Pfizer to Ship Smaller Packages of COVID Vaccine to Cut Waste, Boost Uptake
FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Smaller packages of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine that could be available this fall might improve vaccine access and reduce the number of wasted doses, government documents show.The Pfizer vaccine has been avai…
Learn MoreHuge Study Shows Masks Do Indeed Limit Coronavirus Spread
FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A new, huge study provides real-world proof that mask-wearing limits the spread of the coronavirus.”I think this should basically end any scientific debate about whether masks can be effective in combating COV…
Learn MoreOxycontin Maker Purdue Dissolved, Family to Pay $4.5 Billion in Bankruptcy Settlement
THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Purdue Pharma was dissolved on Wednesday and the Sackler family will pay $4.5 billion under a bankruptcy settlement that will end thousands of lawsuits brought against the company over the United States’ opi…
Learn More15 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Wasted in U.S. Since March 1
THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — At least 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been thrown away in the United States since March 1, government data shows.That’s a far greater amount than previously known, but it is still just a small …
Learn MoreTwo Top Officials in FDA’s Vaccine Review Office to Retire
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Two senior leaders in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine review office are stepping down, but their departures won’t slow efforts to combat the pandemic, the agency said Tuesday.”We are confide…
Learn MoreUnvaccinated Should Not Travel This Labor Day Weekend: CDC
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Unvaccinated Americans should stay home during the holiday weekend as COVID-19 cases surge due to the highly contagious Delta variant, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tu…
Learn MoreAnother HIV Vaccine Trial Canceled Due to Poor Results
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Another trial of an experimental HIV vaccine has been halted after researchers concluded the vaccine provided only limited protection.The trial in five sub-Saharan African countries was launched in 2017 to …
Learn MoreTwo Women Charged in Fake COVID Vaccination Card Scam
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A woman who calls herself AntiVaxMomma on social media faces a number of charges for selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, New York prosecutors said Tuesday.They allege that Jasmine Clifford, of Lyndhurs…
Learn MoreToxic Leaded Gasoline Is Finished Globally
TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Algeria recently became the last country in the world to halt sales of highly toxic leaded gasoline, the U.N. Environment Agency (UNEP) said Monday.The agency said that marked the “official end” of the use of…
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