COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Lower Among Adults With Vision, Hearing Disability
FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccine initiation is lower among adults with vision or hearing disabilities compared with adults without disabilities, according to a study published online Aug. 11 in JAMA Ophthalmology.Kea Turner, …
Learn MoreThree At-Home COVID Tests Needed to Confirm Negative Result, FDA Says
FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People who test at home after being exposed to COVID-19 should take the test three, not two, times to make sure they’re not infected, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.In issuing its new safe…
Learn More1 in 4 Kids Hospitalized With COVID Have Symptoms Months Later
FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than a quarter of kids hospitalized with COVID-19 or a complication called multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) continue to have health problems more than two months later, a new study finds.A follow…
Learn MoreCDC Eases COVID-19 Social Distancing Guidance
THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it has loosened its COVID-19 social distancing recommendations as the American public learns to live with the virus in its midst. The new gui…
Learn MoreSurvival Benefit Seen With Triple Therapy for Severe COVID-19
THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with severe COVID-19 requiring high flow nasal cannula (HFNC), triple therapy of dexamethasone, remdesivir, and baricitinib is associated with significant survival benefit compared with dual t…
Learn MoreCDC IDs Two Outbreaks of GI Illness Linked to Splash Pad Use
THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Details of two outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness associated with splash pad use in a park in Kansas in June 2021 are presented in the Aug. 5 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention M…
Learn MoreLa infección con la hepatitis C puede matar, pero menos de un tercio de los pacientes se tratan
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Menos de un tercio de las personas con hepatitis C reciben tratamiento para esta infección, que es potencialmente letal, pero curable, en un plazo de un año tras su diagnóstico, advierte un nuevo inf…
Learn MoreLa mayoría de los pacientes con COVID que pierden el olfato lo han recuperado a los dos años
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Uno de los síntomas más alarmantes de la COVID-19 ha sido la pérdida repentina del sentido del gusto y el olfato.Algo preocupante es que algunas personas no recuperan estos sentidos tras superar la i…
Learn MoreLa FDA estira el suministro de vacuna contra la viruela del simio al autorizar dosis más bajas
MIÉRCOLES, 10 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay) — Mientras los estadounidenses en riesgo hacen largas colas en todo el país, para intentar obtener la vacuna Jynneos contra la viruela del simio, el martes las autoridades de EE. UU. anunciaron que modifica…
Learn MoreCDC Eases COVID Social Distancing Guidance
THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it has loosened its COVID-19 social distancing recommendations as the American public learns to live with the virus in its midst.“We’re in a …
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