WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a regulatory change on Tuesday that allows retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills. Before now, patients could only get this two-drug medication through clinics, doctors and a handful of mail-order pharmacies. Two companies that make theContinue Reading
Ransomware attacks on U.S. hospitals have doubled since 2016. About 44% of the attacks disrupted the delivery of medical care, potentially doing harm to patient health, new research shows, and caused the exposure of nearly 42 million patients’ personal health information. Read more Abortion pills can now be gotten byContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new study throws what may be the final bucket of cold water on the idea of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19. “There was no significant benefit in our primary endpoint of resolution of symptoms in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 illness or any otherContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Comedian and actor Amy Schumer has struggled with numerous health conditions over the years but feels “like a new person” since having surgery to treat endometriosis. Schumer detailed the experience in the new docuseries “The Checkup With Dr. David Agus.” “I’m feeling reallyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) – An attempt to block California’s flavored tobacco ban was stopped Monday when the Supreme Court declined to hear the case. That now means the ban will go into effect on Dec. 21. The ban includes everything from candy flavors to menthol in aContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An experimental immunotherapy appears highly effective in attacking bone marrow cancer, with nearly three in four patients responding to the treatment, new clinical trial results show. The drug, talquetamab, works by binding to the body’s immune cells as well as to multiple myelomaContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Long COVID is a collection of symptoms — brain fog, chronic fatigue, shortness of breath, stomach pain — that can torment people for months and even years on end. Worse, long COVID can also be is a killer. More than 3,500 deaths linkedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Actress Kirstie Alley, best known for a breakthrough role in the TV hit “Cheers,” and on the big screen in “Look Who’s Talking,” has died at 71 from cancer. “We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother hasContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The last of six COVID monoclonal antibody treatments has lost its federal authorization because, like the others, it no longer works against the newest Omicron subvariants. This last monoclonal antibody was bebtelovimab, delivered as a one-hour IV infusion. The FDA said in aContinue Reading
HealthDay’s Mabel Jong speaks with Kelly Morgan, a labor and delivery nurse and Massachusetts Nursing Association Chair at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, on her experience during the great resignation. To further discuss the impact of the Great Resignation in Healthcare, Jong is also joined by Brock Slabach, Chief Operations Officer at the National Rural Health Association.Continue Reading