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The Best COVID Vaccine Choice 

In All Health Watch, Coronavirus, Health Warning

When COVID vaccines first became available in the U.S. earlier this year, doctors advised that you should not worry about which you got. You should simply take whatever kind you could get first.  

But now, it is becoming clear that one vaccine offers stronger protection than the others.  

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that Moderna vaccine recipients create more COVID antibodies than Pfizer patients do.Read More

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With Delta Surging, Should You Travel Over Labor Day Weekend?

In All Health Watch, Coronavirus

Americans are not going to let the surge of the COVID-19 Delta variant spoil their Labor Day travel plans. Reservations for the long weekend are up 46% from 2019, according to the short-term rental property management company Guesty.

Labor Day weekend traditionally marks the end of summer. It’s a chance for many of us to travel and enjoy warm-weather activities for the last time before fall sets in.… Read More

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COVID Alert: Get Young Lungs by Eating This

In All Health Watch, Coronavirus, Diet and Nutrition, General Health

You reach the peak of your lung power at about age 30. After that, your breathing becomes less efficient. 

As your lungs age, they become more vulnerable to disease. In fact, age is the number one risk factor for COVID death. In the U.S., about 80% of coronavirus deaths have been in people 65 and older.i  

But researchers have found that one group of food compounds staves off lung aging.Read More

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In the Midst of the Pandemic, This Drug Secretly Sabotages Your Lung Health

In All Health Watch, Coronavirus, Health Warning

If ever there was a time to have healthy lungs, it’s now. 

As you probably know, COVID-19 typically kills by causing severe pneumonia.   

But here’s what you may not know… 

Scientists have discovered that one of the biggest-selling drugs in the U.S.—one taken by more 15 million Americans—nearly doubles your chances of getting very condition that makes COVID so dangerous.Read More