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Vaccine poses low risk for adults with high-risk allergies

Highly allergic adults can safely receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech, a new study suggests. Among the 8,102 patients with allergies in the Israeli study,...

Biden lays out next phase of COVID fight, urges vigilance in national televised speech

President Joe Biden urged Americans in a televised address to stay vigilant against the virus, hours after he signed a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law.

Daytime naps may benefit heart health, study

The study tracked 3,462 people between the ages of 35 and 75 for just over five years.

1.4 billion risk disease from lack of exercise: WHO

More than 1.4 billion adults are putting themselves at heightened risk of deadly diseases by not getting enough exercise.

Nearly 2,000 children separated from adults at border: US

WASHINGTON: Nearly 2,000 minors were separated from their parents or adult guardians who illegally crossed into the United States over a recent six-week period,...

Leaving the house regularly may help older adults live longer: research

NEW YORK: For older people, getting out of the house regularly may contribute to a longer life - and the effect is independent of...

Two-thirds of American adults get news from social media: survey

WASHINGTON: About two-thirds of American adults are getting “at least some of their news on social media” with two-in-ten doing so often, according to...

Chronic sleep problems inked to disability later in life

In adults of all ages, chronic sleep problems were linked with a greater risk of trouble with activities of daily living later in life, in a recent study.

Adults with longer-lived parents may have healthier old age

Adults with longer-lived parents have a lower-than-average risk for problems with the body’s circulatory system in middle-age, British researchers have found.

Kids who watch lots of TV have lower bone mass as adults

NEW YORK: Kids who watch a lot of television may build less bone during critical years, and be more vulnerable to osteoporosis and bone breaks later in life as a result, a new study suggests.

World must focus on poorest children: UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS: The world must focus more on helping the poorest children to build on progress achieved in health and education over the past 25 years, UNICEF said Tuesday.

Adults born very prematurely may have lower incomes: study

WASHINGTON: By early adulthood, adults who were born prematurely at low birth weights are less likely to be employed and to have children, and more likely to have lower incomes, be single and have chronic health conditions than those born at a healthy weight, according to a new study.

One in five adults may be obese by 2025: survey warns

PARIS: One in five adults could be obese by 2025, said a major survey Friday that warned of a looming epidemic of "severe obesity" with significant health and economic costs.

Obesity may increase stroke risk in young adults

WASHINGTON: Obese young adults may be more likely to have a stroke than people who aren't overweight, a U.S. study suggests.

First infant MRI study finds babies feel pain ‘like adults’

LONDON: The brains of babies "light up" in a similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, suggesting they feel pain much like adults do, researchers said on Tuesday.

Young adults want news, not the newspaper: study

WASHINGTON: America's young adults want news, but few want to read a newspaper. And most stumble onto news while on Facebook or other social networks.

Egypt drops ban on 'adults only' film

CAIRO: An Egyptian court has revoked a government ban on a film by Lebanese star Haifa Wehbe that had been deemed sexually provocative, judicial sources said on Wednesday.

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