TUESDAY, Aug. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — “Off-label” use of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in children younger than 12 is “not appropriate,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Monday. Off-label use refers to an approved medicine being used in ways or in patients it’s not FDA-approved for. The AmericanContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife and fellow civil rights activist, Jacqueline, remained in Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago on Monday after testing positive for COVID-19, their family said. Jesse Jackson is fully vaccinated, but Jacqueline Jackson has not been vaccinated, accordingContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Opioid overdose deaths rose in several states during the coronavirus pandemic, according to authors of a new study who say their findings may help identify and assist at-risk people. “Our work represents the first multi-state report with detailed analyses,” said study senior authorContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Following on full U.S. regulatory approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the Pentagon announced on Monday that all military personnel — including 1.3 million active-duty troops — must get their shots. According to the Associated Press, Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby saidContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A multi-purpose vaccine that would protect humans against any future COVID-19 variants could one day be possible, a new study suggests. The key to it all lies in a coronavirus scare that happened nearly two decades ago. People previously infected with SARS —Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There’s been a sharp rise in opioid-related cardiac arrests in the United States and they now equal those associated with other prime causes, a new study finds. Of more than 1.4 million cardiac arrest hospitalizations nationwide between 2012 and 2018, more than 43,000Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Schools are reopening as the Delta variant surges across America, a scary prospect for educators and parents alike. But experts representing teachers and doctors say reopening must happen for the sake of students, and a combo of vaccination and safety measures will helpContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As the school year starts across much of the United States amid a surge in coronavirus cases fueled by the Delta variant, a new survey shows most parents support vaccines for students and staff alike. Sixty-two percent of nearly 1,700 parents with atContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Conservative radio talk show host Phil Valentine, a COVID-19 vaccine skeptic and mask mandate opponent, has died at age 61 of COVID-19. “We are saddened to report that our host and friend Phil Valentine has passed away,” his station, SuperTalk 99.7 WTN, tweetedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. “The FDA’s approval of this vaccine is a milestone as we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic,” Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said in an agency newsContinue Reading