season is approaching, and one way to boost this time of year could be with a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended everyone ages 18 and up who has received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines should get a booster shot. The shot is recommended at least six months after the initial round. .
Animal research by the same team of scientists who analysed the data also found that the drug - which costs £2 a pill - slows down the rate at which age-related macular degeneration progresses.
By Claire Carlson for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Emily Scott for Big Sky Connection reporting for The Daily Yonder-Public News Service Collaboration Reproductive rights activists who are fighting abortion restrictions in Montana say new state laws will have a disproportionate impact on reproductive care in rural communities. The laws, currently awaiting a Montana Supreme Court decision, prohibit abortions after 20 weeks, require providers to offer ultrasounds to patients, and prohibit medication abortions via telehealth and mail prescriptions. The telehealth and mail-prescription bans could have the biggest direct impact on the state s dispersed and remote rural populations, but all three laws work together to limit abortion services statewide, especially for underserved and rural populations, abortion rights advocates say. .
CARSON CITY, Nev. Eye exams can help determine your risk of dying from COVID, according to experts, because optometrists are often the first medical professionals to notice symptoms of diabetes. A 2020 study in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology found people with diabetes are more than four times more likely to succumb to COVID than non-diabetics. .