Studies show pregnant women who get vaccinated against COVID infection and contract the illness have a better outcome than unvaccinated pregnant women who get infected with COVID...

COVID vaccinations and boosters do not prevent people from necessarily contracting COVID-19 infection, but they can prevent severe illness and the need for hospitalization in most cases...

Paxlovid, an oral medication that treats COVID-19 infection can be lifesaving, according to medical authorities. It can prevent the infection from causing severe disease, especially in those at high risk for complications...

There’s a new program available at thousands of pharmacies in the US that will test people for COVID-19 and if they test positive immediately fill a prescription for medication to help treat the virus and prevent it from causing severe disease.  ...

The new oral medication for COVID-19 infection, Paxlovid, can cause a mild rebound of the virus in a small number of cases. But this rebound usually goes away and does not cause severe disease...

In an interview with the Health Channel, Dr. Pascual De Santis, an Endocrinologist with Baptist Health South Florida, discusses how diabetes can affect male sexual health. There are several ways in which diabetes can affect men. Number one, there is an increased incidence of something called obstructive sleep apnea in diabetic men. This can lead…...

In an episode of Health Insiders on the Health Channel, Dr. Daniel Martinez, a Urologist for Baptist Health South Florida, talks about how untreated silent killers such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol can affect more than just your heart. Dr. Martinez remarks that, a lot of times he discovers that patients who come…...

In an interview with the Health Channel, Dr. Andrew Forster, an Internal Medicine Physician with Baptist Health Primary Care, discusses different health tips for men. First, Dr. Forster gives some advice on when it is the best time to get a flu vaccine. He explains that the vaccine takes a few weeks to work so…...