Is the CDC in crisis? Former agency heads debate its future. A handful of former directors say they support a sweeping review of the agency that’s been ordered up by current director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. Read more Experimental pill may fight antibiotic-resistant UTIs. The new pill, called tebipenem HBr, workedContinue Reading
FDA panel meets to craft future COVID vaccine strategy: The panel will hear from experts about whether boosters or new vaccines will be needed going forward. Read more Biden launches national COVID research initiative: Scientists from numerous federal agencies will examine the nature and impact of long COVID, a constellationContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The United States and Canada are investigating a multistate outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from Canada. Restaurants and retailers should not serve or sell these potentially contaminated raw oysters, which were harvested in the south and central parts of BaynesContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you have heart failure, there’s good news and bad news on how much it would help you to cut back on salt. New research finds that while it doesn’t prevent death or hospitalization among patients, it does appear to improve their qualityContinue Reading
How sleepless nights widen your waistline. People who don’t get enough sleep tend to eat more, new research shows, and all those extra calories wind up precisely where most people don’t want it: around the belly. Read more No sign that COVID vaccine in pregnancy ups birth defect risk. AContinue Reading
Test positive for COVID? Here’s how to get your free meds. The U.S. government’s Test to Treat Locator website can show you if there’s somewhere in your community where you can get tested for free and pick up your prescription at the same time.Read more High expectations from parents isContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Check your cupboards for any SKIPPY peanut butter, since you may need to throw the jar out. Skippy Foods LLC has announced a recall of a limited number of jars of certain lines of its peanut butter products because they may contain aContinue Reading
U.S. surgeons’ group working to save trauma victims in Ukraine. The American College of Surgeons’ STOP THE BLEED program is helping train people in the war-torn country on how to care for wounds inflicted on soldiers and civilians. Read more Early promise from experimental drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease. WhenContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Smoking pot through a bong doesn’t protect the nonsmokers in the room from the dangers of secondhand smoke, a new study warns. Bongs have been touted as a safe way to protect nonsmokers from secondhand marijuana smoke. But it can expose them toContinue Reading
New drug may ease tics in kids with Tourettes. Ecopipam, which failed as a weight-loss medication, may reduce tics by 30% in kids and teens with Tourettes without the unpleasant side effects of current treatments, researchers say. Read more FDA panel votes against new ALS drug. The 6-4 ruling determinedContinue Reading