Health Highlights: Oct. 6, 2021
U.S. murder rate jumped a record 30% during pandemic. New CDC statistics show that the rate at which Americans lost their lives to homicide rose by almost a third during the first year of the pandemic — the biggest one-year increase ever. Read moreT…
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Dr. Francis Collins announces retirement as head of NIH. The 71-year-old ushered in such milestones as the mapping of the human genome and is the longest-serving director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Read moreStudy finds Pfizer vaccine p…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Oct. 4, 2021
New, better antivirals against COVID-19 are on the way. On Friday, drug giant Merck announced it would seek FDA emergency use approval for a powerful new antiviral, molnupiravir. At least two more such drugs that target the SARS-CoV-2 virus are in t…
Learn MoreU.S. Passes 700,000 COVID Deaths
MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The United States has now surpassed 700,000 coronavirus deaths, as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to hold the country in its grip.America continues to have more COVID-19 deaths than any other the…
Learn MoreDoctors Often Miss Signs of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids
TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Potentially dangerous symptoms of type 1 diabetes in children are not always immediately recognized by primary care providers, new research suggests.In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas fails to make enough ins…
Learn MoreFDA Panel OKs Pfizer Booster Shot for People 65 or Older, But Not Younger
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended a third Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine booster shot for all Americans aged 65 or older, as well as for those deemed to be at hig…
Learn MoreFDA Panel OKs Pfizer Booster Shot for People 65 or Older, But Not Younger
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended a third Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine booster shot for all Americans aged 65 or older, as well as for those deemed to be at hig…
Learn MorePfizer, Moderna Vaccines Still Offer Good Protection Against Severe COVID: Study
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With a special advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration meeting Friday to decide on the need for COVID vaccine booster shots, new data shows Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines maintaining str…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: Sept. 17, 2021
Here are some of HealthDay’s top stories for Friday, Sept. 17:FDA advisory panel meets on need for COVID-19 booster shots. Presented with evidence seemingly pro and con, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will convene Frida…
Learn MoreCommon Eye Conditions Tied to Higher Risk for Dementia
FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Diseases that can rob you of vision as you age also appear to be tied to an increased risk for dementia, a new study finds. Specifically, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and diabetes-related eye d…
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