Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Large Employers
FRIDAY, Jan. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administration can’t enforce a vaccine-or-testing mandate for large employers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday.The 6-3 decision was driven by the conservative majority on the court.The mandate …
Learn MoreSenate Committee Backs Califf Nomination to Head FDA
FRIDAY, Jan. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The nomination of former U.S. Food and Drug Administration head Dr. Robert Califf to again lead the agency now heads to the full Senate for a vote, after a Senate committee on Thursday voted 13-8 for approval….
Learn MoreWhite House May Soon Offer ‘High-Quality’ Masks to Americans
THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A program to offer high-quality face masks to Americans is being weighed by the Biden administration as a way to help slow the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant.“We’re in the process right n…
Learn MoreU.S. May Soon See Sharp Drop in Omicron Cases, Experts Say
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Omicron surge may have peaked in Britain and could be about to do the same in the United States, experts report.That’s because the COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa in mid-November is so c…
Learn MoreBinaxNOW Test Catches COVID Infection in Many People, Study Shows
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Countering earlier concerns, a real-world study finds that a widely used at-home coronavirus test called BinaxNOW is as effective at detecting Omicron as other COVID-19 variants.The study of Abbot’s rapid a…
Learn MoreWhite House to Give Schools 10 Million Free COVID Tests Every Month
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In an effort to keep kids in classrooms, the White House announced Wednesday that 10 million free coronavirus tests will be provided to schools around the country every month while the wildly contagious Omi…
Learn MorePfizer Says Omicron-Specific Vaccine Ready by March
TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday that a COVID-19 vaccine that specifically targets the Omicron variant will be ready by March.The company has already started making the new version of the vaccine, Pfizer CEO Albert B…
Learn MoreRed Cross Says U.S. Blood Supply at Dangerously Low Level
TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There’s an urgent need for blood donations as the United States’ blood supply drops to one of its lowest levels in over a decade, the America Red Cross said Tuesday.In the past few weeks, blood centers nation…
Learn MoreIn Breakthrough Transplant, Man Receives Genetically Modified Pig Heart
TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In a medical first, doctors from the University of Maryland have implanted the heart of a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man facing the final stages of heart disease.The surgical feat, known as xen…
Learn MoreU.S. COVID Hospitalizations Pass Last Winter’s Peak
TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The United States has passed another grim milestone in the pandemic as the Omicron variant races across the country: COVID hospitalizations have now eclipsed a previous peak, which was seen last January.There…
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