Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Monday, July 26: Fauci pushes plan to help prevent future pandemics. America’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, is proposing an ambitious new research plan aimed at readying vaccines against possible pathogens from 20 families of viruses that could harm humans. TheContinue Reading
Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Friday, July 23: Arguing for & against approval of controversial Alzheimer’s drug. The FDA earlier this month gave its OK to the first new Alzheimer’s drug in years — despite its own panel voting 10-1 against approval. Now, some doctors and hospitals areContinue Reading
Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Thursday, July 22: Two-dose Pfizer vaccine gives great protection against Delta. A new study should reassure millions of Americans who’ve gotten the Pfizer vaccine: Two doses provide 88% protection against the COVID Delta variant. But protection fell sharply for those with only oneContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A proposed $26 billion settlement on opioid-related lawsuits has been reached with four large drug companies, a group of state attorneys general announced Wednesday. If enough states sign on to the deal with the country’s three major drug distributors — Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergenContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Possible listeria contamination has triggered the nationwide recall of more than two dozen muffin products made by Give and Go Prepared Foods, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. The recalled products were sold across the country and include a variety ofContinue Reading
Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Wednesday, July 21: J&J COVID vaccine weak against Delta variant. Troubling new lab research suggests the Johnson & Johnson vaccine given to more than 13 million Americans may be much less effective against the COVID Delta variant, which now causes 83% of newContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Breathing in smoke from wildfires may significantly increase the spread of COVID-19, researchers say. The warning, from a new study of links between smoke-caused air pollution and SARS-CoV-2 infections, comes as firefighters battle 80 large wildfires in the western United States. The largestContinue Reading
Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Tuesday, July 20: U.S. issues tough travel warning for Britain. As cases of COVID-19 surge among the unvaccinated in the U.K., the CDC and the U.S. State Department each issued non-binding travel warnings for Americans considering a visit there. Despite rising case numbers,Continue Reading
Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Monday, July 19: U.S. Surgeon General supports local mask mandates. As the Delta variant races through populations, sickening the unvaccinated, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said moves by local officials to reinstate indoor mask use may be warranted under CDC guidelines. LosContinue Reading
Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Friday, July 16: Changing the minds of anti-vax friends, family is in your hands. What does it take to alter someone’s view on getting the COVID vaccine? The example and advice of people closest to them, claims a survey conducted in July. ReadContinue Reading