WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — All 11 million residents of the city of Wuhan will be tested for COVID-19 after three locally transmitted cases were reported in the city on Monday, Chinese officials said Tuesday. The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was first detected in Wuhan in 2019. “ToContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Like many roller coaster lovers, Brooke O’Connell and her son Declan always threw their hands up in the air during descents. “Mom, put your hands up!” he shouted while the two shared a ride on a corkscrew coaster at an amusementContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is speeding up its timetable for full approval of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, hoping to complete the process by early September. President Joe Biden said last week that he expected a fully approved vaccine in early fall,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccines will be offered to migrants in U.S. custody at the Mexican border, federal government officials said Tuesday. The Department of Homeland Security will provide the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to migrants soon after they cross into the United States, twoContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A preventive monoclonal antibody injection for people at high risk for developing severe COVID-19 after exposure to the coronavirus has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The first dose of Regeneron’s cocktail must be injected within 96 hours of exposureContinue Reading
Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Wednesday, Aug. 4: Full FDA approval for Pfizer vaccine could come by Labor Day. With the Delta variant raging and vaccine hesitancy still an issue, the FDA says it’s taking an “all-hands-on-deck” approach to full approval of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine by early September.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccines are helping protect the unvaccinated as the new Delta strain surges across the United States, but experts say its high infectiousness could mean even more people need to take the jab to achieve true herd immunity. Tracking data shows COVID casesContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Growing numbers of Americans aren’t getting enough iron in their diets most likely due to changes in farming practices and a shift away from red meat, researchers report. The upshot: Rates of iron-deficiency anemia are on the rise. “Iron deficiency remains a majorContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Exactly what symptoms of early COVID-19 infection you suffer may depend on both your age and gender, a new study finds. “As part of our study, we have been able to identify that the profile of symptoms due to COVID-19 differs from oneContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution could cause sinus misery, new research suggests. Specifically, tiny particulate air pollution (known as PM2.5) could contribute to chronic rhinosinusitis, a condition in which the sinuses get infected or irritated, become swollen, are severely congested and secrete mucus into the throatContinue Reading