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The couple sat in silence as they drove home from Blank Children's Hospital in Des Moines. Her 5-month-old appeared to be dwarfed by the baby carrier strapped to the back seat. He was tiny. He hadn't grown since he was 2 months old. He…

The largest published study to date of certain post-vaccination side effects found that people were at slightly higher than normal risk of blood clots after an AstraZeneca or Pfizer BioNTech syringe. However, the same coagulation…

On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, a health care worker looks after a Covid 19 patient in the intensive care unit of the Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA new study has shown that the risk of rare blood…

Zigzag fibersIt was the EKG in the emergency room that gave Wallach the last clue he needed to make a diagnosis. An EKG measures the electricity generated by the heart to effectively contract the muscles. A thick, muscular heart will…

ORLANDO, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - 2021/04/10: Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vial and box seen at a vaccination site. Doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are given throughout the state of Florida, although a small number of patients…

From winter to spring, the French Alps are shrouded in stark white snow. But when spring turns into summer, the stoic slopes start to blush. Parts of the snow take on bright colors: deep red, rusty orange, lemonade pink. The locals call…

Medical researchers say that within a few years there will be major breakthroughs in blood testing technology that uses immune system response and genetic analysis to identify disease quickly and cheaply.Image Alliance | Image Alliance |…

Australians were among those lucky enough to see it on Wednesday evening, a rare astronomical event marked by a dazzling array of sunset colors like red and burnt orange: a “super blood moon.”The striking display was the result of two…

Night owls in California and other points out west are in for a treat on May 26 as the moon enters Earth’s shadow and turns a blood red color during a total lunar eclipse, the first in more than two years visible from the United States.And…

Federal health officials have now confirmed 28 cases, including six in men, of a rare bleeding disorder in adults who have received the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, deputy director of the vaccination safety…