WEDNESDAY, March 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When the proportion of gun violence on TV increases relative to other types of violence on television dramas, real-life gun violence among young people also grows, a new study suggests. Researchers examined trends in the proportion of gun violence compared to other formsContinue Reading
California Sues Country’s Largest Nursing Home Chain California is suing the largest nursing home chain in the United States for allegedly submitting false information to Medicare’s nursing home ratings system. The lawsuit against Brookdale Senior Living — which operates multiple nursing homes in California — was filed on Monday, TheContinue Reading
AstraZeneca Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine is Safe, Despite Reports of Deadly Clots There is no scientific evidence linking the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to recent deaths from blood clots, the company said Sunday after a number of European nations suspended use of the vaccine. On Sunday, Ireland and the Netherlands joinedContinue Reading
SUNDAY, March 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When you turn your clocks forward to Daylight Saving Time this weekend, take a few minutes to make your home safer. Change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) suggests. Unless these devicesContinue Reading
Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine Highly Effective in Clinical Trials A COVID-19 vaccine developed by Novavax was 96% effective against the original strain of the coronavirus in preventing mild, moderate and severe cases of illness and 100% effective against severe disease caused by new, more contagious variants, two new clinical trials show.Continue Reading
Most Employees Want Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination at Work Seven in 10 U.S. employees who started working at home during the pandemic say their companies should introduce mandatory COVID-19 vaccination before workers are called back to the office, a new survey reveals. It also found that 76% of the more thanContinue Reading
States and Pharmacies to Receive Additional Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines An additional 900,000 doses of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines will be sent to states and pharmacies this week, according to the White House. States and territories will receive 15.8 million doses of the vaccines, up from 15.2 millionContinue Reading
Many U.S. Colleges Cancel, Shorten Spring Break Spring break has been canceled or scaled back by many U.S. colleges in an attempt to reduce partying that could spread COVID-19. Texas A&M University decided on a three-day weekend instead of an entire week off for students, while the University of AlabamaContinue Reading
AstraZeneca to Seek FDA Approval of COVID Vaccine Within Weeks AstraZeneca says it will file for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine in the United States after it gets the results of a clinical trial within the next few weeks. If the two-dose vaccine is approved by the FoodContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Fine particles in wildfire smoke pose a far greater threat to the lungs than similar particles in vehicle exhaust and other types of air pollution, researchers report. These fine particles — called PM2.5 — have a diameter about 1/20th the size of aContinue Reading