FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – New Yorkers who aren’t vaccinated for polio should get their shots, state public health officials warned Thursday after the virus was found in seven wastewater samples in two neighboring counties. The finding comes after an unvaccinated adult in Rockland County last month becameContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Biden Administration on Thursday declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move intended to dramatically ramp up the fight against the spread of the virus. “We’re prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Splash pads — those shallow pools of wet, cooling summertime fun for kids — can also be sources of nasty gastro infections for youngsters who swallow water during their play. That’s the take-home lesson from a new analysis of outbreaks of two bacterialContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As the worst flu season in five years winds down in Australia, U.S. health officials are bracing for similar severity this coming fall. Why? The flu season in Southern Hemisphere countries like Australia can often predict the potential for a similar experience inContinue Reading
Vital Signs Aug (HCV) Press Statement_EMBARGOED_ (1).pdf WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Less than one-third of people with hepatitis C get treatment for this potentially deadly, but curable, infection within a year of their diagnosis, a new government report warns. Spread by contact with blood from an infectedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers are reporting early but encouraging findings on a potential new way to prevent malaria — an old foe that still ranks as a major killer worldwide. In a small trial of healthy volunteers, U.S. government researchers found that a lab-engineered antibody protectedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Parechovirus, a virus that can cause severe illness in infants, is on the rise in parts of the United States. Twenty-nine infants were admitted to the Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville this year, which includes 23 admitted during aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — COVID rebound, which struck both President Joe Biden and White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci recently, doesn’t just happen in those who take Paxlovid, a new study finds. Rebound symptoms were spotted in 27% of COVID-19 patients who hadn’t taken theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The White House announced Tuesday that Robert Fenton Jr., a regional administrator with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has been named the country’s new monkeypox coordinator. The news came as two more states joined New York, New York City and San Francisco inContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Folks with young kids at home may be less likely than others to develop severe COVID-19, a new study suggests. Children bring home colds from day care and school and give them to their parents, and it’s thought those lower-level infections may ultimatelyContinue Reading