U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Rise as Delta Spreads
MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There has been a significant increase in COVID-19-related deaths in nursing homes as the highly contagious delta spreads across the country, a new analysis shows.”While the vast majority of COVID-19 deaths happ…
Learn MoreJ&J to Ask FDA to Approve Its COVID-19 Booster Shot
MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Johnson & Johnson plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve emergency use of a booster shot of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine early this week.While the request has yet to be submitted, the…
Learn MoreU.S. Passes 700,000 COVID-19 Deaths
MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The United States has now surpassed 700,000 COVID-19 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 countr…
Learn MoreEU Drug Regulator Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots
MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 18 years and older have been given the green light by the European Medicines Agency.The booster shots “may be considered at least six months…
Learn MoreScientists Share Nobel Prize for Discoveries That Changed Pain Research
MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Two American researchers have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that could help ease chronic and acute pain.The prize was given jointly on Monday to David Julius and…
Learn MorePhysician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Sept. 27 to Oct. 1, 2021. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other truste…
Learn More1 in 4 Parents Say Their Children Have Been Quarantined Since School Started
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — One-quarter of U.S. parents report that their child has had to quarantine because of possible COVID-19 exposure since school started, a new poll reveals.The nationally representative survey of 1,519 people cond…
Learn MoreMerck to Ask FDA for Emergency Approval of Its New Antiviral Pill for COVID-19
FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. said Friday that it will seek federal approval for emergency use of its new antiviral pill molnupiravir after a clinical trial showed the drug halved the risk for hospitalizatio…
Learn MoreSecond Report on Toxins in Baby Foods Reveals Continuing Problems
THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Despite the troubling findings of a congressional report released earlier this year on toxins in baby foods, a new report shows even more manufacturers are selling baby foods that contain potentially unsafe…
Learn MoreAmericans Divided on Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, Poll Finds
THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Americans are of two minds about President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, with political party affiliation playing a pivotal role in their opinions, a new poll finds.Most Democrats are for it and mos…
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