TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer announced Tuesday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of its new antiviral pill in people at high risk for severe COVID-19. “With more than 5 million deaths and countless lives impacted by thisContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Lung cancer survival rates in the United States continue to rise, but certain racial groups are still hit hard by the disease, the American Lung Association reports. Its fourth annual “State of Lung Cancer” report shows that the average five-year survival rate increasedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement for its promising COVID-19 antiviral pill to be made and sold cheaply in 95 developing nations. The countries included in the licensing deal are mostly in Africa and Asia, and they account forContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Medical training may be taking less of a mental health toll on young doctors than it used to, but depression remains common, a new study suggests. Medical residency — the training that new doctors undergo at hospitals or clinics — is infamous forContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A new and expensive Alzheimer’s drug called Aduhelm is responsible for about half of the $21.60 increase in monthly premiums for Medicare’s Part B outpatient program in 2022, Medicare officials report. The new premium will be $170.10 a month, and the $21.60 boostContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For Emily Litvin, this Thanksgiving is going to look different from the last one and she couldn’t be happier about it. “I’m so excited to have some sort of normalcy, especially for my daughter and her cousins. It’s nice for them to allContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — CT scans expose patients to radiation even as they help doctors spot serious health problems. Now a new study finds low-dose scans can readily spot appendicitis while reducing patients’ radiation exposure. “The results of this study suggest that the diagnostic CT scan radiationContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Despite concerns about his close ties to the drug industry, President Joe Biden is expected on Friday to nominate Dr. Robert Califf, former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to lead the agency once more. Califf, who served during the lastContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for most cancer patients, a new study confirms. Cancer patients have an increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID because their immune systems have been weakened by their disease or treatments. “We pursued this studyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Parent-collected nasal swab samples from kids could be as good at detecting respiratory infections such as COVID-19 as those taken by nurses, but that’s not the case with saliva samples, British researchers say. Respiratory infections such as colds and flu are among theContinue Reading