New Drug a Good Treatment Option for Severe Asthma in Kids
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Learn MoreU.S. Fentanyl Deaths Soaring, Especially in West
TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Synthetic forms of the potentially lethal opioid fentanyl are flooding the illicit drug market, leaving a soaring number of fatal overdoses in their wake, a new U.S. report finds.The latest data from the U.S….
Learn MoreOnly Half of U.S. Nursing Home Residents Have Received Boosters: CDC
TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As COVID-19 cases surge nationwide, only about half of fully vaccinated nursing home residents have received a vaccine booster dose, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.Research shows …
Learn MoreCalifornia Brings Back Indoor Mask Mandate
TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A statewide indoor mask mandate will be reintroduced in California on Wednesday and last one month, officials in America’s largest state said Monday.”To ensure that we collectively protect the health and well…
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Pfizer’s antiviral could greatly reduce severe COVID. Paxlovid cut hospitalizations and deaths by nearly 90 percent when taken within three to five days after the start of symptoms, the company said, and preliminary lab studies also suggest the pill w…
Learn MoreBritish Studies Show Vaccines Weaken Against Omicron, But Boosters Help
MONDAY, Dec. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The ability of two-dose COVID-19 vaccines to protect against symptomatic infection by the Omicron variant falls significantly short, but a booster shot provides considerable protection, according to the first …
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First real-world studies into vaccine effectiveness against Omicron. The ability of two-dose COVID-19 vaccines to protect against symptomatic infection by the Omicron variant falls significantly short, British research shows, but a booster shot provid…
Learn MoreNew Drug a Good Treatment Option for Severe Asthma in Kids
MONDAY, Dec. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Parents of children with moderate-to-severe asthma may have a much-needed treatment option: A new trial finds that an injected monoclonal antibody drug called dupilumab significantly reduces a child’s odds o…
Learn MoreAn mRNA Vaccine Against HIV Shows Promise in Animal Trials
FRIDAY, Dec. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Cutting-edge mRNA technology brought safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines to a world in crisis — could it do the same for a much older foe, HIV?An experimental HIV vaccine that uses the same mRNA platform techn…
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