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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new definition for post COVID-19 condition, commonly known as long COVID, in children and teenagers.

In a document released Thursday, WHO officials say it started to come up with a specific definition

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A study found that adding more daily steps and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity may help reduce cognitive decline and the risk of dementia in older women. Barbara Ruotolo/EyeEm/Getty Images
  • The absence of effective treatments for dementia underscores the

Phoenix-based Banner Health has paid $1.25 million to settle a federal probe into a massive 2016 data breach from a hacking incident that disclosed the protected health information of roughly 2.8 million consumers.

Investigators found evidence of “long term, pervasive

The surgeons who replace worn-out joints and fix broken bones report that they’re doing only three quarters of the surgeries they used to in British Columbia’s public hospitals, with an increasing number of taxpayer-funded procedures carried out in private facilities.

A new made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine that can be inhaled is set to enter Phase 2 human trials.

The vaccine is being developed at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.

“There is a pressing need to develop new, more effective next-generation vaccine






RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Sounders have partnered with the Washington-based Providence health system as their new jersey sponsor.

The Providence name will appear on the front of Seattle’s jerseys beginning with