WHO Experts to Decide if Monkeypox Is a Global Emergency
WEDNESDAY, June 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An emergency committee of independent experts will meet next week to determine whether the growing monkeypox outbreak that’s spread to dozens of countries should be declared an international health emergenc…
Learn MoreFDA Advisors Back Moderna Shot for Older Children, Teens
WEDNESDAY, June 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory panel voted unanimously on Tuesday to recommend the agency approve the emergency use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 6 to 17.Despite t…
Learn MoreFDA Approves First Pill to Treat Severe Alopecia
TUESDAY, June 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The first pill to treat adults with severe alopecia was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday.Olumiant (baricitinib) is the first FDA-approved alopecia therapy that treats the entire bo…
Learn MorePfizer, Moderna COVID Shots Work for Kids Under 5, FDA Says
MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Antibody levels suggest that three doses of Pfizer’s pediatric COVID vaccine help guard children under 5 against infection, a new analysis from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows.It was posted online…
Learn MoreMillions of COVID Shots Ready for Kids Under 5: White House
FRIDAY, June 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pharmacies and states have ordered millions of doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines for children younger than 5 in advance of possible U.S. authorization of the shots next week, the Biden administrat…
Learn MoreTwo New Omicron Subvariants Gain Ground in U.S.
THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are spreading rapidly in the United States, but it’s not yet clear if they’ll trigger a new wave of infections or a surge in hospitalizations and deaths, experts say.The …
Learn MoreFDA Advisors Back Novavax COVID Shot
WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory panel on Tuesday recommended that Novavax’s COVID-19 shots be added to the vaccine arsenal that Americans have at their disposal.Twenty-one panel members …
Learn MoreAbbott Baby Formula Plant Tied to Shortage Reopens
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Production has resumed at the Michigan infant formula plant forced to close in February over product contamination and safety lapses, but it will take about three weeks before new formula from the plant makes i…
Learn MoreAmid Shortage, More Infant Formula to Arrive in US Next Week
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Shipments of infant formula from Australia and the U.K. are expected to arrive in the United States next week as part of the Biden administration’s ongoing effort to ease a nationwide shortage of formula.Unde…
Learn MoreMonkeypox Not the Next Pandemic, WHO Expert Says
TUESDAY, May 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The hundreds of cases of monkeypox being reported worldwide likely won’t turn into a pandemic, but much remains unknown about the disease, the World Health Organization’s top expert on the illness said Monday….
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