Unos expertos crean una lista de síntomas para ayudar a definir la COVID prolongada
JUEVES, 25 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Unos investigadores desarrollaron una definición y una lista de síntomas de la COVID prolongada, basándose en los hallazgos iniciales de un estudio de casi 10,000 estadounidenses. El estudio identificó un…
Learn MoreAllowing Bedside Nurses to Order C. Difficile Testing Cuts Time to Results
FRIDAY, May 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Allowing bedside nurses to independently order stool testing for Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) significantly decreases the amount of time to receive test results versus requiring physician approval, a…
Learn MoreCould Microbiome Changes Explain Rise in Colon Cancer Among the Young?
FRIDAY, May 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — With colon cancer on the rise among younger Americans, researchers are working to figure out why.A new study suggests the microbiome — the community of microorganisms in the body — may play a role. “Younger peo…
Learn More71 Percent of Mpox Cases Occurred in Large Central Urban Areas
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — About 71 percent of cases of mpox occurred among persons residing in large central urban areas, and 95.7 percent of these cases occurred in cisgender men, according to research published in the May 26 issue …
Learn MoreFDA Grants Full Approval to Paxlovid to Treat COVID-19
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans with COVID-19 have been taking Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets, copackaged for oral use) since it was approved under emergency use in late 2021. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Ad…
Learn MoreMore Mpox Cases Reported as Health Officials Fear a Summer Resurgence
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials are bracing for the possibility that mpox could surge again this summer as cases mount in several states.On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 21 more…
Learn MoreMore Mpox Cases Reported as Health Officials Fear a Summer Resurgence
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials are bracing for the possibility that mpox could surge again this summer as cases mount in several states.On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 21 more…
Learn MoreVinculan las infecciones con salmonela en 6 estados con masa de galletas cruda de Papa Murphy’s
MIÉRCOLES, 24 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — El martes, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU. advirtieron que un brote de salmonela en 18 personas de seis estados se ha vinculado con masa de galletas cruda d…
Learn MoreExperts Devise Symptom Checklist to Help Define Long COVID
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have developed a definition and symptom checklist for long COVID, based on initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans.The study identified a set of 12 long-term symptoms that can occ…
Learn MoreFDA Grants Full Approval to Paxlovid to Treat COVID-19
THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans with COVID-19 have been taking Paxlovid since it was approved under emergency use in late 2021. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to the drug.This approval will allo…
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