Moderna Will Ask FDA to Approve COVID Vaccine for Young Kids
WEDNESDAY, March 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Moderna announced Wednesday that it will ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 6.The company said that its request is based on in…
Learn MoreFree COVID Tests, Treatments for Uninsured Americans Cut for Lack of Funding
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Uninsured Americans will no longer be covered for free COVID-19 tests and treatments because of the budget impasse in Congress, a Biden administration official said Tuesday.The program was to stop acceptin…
Learn MoreModerna Asks FDA to Approve Second Booster for All Adults
FRIDAY, March 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Moderna said late Thursday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of a second booster of its COVID vaccine for all adults.In a statement, the company noted its re…
Learn MorePfizer Asks FDA to Approve Second Booster for Seniors
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of a second booster shot for Americans 65 and older.In a statement announcing its request, Pfiz…
Learn MoreNew Law Expands Care for Rape Victims
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Expanded care for sexual assault victims is a main feature of the Violence Against Women Act that was signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden.Along with providing greater access to rape testing kits…
Learn MoreNew Malaria Treatment Gets First Approval for Use in Children
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new drug that can cure a certain type of malaria was approved in Australia Monday for kids and teens.The approval was announced on Monday by the nonprofit Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), which helped d…
Learn More‘Deltacron’ Variant Rare and Not a Major Concern
MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A recently identified hybrid of the Omicron and Delta coronavirus variants is unlikely to become a serious threat, scientists say.The new hybrid, first found in samples collected in France in January, is form…
Learn MoreFlu Vaccine No Match for Circulating Variants This Season
FRIDAY, March 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — This season’s flu shot offered virtually no protection against infection, a new government report shows.While this latest vaccine only cut the risk of getting a mild case of flu by 16%, the agency has noted t…
Learn MoreBiden Administration Says California Can Set Tough Auto Emission Standards Again
THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — California will once again be able to set its own car emission standards under a waiver approved Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.The move reverses a Trump administration decision to re…
Learn MoreMan Who Received First Pig Heart Transplant Has Died
WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The first person to receive a pig heart transplant in a groundbreaking procedure performed at the University of Maryland Medical Center in January has died, hospital officials said Wednesday.David Bennett, …
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