MONDAY, Aug. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Gangrene. Throat cancer. A newborn on a feeding tube. Gruesome warning images like those on cigarette packs do indeed scare smokers, but they should be combined with other anti-smoking measures, a new study finds. These kinds of graphic warning labels were approved byContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Antibody levels remain stable or even rise seven months after infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, European researchers report. The study from Spain also found that preexisting antibodies against coronaviruses that cause the common cold may also protect against COVID-19. Researchers analyzed blood samplesContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — I think I’ve had COVID-19 already, so do I really need two doses of vaccine? It’s a question millions of people around the world are asking, and now a small, new study finds that people who know they were infected with SARS-CoV-2 inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — All 2.2 million health care workers and long-term care workers in California will now have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 30, the California Department of Public Health said Thursday. Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom said health care workers would haveContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Worried about low vaccination rates among the young as the new school year looms, the White House on Thursday unveiled a new initiative to get shots into the arms of more students. The push will include enlisting pediatricians to make COVID-19 vaccination partContinue Reading
FRIDAY, AUG. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Tougher steps to compel long-term care facilities, universities and other institutions to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations are being considered by the Biden administration. It’s looking at using federal regulatory powers and the threat of withholding federal funds from institutions to increase vaccination rates, accordingContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Novavax said Thursday that it has applied for emergency use approval of its COVID-19 vaccine in India, Indonesia and the Philippines. Later this month, it will seek the World Health Organization review required to be in the COVAX global vaccine program, the AssociatedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A little more than two out of every three people who have mild or moderate cases of COVID-19 will go on to develop long-term symptoms. That’s the troubling takeaway from a University of Arizona Health Sciences’ study launched in May 2020. “This isContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Plans are underway to require nearly all foreign travelers to the United States to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a Biden administration official confirmed Wednesday. The policy will be put in place once the current restrictions on travel into this country are lifted, butContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Moderna Inc. announced on Thursday that the potency of its vaccine does not dim in the first six months after the second dose. The news came in a statement that contained little actual data, but the findings may comfort the 63 million AmericansContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The United States’ largest operator of nursing homes said Wednesday that its workers must get vaccinated against COVID-19 if they want to keep their jobs. The announcement from Pennsylvania-based Genesis Healthcare — which has 70,000 employees at nearly 400 nursing homes and seniorContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida reached a new high this week, the Florida Hospital Association (FHA) says. Hospitalizations are 13% higher than the previous peak on July 23, 2020, and 60% of the state’s hospitals are expected to face a “critical staffing shortage” inContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Scientists suspect that a century-old tuberculosis vaccine might be able to protect older adults against the worst ravages of COVID-19. The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine was first used in 1921, and is on the World Health Organization’s list of essential medicines. More thanContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The two HIV prevention drugs available in the United States are equally safe and effective, and the biggest difference between them is price, a new study contends. However, a sizable minority of patients have switched from the older and cheaper “preexposure prophylaxis” (PrEP)Continue Reading