FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. announced on Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted priority review to its COVID-19 vaccine, positioning the vaccine for full approval by January. The Pfizer vaccine has been administered to more Americans than any other shot so farContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Giving a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines to adults with weakened immune systems — the immunocompromised — will be up for discussion during a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel meeting next week. At the meeting scheduled for July 22,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The first full approval of a drug to treat lymphoma in dogs has been granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “While canine lymphoma affects fewer than 70,000 dogs in the U.S. annually, it accounts for up to 24% of all cancersContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Fully vaccinated Americans may be able to visit Canada by mid-August, and fully vaccinated travelers from all countries may be able to visit by early September, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada closed its land borderContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Public health officials and government workers are trying everything they can to promote COVID-19 vaccination — advertisements, news releases, cash lotteries, and even incentives like free beer, joints or doughnuts in some places. But nothing sways a vaccine-hesitant person more than a wordContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on Thursday called on tech companies, health care workers, journalists and even ordinary Americans to do more to fight vaccine misinformation. In a 22-page advisory, Murthy wrote that false claims have prompted people to reject coronavirus vaccines,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Surging coronavirus cases have prompted Los Angeles County to once again require people to wear masks indoors, even if they’re vaccinated. The nation’s largest county has had more than 1,000 new cases each day for a week, with more than 400 hospitalizations, theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Language barriers and distrust of the health care system are among the reasons why many Black and Hispanic Americans are reluctant to get COVID-19 vaccines, a new study finds. The two groups — which have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic — haveContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The heart benefits of cholesterol-lowering statins in people without heart disease far exceed the risks of any side effects, a new review finds. Statins are widely prescribed to people with heart disease, and recent guidelines recommend greater preventive use of the drugs evenContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is causing deadly pneumonia infections among large numbers of children in the South Asian nation of Bangladesh, a rising threat that could one day reach American shores, experts warn. Doctors found these “superbug” bacteria in more than three of four childrenContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As schools around America begin to prepare for reopening this fall, many states are taking steps to stop public schools from requiring COVID-19 vaccination or proof of vaccination. At least seven states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Montana, Oklahoma and Utah — haveContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Vaccine advocate Ethan Lindenberger, now 20, had to wait until age 18 to get the vaccinations that he knew he needed to protect his health. “I knew growing up my mom was very anti-vaccine. Because of the legal restrictions, I really wasn’t tryingContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People who’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have a much stronger immune system response against the new coronavirus than those who’ve previously been infected, according to a new study. “Vaccinated individuals had the highest antibody levels, nearly three times higher than that ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As America went into lockdown and treatment centers closed their doors, drug overdose deaths in the United States jumped by nearly a third last year, new data show. The estimated 93,331 drug overdose deaths recorded during 2020 are a sharp increase — aContinue Reading