La fluticasona, un medicamento para el asma, fracasa como tratamiento potencial para la COVID
JUEVES, 14 de julio de 2022 (HealthDay News) — El furoato de fluticasona, un medicamento para el asma, es otro fármaco que no funciona contra la COVID-19 de leve a moderada, encuentra un nuevo estudio.”No hubo evidencias de mejoras en el tiempo hasta…
Learn MoreAs Monkeypox Cases Spike, U.S. Orders More Vaccine, Boosts Testing
FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — With monkeypox cases continuing to climb in the United States, federal health officials said Friday they have ordered another 2.5 million doses of monkeypox vaccine and boosted national testing capacity to res…
Learn MoreCDC Warns of Dangerous Virus Infecting Babies in Multiple States
FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A virus dangerous to infants is spreading across the United States, and parents and pediatricians should be on the lookout for symptoms, federal health officials say.Parechovirus has caused at least one infant…
Learn MoreWHO Guideline Advises Against Fluvoxamine, Colchicine for COVID-19
FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Fluvoxamine and colchicine are not recommended for nonsevere COVID-19, according to the 11th version of the World Health Organization living guideline on drugs for COVID-19 published online July 13 in The BMJ….
Learn More25 Million Kids Missed Routine Vaccinations Worldwide in 2021
FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Roughly 25 million children around the world missed critical vaccinations during 2021, as the pandemic continued to disrupt routine medical care, a new report from the World Health Organization and UNICEF show…
Learn MoreDon’t Use Luvox, Colchicine to Fight COVID, WHO Experts Say
FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People shouldn’t take the drugs colchicine and fluvoxamine to treat mild to moderate COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning.The antidepressant drug fluvoxamine (Luvox) and the gout drug colch…
Learn MoreFDA Approves Emergency Use of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine
THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Unvaccinated Americans should soon have a fourth COVID-19 vaccine option.On Wednesday, the Novavax offering was the latest to receive emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A…
Learn MoreDemand for Monkeypox Vaccine Overwhelms U.S. Cities
THURSDAY, July, 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As monkeypox cases continue to climb worldwide, demands for vaccines to combat the virus are crashing the vaccine appointment system in New York City.The city of more than 8 million people has been running …
Learn MoreAsthma Drug Fluticasone Fails as Potential COVID-19 Treatment
THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The asthma drug fluticasone furoate is yet another medication that does not work for mild-to-moderate COVID-19, a new study finds. The study was published online July 13 in medRxiv, which publishes studies b…
Learn MoreFlorida Company Recalls All Ice Cream Products Over Possible Listeria Contamination
THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Big Olaf Creamery said Wednesday that it is recalling all flavors and all lots of Big Olaf brand ice cream products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.While health…
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