TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While in the United States preteens and teens aged 12 to 15 have been eligible for COVID-19 vaccines since the spring, the vaccines are only now becoming available for that age group in the United Kingdom. According to the Associated Press, on MondayContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. approval of the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm is already mired in controversy. Now a new study finds that most Alzheimer’s patients could not have taken part in clinical trials that led to the green light. In June, the U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccine booster shots might not be needed for most people, according to a large international review. The review — conducted by a team that included scientists from the World Health Organization and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — concluded that currentContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There’s more sobering news for anyone still unvaccinated against the new coronavirus: Your odds of dying from COVID-19 are 11-fold higher than someone who’s fully immunized, new research shows. The data comes from one of three studies published Friday by the U.S. CentersContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The decades-long U.S. opioid epidemic could be hitting Black people harder than white folks as the crisis enters a new phase. Opioid overdose death rates among Black Americans jumped nearly 40% from 2018 to 2019 in four states hammered by the epidemic, researchersContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses than expected will be available through the global COVAX program, affecting many less-affluent nations waiting on these doses. The United Nations forecast last week that it would have about 25% fewer vaccines to distribute through COVAX this year —Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Los Angeles has become the first major school system in the United States to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for all students 12 and older. L.A.’s Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to require all students 12 and older to be vaccinated before they canContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With tens of millions of Americans now vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of August, so-called “breakthrough” cases are bound to occur. But there’s reassuring news from new data: Most such cases are mild and those leading to hospitalization are exceedingly rare. Overall,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When you got your first COVID-19 jab, did you breathe a sigh of relief? If so, you’re not alone. U.S. adults who got the vaccine between December 2020 and March 2021 experienced a 4% reduction in their risk of being mildly depressed andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Until now, folks suffering from hearing loss typically have had to fork out thousands of dollars for a device that could be adjusted only by a professional audiologist. No wonder that only one-quarter of the nearly 29 million U.S. adults who could benefitContinue Reading