FDA Approves Omicron-Specific Booster Shots From Pfizer, Moderna
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday gave the green light to updated COVID booster shots from both Pfizer and Moderna that target Omicron variants, paving the way for the shots to get into Ame…
Learn MoreU.S. Life Expectancy Fell by Nearly 1 Year in 2021 Due to Pandemic
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Life expectancy in the United States dropped for the second straight year, government health officials reported Wednesday.The decline from 77 years in 2020 to 76.1 years in 2021 puts U.S. life expectancy at…
Learn MoreSARS-CoV-2 mAbs Continued to Be Used After FDA Deauthorization
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 158,000 doses of two anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), bamlanivimab-etesevimab and casirivimab-imdevimab, were administered in early 2022, despite de…
Learn MoreDuration of Infectiousness Examined in COVID-19 Cases
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Twenty percent of COVID-19 cases shed infectious virus before symptom onset, according to a study published online Aug. 18 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
Seran Hakki, Ph.D., from Imperial College Londo…
Learn MoreMiles de pacientes de EE. UU. recibieron unos tratamientos para la COVID que la FDA rechazó por inútiles
LUNES, 29 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los médicos de EE. UU. administraron más de 150,000 dosis de tratamientos de anticuerpos monoclonales inútiles a pacientes con COVID-19 a principios del año, gastando mucho dinero en terapias que se ha d…
Learn MoreSchool-Aged Children Can Self-Swab for COVID-19 Testing
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) detection in nasal swabs that are self-collected by school-aged children and adolescents shows high agreement with results collected by health care…
Learn MoreCOVID Vaccine Won’t Raise Stroke Risk
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccines do not increase your risk for stroke, new research shows, but severe COVID infection does, and experts hope the finding will ease the concerns of those who are hesitant to get the shot.“We n…
Learn MoreHospitalization Rates Up During Omicron BA.2 Predominance
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Hospitalization rates were high during the omicron BA-2-predominant period and were highest among unvaccinated adults, according to research published in the Aug. 26 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Co…
Learn MoreBiden Administration Will Stop Sending Out Free COVID-19 Tests on Friday
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The days of getting free COVID-19 tests by mail are drawing to a close.The Biden administration plans to stop sending test kits to Americans on Sept. 2 in order to reserve remaining tests for a fall surge. Lac…
Learn MoreHasta 4 millones de estadounidenses no trabajan debido a la COVID prolongada
VIERNES, 26 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Otro ejemplo de la carga financiera que el nuevo coronavirus ha supuesto durante la pandemia: un nuevo informe estima que hasta 4 millones de estadounidenses no están trabajando debido a la COVID prolo…
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