FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- On Thursday, New York City became the first U.S. city to start offering the monkeypox vaccine to those at high risk for the disease. The announcement follows similar ones issued from the United Kingdom and Can...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling on Friday that overturns the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing a woman's right to abortion."The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion... and the ...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- You might be getting a little unwanted something extra when you buy a CBD product at your local grocers or supplements store, a new study warns.About 60% of CBD products tested in the lab also contain THC (tet...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An expert panel from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine be approved for kids between the ages of 6 and 17.The Advis...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly two-thirds of the world's population has had at least one COVID-19 vaccine, which has prevented nearly 20 million deaths, new research finds.The study from Imperial College London was the first to quant...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than 18 million Americans have now survived cancer, a new report shows.The American Cancer Society (ACS) and the U.S. National Cancer Institute collaborated on the report to estimate cancer prevalence and...
CDC panel recommends Moderna COVID vaccine for kids ages 6 through 17. The vaccine had already received emergency use authorization for this age group from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week. Read moreU.S. cancer survivors now number 18 m...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Now that a COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for kids under age 5, a leading medical group urges parents to discuss it with their health care provider.The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggests that pa...
FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Historically, not much has been recorded on the aging of amphibians and reptiles, unless they live in a zoo. Now, a team of international researchers has changed that in a study that traversed the world. The t...
THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Fifteen percent of U.S. adults had trouble falling asleep most days or every day over the past 30 days, according to a June data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nation...
THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered Juul Labs to pull its electronic cigarettes off the American market."Today's action is further progress on the FDA's commitment to ensuring that all ...
THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory panel on Wednesday voted to recommend that Americans 65 years and older get the new, more potent flu shots because the regular shot does not...
THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Moderna Inc. announced Wednesday that the revamped COVID-19 booster shot it has developed to fight omicron and its subvariants should be ready for public use by August.The company has been making shots of th...
THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Health authorities in Britain, who routinely test sewage samples for the virus that causes polio, declared a "national incident" after evidence of local spread was found in London sewers.No cases have been i...
MIÉRCOLES, 22 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Uno de los peores brotes de meningitis en la historia de EE. UU. ha llevado a las autoridades de salud pública a instar a los hombres gais y bisexuales que viven en Florida, o que planifican visitar a...
MIÉRCOLES, 22 de junio de (HealthDay News) -- Respirar aire contaminado puede conducir a que unas partículas tóxicas entre en el cerebro, y no solo a través de la nariz. Una investigación reciente sugiere que tienen una vía directa a través del torren...
MIÉRCOLES, 22 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Las mujeres no se lo están imaginando cuando ven los estantes casi vacíos en las tiendas: unos problemas con la cadena de suministros global han provocado una escasez de tampones.Los informes en las r...
MIÉRCOLES, 22 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Es una estadística sorprendente: todo el mundo tiene millones de minúsculos ácaros que viven y se reproducen en su piel.Pero no hay que preocuparse: los ácaros cutáneos Demodex folliculorum podrían en...
MIÉRCOLES, 22 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- ¿Podría la forma en que una persona mayor gestiona su dinero ofrecer pistas sobre su riesgo de enfermedad de Alzheimer?Sí, según un nuevo estudio en que participaron docenas de hombres y mujeres mayor...
MIÉRCOLES, 22 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Parece fácil, pero pararse en una pierna durante 10 segundos puede ser más difícil de lo que piensa.Y la capacidad de hacerlo (o no) podría predecir si es más probable que fallezca en la próxima décad...
JUEVES, 23 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los informes mediáticos sobre un brote de viruela del simio quizá parezcan aterradores, pero no hay ninguna necesidad de que la mayoría de las personas tomen medidas especiales para evitar contraer la en...
MIÉRCOLES, 22 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. está a punto de sacar los cigarrillos electrónicos de Juul del mercado estadounidense.La decisión, que sale tras una revisión de dos años...
THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered Juul Labs to pull its e-cigarettes off the American market.“Today’s action is further progress on the FDA’s commitment to ensuring that all e-cigaret...
THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty (R-THA) shows benefits in terms of dislocation rates and related revisions compared with manual total hip arthroplasty (M-THA), according to a study recently published...
THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sex-based gaps still persist in women's participation in drug and device clinical trials, according to a study published in the April issue of Contemporary Clinical Trials.Alexandra Z. Sosinsky, from Brigham...