TUESDAY, Oct. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Teenagers have followed the vaping trend into marijuana use, with recent studies chronicling a boom in pot vaping among adolescents in the United States and Canada, researchers report. The percentage of teens who’ve experimented with vaped pot has more than doubled in recentContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a mainstay of depression treatment, but a new study warns that taking common painkillers alongside SSRIs may raise the chances for intestinal bleeding. In a review of 10 published studies involving 6,000 patients, researchers foundContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administration on Monday released the specifics of its plan to allow the return of foreign travelers to the United States. While adult visitors will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and will need to be tested for the virus beforeContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Moderna announced Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine safely triggers a strong immune response in children aged 6 to 11. Company data shows that a month after receiving both doses of the vaccine, children’s antibody levels were 1.5 times higher than those in youngContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s well-known that COVID-19 pandemic restrictions pretty much quashed the 2020-2021 flu season, with influenza cases falling to never-before-seen lows in the United States. So little flu circulated, in fact, that some scientists now suspect that one of the major strains of influenzaContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Not only are people vaccinated against COVID-19 less likely to die of that disease, they’re also less likely to die from any cause, a new study shows. Researchers compared 6.4 million people who were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to 4.6 million people whoContinue Reading
SUNDAY, Oct. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As COVID-19 continues to grip the United States, parents need to plan ahead to keep their children safe on Halloween, experts say. Kids aged 12 and older are eligible for COVID shots, but many haven’t been vaccinated. Those under 12 aren’t yet eligibleContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Oct. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 91% effective in preventing symptomatic illness in young children and brings no unexpected safety issues, according to a study posted Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Late Friday, the agency posted itsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A lower dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is 90.7% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in children aged 5 to 11, according to new clinical trial data from the company. The data was given to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday, andContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday gave its blessing to booster shots of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines for tens of millions of Americans. The CDC approval mirrors the one granted by the U.S. Food andContinue Reading