TUESDAY, Sept. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The cancer drug cisplatin can save children’s lives, but often with the side effect of hearing loss. Now a new study shows that young children are especially vulnerable, and the hearing damage may begin early in the course of treatment. The researchers saidContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — All of New York City’s teachers and school staff will still need to get a coronavirus vaccine following an unexpected ruling from a federal appeals panel on Monday that upheld the school system’s vaccine mandate. While Mayor Bill de Blasio recently ordered theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Two of the country’s top political leaders put talk into action on Monday, getting their booster doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. As they received their third dose of vaccine, President Joe Biden and Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell both called for AmericansContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Hookworms — a common parasite in animals — have become resistant to multiple deworming drugs used to kill them, a new study finds. Veterinarians typically use three types of drugs to kill hookworms, and all three have lost their effectiveness, researchers report. Moreover,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It seems like common sense for people who’ve had COVID-19 to think they now have natural immunity, and therefore don’t have to bother getting vaccinated. Common sense, yes, but also incorrect, infectious disease doctors say. Your case of COVID — especially if itContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer plans to request approval for use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children under 12 soon. “It is a question of days, not weeks,” Pfizer chairman and CEO Albert Bourla told ABC News on Sunday when asked about when the company will submitContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People with high blood pressure that doesn’t respond to treatment may have more success by following the DASH diet and joining a supervised diet and exercise program, a new study suggests. DASH is short for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension — a regimenContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended booster shots of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for millions of older and high-risk Americans, kicking off a new chapter in the national effort to protect the vulnerable from severe disease. First, an expertContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you have cancer and you think coronavirus vaccines may do you little good, don’t let your hesitation stop you from getting the shots: A pair of clinical trials finds that patients’ immune systems ramped up after vaccination. The findings were presented thisContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Pfizer booster shots for people over 65 and for those at high risk of severe COVID-19. Under the emergency use authorization, the booster shots should be given at least six months after a personContinue Reading