FDA Expected to Allow Mix n’ Match COVID Vaccines
TUESDAY, Oct. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to announce Wednesday that people can mix and match their COVID vaccines and booster shots, a move that would give health officials more flexibility as they try to …
Learn MoreEPA Plans New Strategy Against PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A new plan to limit pollution from so-called “forever chemicals” will include restricting their release into the environment and speeding cleanup of contaminated sites, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc…
Learn MoreFully Immunized Colin Powell Dies of COVID: Can Vaccines Protect You?
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Colin Powell, the country’s first black Secretary of State who helped shape U.S. foreign policy for decades, died Monday of complications from COVID-19. He was 84.”General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretar…
Learn MoreLegionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Hits Long Island, N.Y.
MONDAY, Oct. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Health officials say they are trying to track down the source of 10 reported cases of Legionnaires’ disease within a one-mile radius in a Long Island, N.Y., neighborhood.The patients range in age from 35 to 96…
Learn MoreFDA Panel Recommends Approval of Johnson & Johnson Booster Shot
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In a unanimous vote, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory panel on Friday recommended that the agency grant emergency use of booster shots of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine.The FDA…
Learn MoreBiden Administration to Invest $100 Million to Ease Health Worker Shortage
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The National Health Service Corps will receive $100 million to help tackle the U.S. health care worker shortage, the White House announced Thursday.That’s a five-fold increase in funding from previous years fo…
Learn MoreBill Clinton Hospitalized for Sepsis
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Former President Bill Clinton has been hospitalized after developing sepsis that was triggered by a urological infection.Sepsis occurs when the body has an extreme response to an infection, and it can be life-…
Learn MoreDespite Pressures of Pandemic, U.S. Nursing School Enrollment Climbs
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Even as large numbers of U.S. nurses leave their jobs due to the stress of the pandemic, there’s been a big uptick in applications to nursing schools, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing says.Enrol…
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