Free N95 Masks Begin Arriving in U.S. Pharmacies
TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The distribution of free N95 masks for Americans has begun, the Biden administration said Monday.”Last week, masks began shipping and arriving at pharmacies and grocers around [the] country. We expect that th…
Learn MoreFDA May Limit Use of Two COVID Antibody Treatments
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (healthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may soon curtail the use of two monoclonal antibody treatments that do not appear to work against the highly contagious Omicron variant.The treatments made by Regeneron a…
Learn MoreOpioid Overdose Antidote Urged for Schools After Student’s Fentanyl Death
MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Schools should stock the opioid overdose antidote naloxone and train staff and students how to respond to an overdose, experts say after the apparent fentanyl overdose death of seventh grader at a school in Ha…
Learn MoreThree New Studies Confirm Power of Booster Shots Against Omicron
FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Booster shots are keeping the Omicron variant from landing millions of Americans in hospitals, emergency rooms and urgent care clinics across the country, three new government studies show.In one study, publi…
Learn MoreCOVID Rapid Test Makers Struggling to Meet Demand
FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Shortages of both supplies and workers are wreaking havoc on the efforts of COVID at-home test makers to deliver enough of the tests to Americans, even as the federal government pledges to provide 500 million …
Learn MoreCOVID Boosters Keep Older Americans Out of Hospitals: CDC
FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The risk of hospitalization for COVID-19 among older Americans is far higher for those who are unvaccinated than for those who are fully vaccinated and have had a booster shot, new government data shows.The di…
Learn MoreVaccination Plus Prior Infection Best Defense Against COVID
THURSDAY, Jan. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Think your prior bout of COVID shields you enough from another encounter with the coronavirus? New research suggests that adding in vaccination is still your best bet.A combination of vaccination and prior i…
Learn MoreMany Who Attempt Suicide Not Getting the Care They Need
THURSDAY, Jan. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — About 4 in 10 Americans who attempt suicide don’t get mental health care, claims a new study that also found a “substantial and alarming increase” in suicide attempts.Researchers analyzed 2008-2019 federal g…
Learn MoreBiden Plans to Send 400 Million N95 Masks to Americans for Free
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administrations plans to announce Wednesday that it will send 400 million free nonsurgical N95 masks to community health centers and pharmacies across the country so more Americans can get the mas…
Learn MoreWHO Says Worst of Pandemic Could Ease This Year if Vaccine Inequities Erased
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If COVID-19 vaccines and medicines are shared equally worldwide, the pandemic could ease this year, a top World Health Organization official said Tuesday.However, if wealthier countries don’t share their re…
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