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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has posted a new coronavirus self-checker on its website that might ease your mind and steer you toward any medical help you might need.

If you have high blood pressure, you can take steps to lower it by walking more every day, new research suggests.

Kids who don't get enough sleep may be at risk for ADHD, anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, researchers report.

March 27 (UPI) -- The United Nations warned the world is losing its battle with the coronavirus as the number of infections exponentially increases and the global caseload soared past 500,000 Friday.

March 27 (UPI) -- 7.4 percent of all deaths reported in the United States during the week ending March 21 were attributed to pneumonia and influenza, an amount that is above the CDC's threshold for an epidemic.

March 27 (UPI) -- Adolescents and young adults with family members on prescription opioids are more than twice as likely as others to overdose on the pain medications themselves, a new study has found.

SEOUL, March 27 (UPI) -- While South Korea has managed to stabilize the spread of COVID-19, Prime Minister Chung Se-kyun warned against complacency on Friday and said the country was still preparing for a "long-term battle" with the disease.

Methamphetamine use is soaring again, with nearly one million Americans hooked on it, according to federal health officials.

March 27 (UPI) -- A U.S. federal judge for the southern district of New York has ordered the immediate release of 10 immigrants under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at New Jersey jails infected with COVID-19.

PTSD can cause severe psychic distress, but it may also raise heart risks for female veterans in particular, a new study suggests.

March 25 (UPI) -- The United States surpassed 1,000 deaths due to the COVID-19 outbreak Thursday as it became the country with the most known cases in the world.

March 26 (UPI) -- Leaders of the G20 nations on Thursday said they would inject $5 trillion into the global economy in an attempt to soften the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.

A new clinical trial supports acupuncture as an option for reducing migraine headaches, and researchers believe doctors should inform patients it is a possible treatment.

March 26 (UPI) -- The lungs bear the brunt of COVID-19 in humans. A small study found that the new coronavirus impacted both lungs in nearly 80 percent of cases, with the majority showing significant injury.

Until Viagra, men with erectile dysfunction largely had the impression that their sexual problems were all in their head. A new study suggests that may still be somewhat true.

March 26 (UPI) -- Most legal marijuana products may be too strong for pain relief, according to a study published Thursday in the journal PLOS ONE.