THURSDAY, July 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden plans to announce on Thursday that all civilian federal employees will have to be vaccinated or submit to regular testing, masking and travel restrictions. White House officials said the administration is still finalizing the details of the new policy, whichContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In a finding that could mean more patients desperate for a heart transplant get a new lease on life, two new studies show that hearts from donors who abused drugs can be safely donated. In the past two decades, the U.S. opioid crisisContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Illustrating a heartbreaking cycle, new research finds that lonely seniors are much more likely to take opioid painkillers, sedatives, anti-anxiety drugs and other medications. This puts them at increased risk for drug dependency, attention problems, falls, accidents and mental decline, the University ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — New data show that protection from both doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine decreases slightly over time, but that a third dose significantly boosts levels of antibodies against several variants of the virus, including the highly contagious Delta variant that’s now dominant inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Starting Aug. 2, the United Kingdom will allow fully vaccinated travelers from the United States into the country without having to quarantine upon arrival, officials there announced Wednesday. Right now, people who have been vaccinated in Britain don’t have to isolate when returningContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An outside advisor to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s review of the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm is now speaking out, arguing that the approval was based on dodgy science and involved questionable collaboration between regulators and the drug’s maker. “I’m not surprisedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden is considering a mandate that would require all civilian federal employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to regular testing, masking and travel restrictions. White House officials said Tuesday they would reveal more about the president’s plans later thisContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Republicans who say they won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine are more likely to reconsider their stance if high-profile Republicans urge them to take the jab, a new study finds. Similar vaccination pleas from Democratic sources may actually harden their resistance, researchers found. UnvaccinatedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There’s been a sharp rise in schizophrenia cases linked with marijuana use since the mid-1990s, a new Danish study finds. Prior research has suggested that marijuana — particularly very heavy use — is associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia. Although strict cause-and-effectContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Unlike prior strains, the Delta variant is triggering higher viral loads in rare cases of “breakthrough” infections in people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, making transmission more likely and causing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to call for everyone to wearContinue Reading