THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Biden Administration on Thursday declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move intended to dramatically ramp up the fight against the spread of the virus. “We’re prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, andContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — What do a small business owner in the American Midwest, a corporate manager in Sao Paolo and a real estate lawyer in London all have in common? All three are gay men. And though they’re scattered across three continents, each has joined theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Both San Francisco and New York state declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday, as they struggle to gain access to more resources to help contain the spread of the virus. About 40% of the 4,907 monkeypox cases recorded in the UnitedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The monkeypox illness now spreading around the globe is showing some symptoms that are very different from those seen in previous outbreaks, a new study shows. These unique symptoms include rectal pain, penile swelling, solitary lesions and swollen tonsils, researchers report in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Efforts to end the global HIV epidemic have slowed as money and attention go toward fighting COVID-19, new report shows. “This is an alarm to the world to say that COVID-19 has blown the AIDS response significantly off track,” Matthew Kavanaugh, deputy executiveContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While the herpes virus that causes lip sores is common today, it has been difficult for scientists to find traces of it among ancient remains. Now, researchers report they have uncovered and sequenced four ancient herpes virus genomes for the first time. WhatContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People who have weight loss surgery often see improvements in type 2 diabetes and other diseases, but these surgeries and the lifestyle changes they require can also have spillover effects on other aspects of life, including relationships. Compared to the general U.S. population,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — With monkeypox cases continuing to climb in the United States, federal health officials said Friday they have ordered another 2.5 million doses of monkeypox vaccine and boosted national testing capacity to respond to the outbreak. The news comes not a moment too soon,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, July, 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As monkeypox cases continue to climb worldwide, demands for vaccines to combat the virus are crashing the vaccine appointment system in New York City. The city of over 8 million people has been running out of supplies almost as soon as they arrive,Continue Reading
MONDAY, July 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The symptoms of patients with monkeypox in the United Kingdom differ from those in previous outbreaks of the virus, a new study shows. It said there have been fewer reports of fever and tiredness while reports of skin lesions in the genital andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The United States is deploying an enhanced nationwide vaccination strategy to counter the continuing spread of monkeypox, federal public health officials announced at a White House briefing on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is rapidly expanding access to hundredsContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Testing for HIV suffered a sharp setback during the first year of the pandemic, new government data shows. The number of HIV tests funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administered in health care settings dropped 43% between 2019Continue Reading
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — You and your best friend may have your noses to thank in helping bring you together, a new study suggests. Researchers found that pairs of friends who’d just “clicked” upon meeting tended to smell more alike, compared to random pairs of strangers. What’sContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Hate crime laws that protect gay, lesbian and transgender people may have an unexpected benefit: fewer teen suicide attempts, among kids of all sexual orientations. That’s the conclusion of a new study that looked at what happened in U.S. states that enacted hateContinue Reading