TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The COVID pandemic has eaten into the progress made against drug-resistant infections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency reported that hospital-related infections and deaths grew by 15% during the pandemic’s first year, 2019 to 2020. The increaseContinue Reading

THURSDAY, July 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patients who test positive for COVID-19 can now get the antiviral pill Paxlovid directly from their pharmacists, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. The action removes limits that had restricted prescribing authority to health care providers and Test-to-Treat sites. “The FDAContinue Reading