Health Highlights: Aug. 22, 2022
There’s a big gap in life expectancy between states. People in Hawaii now live 9 years longer, on average, than folks in Mississippi, new data shows. Read moreUse of pot, hallucinogens soaring among young Americans. Online surveys show that, compared …
Learn MoreDogs Do Cry When Reunited With Owners
TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Humans and dogs undoubtedly share a powerful bond, but can dogs cry when overcome with emotion? According to a recent study, possibly the first to try to answer that question, canine’s eyes do indeed well up …
Learn MoreDrop Seen in Transplantation in 2020 With COVID-19 Pandemic
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a decrease in transplantation in 2020, according to a study published in the July 1 issue of the American Journal of Surgery.Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, M.D., from the Un…
Learn MoreDr. Anthony Fauci Will Step Down in December
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Anthony Fauci, M.D., who has advised seven presidents and spent more than five decades at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, will step down in December to “pursue the next chapter” of his career, he ann…
Learn MoreFDA Approves First Cell-Based Gene Therapy for Beta-Thalassemia
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Zynteglo (betibeglogene autotemcel), the first cell-based gene therapy for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with beta-thalassemia who require r…
Learn MoreWendy’s Pulls Lettuce From Sandwiches Over Possible Link to E. Coli Outbreak
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Amid an Escherichia coli outbreak that has sickened at least 37 people in four states, the Wendy’s fast food chain has removed romaine lettuce from its sandwiches in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
“A sp…
Learn MoreFirst Lady Jill Biden Leaves Isolation After Testing Negative for COVID-19 Twice
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — After testing positive for COVID-19 last week, First Lady Jill Biden left isolation on Sunday following two negative test results.
She had been isolating on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, where she had tes…
Learn MorePfizer Asks FDA to Approve Omicron-Specific Booster Shot
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. said Monday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of an updated booster shot that targets several versions of the omicron variant.Animal studies show …
Learn MoreEosinophil Count May Be Useful as Prognostic Factor for HIV-Positive SCC
In anal HPV-positive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), eosinophil count could be useful as a prognostic factor. In a study of 472 patients, low eosinophil count (
Learn MorePfizer Asks FDA to Approve Omicron-Specific Booster Shot
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer Inc. said Monday that it has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the emergency use of an updated booster shot that targets several versions of the Omicron variant.Animal studies show…
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