Claire Maldarelli, assistant editor at Popular Science, discusses the 2017-2018 flu season that scientists have named as one of the worst in the last decade.
She notes that it is always good to get your flu shot, no matter how late in the season it is. The vaccination helps reduce the severity of the virus and makes it harder for it to spread. Maldarelli talks about how the body fights the flu and notes aches and pains stem from your immune system trying to fight off the virus.
New research showed that 4,000 steps a day is associated with a lower risk of death.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.
COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers.
New data showed that the benefits of WeGovy go beyond weight loss.
Now that last month's sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth's hottest month on record by a wide margin.
A new study found that a large number of women aged 70-85 are being overdiagnosed and overtreated for breast cancer.
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Covid cases are on the rise again and getting free tests is even more difficult.
A study shows air pollution is a factor in antibiotic resistance.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023.
