Medicare to Provide Free COVID-19 Rapid Tests
FRIDAY, Jan. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Medicare will soon provide up to eight free COVID rapid tests a month to seniors enrolled in the government health insurance program, the Biden administration announced Thursday.The new policy for the over-the-…
Learn MoreBiden Relaunches Cancer Moonshot Initiative
THURSDAY, Feb. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is giving a new push to the cancer moonshot initiative that he first led during the Obama administration.In his announcement, Biden said the program would aim t…
Learn MoreTen Years After Gene Therapy for Leukemia, Doctors Say Patients Cured
TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 10 years after Doug Olsen underwent an experimental gene therapy that turned his T-cells into cancer killers, his leukemia has vanished, University of Pennsylvania doctors report.“I’m doing great rig…
Learn MorePfizer Asks FDA to Approve Its Vaccine for Youngest Kids
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. announced Tuesday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize its two-dose COVID vaccine for emergency use in children under 5 while it continues to research the power of…
Learn MoreFirst Shots Given in Trial of Moderna’s mRNA-Based HIV Vaccine
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Vaccinations have been given to the first volunteers in a Phase 1 trial of Moderna’s experimental HIV vaccine, the company has announced.The vaccine uses mRNA technology — similar to that utilized in breakthr…
Learn MoreFirst Shots Given in Trial of Moderna’s mRNA-Based HIV Vaccine
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Vaccinations have been given to the first volunteers in a Phase 1 trial of Moderna’s experimental HIV vaccine, the company has announced.The vaccine uses mRNA technology — similar to that utilized in breakthr…
Learn MorePfizer Will Ask FDA to Approve Its COVID Vaccine for Kids Under 5
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as soon as Tuesday to authorize its COVID vaccine for emergency use in children aged 6 months to 4 years old.If approved, the two-shot regimen wou…
Learn MorePfizer Will Ask FDA to Approve Its COVID Vaccine for Kids Under 5
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as soon as Tuesday to authorize its COVID vaccine for emergency use in children aged 6 months to 4 years old.If approved, the two-shot regimen wou…
Learn MoreEPA to Restore Rule Limiting Mercury Pollution From Power Plants
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Enforcement of a rule limiting power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants will be resumed, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.It’s the latest move by the Biden admin…
Learn MoreEPA to Restore Rule Limiting Mercury Pollution From Power Plants
TUESDAY, Feb. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Enforcement of a rule limiting power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants will be resumed, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.It’s the latest move by the Biden admin…
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