SATURDAY, Jan. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — President-elect Joe Biden described an ambitious national vaccination plan on Friday that will deliver coronavirus vaccines to far more people and invoke a wartime law to boost vaccine production. In a speech in Delaware, Biden told Americans that, “The honest truth is this:Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An inhaled medication might make every day physical activity a bit easier for patients with serious scarring of the lungs, a new clinical trial finds. The study, published online Jan. 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine, involved patients with high bloodContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — President-elect Joe Biden proposed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus “rescue” plan on Thursday that would pump $400 billion directly into efforts to fight the pandemic, with the rest focused on economic relief and state and local aid. “”I know what I just described willContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Now that federal guidelines have expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to include people over 65 and those of all ages with underlying health conditions, drug stores say they are ready, willing and able to start giving the shots. There’s just one slight glitch: supply.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The United States has far fewer flu cases than normal, and experts say it’s probably due to measures people are taking to protect themselves from COVID-19. Flu season usually peaks between December and February. Influenza typically causes about 45 million illnesses, 810,000 hospitalizationsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s target of 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations delivered within the first 100 days of his administration isn’t just a lofty goal, two members of his pandemic advisory board said Thursday. Rather, it’s a hard-nosed response to the daily toll thatContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The bad news? COVID-19 may be around for a long, long time. The good news? Even if it does, new research suggests it could very well end up being just another mild illness, bringing with it inconvenience and discomfort, but rarely hospitalization orContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Folks who’ve gotten through a COVID-19 infection might naturally question whether they need to get a coronavirus vaccination when their turn comes. Experts say they really need the shot anyway, because even after having COVID they might be vulnerable to reinfection. “We’re encouragingContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — One month after the United States began what has become a troubled rollout of a national COVID vaccination campaign, the effort is finally gathering real steam. Close to a million doses — over 951,000, to be more exact — made their way intoContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Patients with chronic kidney disease who stop using a class of common blood pressure medications may lower their risk for dialysis, but they also raise their odds of cardiovascular disease, a new study finds. The blood pressure medicines in question are called renin-angiotensinContinue Reading