RSV Vaccine Given in Pregnancy to Help Shield Newborns Receives Full U.S. Approval
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Women may soon have a vaccine they can take during a pregnancy to help protect their newborn from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).Following approval one month ago by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, t…
Learn MoreCritical Outcomes in COVID-19 Hospitalizations Decreased Over Time
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From 2021 to 2023, there was a decrease in the proportion of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 who experienced critical outcomes, according to a study published online Aug. 26 in Clinical Infectious Diseases….
Learn MoreEl COVID de hoy se parece cada vez más a un resfriado o gripe
VIERNES, 22 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los síntomas de una infección leve por el virus SARS-COV2 han cambiado esta temporada y ahora son más similares a los de las alergias y el resfriado común, dicen los médicos.Muchas personas con COV…
Learn MoreEstados Unidos reanuda el programa gratuito de pruebas de COVID
VIERNES, 22 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los estadounidenses podrán volver a obtener pruebas gratuitas de COVID-19 para hacer en casa.El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE. UU. (HHS, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció el miérc…
Learn MoreMany Americans Frustrated in Search for Low-Cost COVID Boosters
FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans seeking out the new COVID boosters are finding themselves held back by insurance entanglements and supply delays.Some insurers have balked at covering the vaccines, with people arriving at shot appo…
Learn MoreU.S. Resumes Free COVID-19 Test Program
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans will once again be able to get free at-home COVID-19 tests.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Wednesday that it will spend $600 million to buy and offer the tests, p…
La mayoría de las infecciones hospitalarias por Clostridium Difficile no se transmiten entre pacientes
JUEVES, 21 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Una infección mortal asociada con la hospitalización podría no ser culpa del hospital, sino surgir de los propios pacientes, sugiere un nuevo estudio.La infección causada por la bacteria Clostridium…
Learn MoreRatas transmiten un parásito capaz de ocasionar enfermedades cerebrales
Jueves, 21 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Se ha descubierto que las ratas marrones encontradas y analizadas cerca de Atlanta ahora portan el gusano pulmonar de rata, informan los investigadores.Es un parásito que puede desencadenar una peli…
Learn MoreToday’s COVID Is Increasingly Looking Like a Cold or Flu
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Symptoms of mild COVID-19 infection have shifted this season, and now are more akin to those of allergies and the common cold, doctors say.Many people with COVID-19 now are presenting with upper respiratory…
Learn MoreFluticasone Furoate Does Not Cut Time to COVID-19 Symptom Resolution
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For outpatients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, inhaled fluticasone furoate does not shorten time to symptom resolution, according to a study published in the Sept. 21 issue of the New England Journal of Me…
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