FDA Approves Pfizer Booster Shots for Seniors, High-Risk Americans
THURSDAY, Sept. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for people older than 65 years and for those at high risk for severe COVID-19. Under the emergency use autho…
Learn MoreCDC Expert Panel to Weigh In on Vaccine Boosters
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet on Wednesday to discuss which Americans, if any, should get Pfizer booster shots to rev up their immunity to COVID-19. The…
Learn MoreU.S. to Buy 500 Million More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for Global Donation
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The United States will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine that it will donate to countries in need, President Biden announced at a virtual summit on the pandemic Wednesday.The United…
Learn MoreAmerican Urological Association, Sept. 10-13
The annual meeting of the American Urological Association was held virtually this year from Sept. 10 to 13 and attracted participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in urol…
Learn MoreAnimal Sedative Driving Rise in Fatal Drug ODs
TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is increasingly linked to drug overdose deaths across the United States, health officials say.According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevent…
Learn MoreBooster Dose of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine May Increase Immunity
TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Getting a second dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine substantially increased its protection, the company announced Tuesday.According to the results of a new clinical trial, two doses of the vaccin…
Learn MoreCOVID-19 Has Killed More Americans Than the Spanish Flu Did in 1918
TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As the highly contagious delta variant has swept across the United States, the country has reached a tragic milestone. COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic did, when roug…
Learn MoreDelta Variant Now Fueling 99 Percent of U.S. COVID-19 Cases
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If a person is diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States right now, it is almost certainly caused by the delta variant.The highly transmissible variant, which caused crippling surges in India and Britain t…
Learn MoreReview of Booster Shots for Moderna, J&J Vaccines Just Weeks Away: Fauci
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) – If Americans who received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are dismayed by the lack of information on booster shots for them, their wait should end soon.Data on booster shots for those vaccin…
Learn MoreU.S. Will Lift Restrictions on Fully Vaccinated International Travelers in November
MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Starting in November, the United States plans to lift travel restrictions on people coming from overseas who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.This move by the Biden administration will open the United St…
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