WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Following a four-day raid, Mexico has closed 23 pharmacies in Caribbean resorts of Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum for irregular pill sales. Last spring, the United States warned of dangerous pill sales to foreigners and tourists where counterfeit drugs contained fentanyl, heroinContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A variant nicknamed Eris now accounts for the largest proportion of new COVID infections across America. About 17.3% of U.S. COVID cases are believed to have been caused by the variant, formally known as EG.5, in early August, according to the U.S. CentersContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Most people know that even though vaccination doesn’t eliminate their risk of getting COVID-19, it does lower their odds for severe illness — including their risk for hospitalization and death. Now scientists believe they know why. Among people with a symptomatic COVID infection,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As the United States wrestles with soaring drug overdose deaths, new research finds that nurses, social and behavioral health care workers and health care support workers are at particularly high risk. Compared with employed adults who are not health care workers, social workersContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Doctors who overprescribe antibiotics are often blamed for medication-resistant illnesses, but new research points to another potential culprit: air pollution. Controlling air pollution could reduce antibiotic resistance, greatly reducing deaths and economic costs, according to a new in-depth global analysis were published Aug.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. opioid abuse epidemic wages on, and overdose deaths continue to rise, yet just 1 in 5 people receives potentially lifesaving medication such as methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone to treat their addiction, a new study finds. “These medications are effective for prescriptionContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When studying which personality types were more likely to resist getting vaccines, researchers got a surprise. It was the extroverts who were more vaccine resistant. Compared to other personality styles, extroverts were 18% more likely to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine, the new studyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — J.D. Butler was planning a future with his girlfriend at his favorite New York City restaurant when that future came to a sudden, crushing halt. “They were planning on when she was moving in and arranging floor plans on the table, with whereContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research shows that an experimental drug fine-tuned to a specific pain pathway can ease post-surgery aches, a finding that may eventually offer an alternative to highly addictive opioids. The pill, known for now as VX-548, targets a particular sodium channel that isContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While both the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are considered safe and highly effective, new research finds the Moderna shot has been the safest and most effective for seniors. “The results of this study can help public health experts weigh which mRNA vaccineContinue Reading