COVID-19 Cases Rise Sharply Among Children as School Year Starts
FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As the school year gets underway across the United States, new data show that COVID-19 cases among children are climbing.Since the pandemic began, children have represented 14.8 percent of total cases, but for…
Learn MoreFDA Advisory Panel Set to Meet on COVID-19 Booster Shots
THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a key advisory panel meeting on COVID-19 booster shots on Sept. 17, a mere three days before the Biden administration plans to begin offering third shots for A…
Learn MoreStop Use of Ivermectin for COVID-19: AMA, Pharmacist Groups
THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The prescribing, dispensing, and use of ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19 outside of clinical trials must end immediately, the American Medical Association, American Pharmacists Association, and Americ…
Learn More15 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Wasted in U.S. Since March 1
THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — At least 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been thrown away in the United States since March 1, government data show.That is a far greater amount than previously known, but it is still just a small …
Learn MoreOxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Is Dissolved
THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Purdue Pharma was dissolved on Wednesday and the Sackler family will pay $4.5 billion under a bankruptcy settlement that will end thousands of lawsuits brought against the company over the U.S. opioid crisis…
Learn MoreAnother HIV Vaccine Trial Canceled Due to Poor Results
THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Another trial of an experimental HIV vaccine has been halted after researchers concluded the vaccine provided only limited protection.The trial in five sub-Saharan African countries was launched in 2017 to a…
Learn MoreU.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Climb in August
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Nearly 14 million Americans got their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in August, a steep rise from July, White House officials said Tuesday. The statistic is a sign that vaccine skepticism may be waning, a…
Learn MoreTwo Top Officials in FDA Vaccine Review Office to Retire
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Two senior leaders in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration vaccine review office are stepping down, but their departures will not slow efforts to combat the pandemic, the agency said Tuesday.The retirement…
Learn MoreCDC: Unvaccinated Should Not Travel This Labor Day Weekend
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Unvaccinated Americans should stay home during the holiday weekend as COVID-19 cases surge due to the highly contagious delta variant, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tu…
Learn MoreVaccines’ Power Against COVID-19 Hospitalization Fades in Elderly
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The ability of COVID-19 vaccines to protect adults older than 75 years against hospitalization appears to wane over time but still remained 80 percent effective as of the end of July, new federal data show.Th…
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