MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will vote on Tuesday whether to recommend that updated COVID-19 booster shots be used this fall to protect against Omicron and its highly contagious subvariants. Because the virus mutates so quickly, the FDA may approveContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The spread of monkeypox should be closely monitored, the World Health Organization said on Saturday, but it is not a global emergency at this time. Monkeypox is a long-neglected illness, endemic in some African countries, the WHO emergency committee explained. The current outbreak,Continue Reading
MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A federal appeals court has ruled that for now, Juul Labs can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes on the U.S. market. The Friday ruling came in response to the company seeking a temporary emergency hold while it appeals a ban of itsContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Despite improvements in treatment for heart attacks, care lags behind for women. Women are still less likely to receive timely care, according to a new study that reviewed 450,000 patient records for two types of heart attacks. “Heart attack treatments have come aContinue Reading
SATURDAY, June 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More Americans now live in wildfire zones as wildfire seasons have become longer, with hotter, faster-moving fires. If you’re one of those who live in a location threatened by wildfires, it’s important to be prepared, according to Environment America, a national network ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — On Thursday, New York City became the first U.S. city to start offering the monkeypox vaccine to those at high risk for the disease. The announcement follows similar ones issued from the United Kingdom and Canada. Although most cases of the disease haveContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Nearly two-thirds of the world’s population has had at least one COVID-19 vaccine, which has prevented nearly 20 million deaths, new research finds. The study from Imperial College London was the first to quantify the impact of vaccines on a global scale. ItContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered Juul Labs to pull its e-cigarettes off the American market. “Today’s action is further progress on the FDA’s commitment to ensuring that all e-cigarette and electronic nicotine delivery system products currently being marketed toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Health authorities in Britain, who routinely test sewage samples for the virus that causes polio, declared a “national incident” after evidence of local spread was found in London sewers. No cases have been identified yet, according to the UK Health Security Agency. ThereContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Media reports about an outbreak of monkeypox may sound scary, but there’s no need for most people to take special steps to avoid getting the viral illness, an infectious disease expert says. Normal precautions recommended to prevent other diseases are sufficient, according toContinue Reading