COVID Boosters Targeted to Latest Variants Could Be Ready After Labor Day
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Biden Administration plans to roll out updated booster shots that target Omicron variants shortly after Labor Day, in an effort to protect Americans against a possible winter surge in COVID-19 cases.Dr….
Learn MorePfizer COVID Shots 73% Protective in Kids Under 5
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer’s modified COVID-19 vaccine for use in children under 5 was 73% effective in shielding them from infection during the Omicron surge this spring, company data released Tuesday shows.The specially form…
Learn MoreWendy’s retira la lechuga de los sándwiches por un posible vínculo con un brote de E. coli
LUNES, 22 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — En medio de un brote de E. coli que ha enfermado a al menos 37 personas en cuatro estados, la cadena de comida rápida Wendy’s ha retirado la lechuga romana de sus sándwiches en Michigan, Ohio y Pensilvan…
Learn MoreLa Primera Dama Jill Biden sale del aislamiento tras dos pruebas negativas de COVID
LUNES, 22 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Después de dar positivo de COVID-19 la semana pasada, la Primera Dama Jill Biden salió el aislamiento el domingo, tras resultados negativos en dos pruebas.Había estado en aislamiento en Kiawah Island, Ca…
Learn MoreCOVID Virus’ Incubation Time Gets Shorter With Each New Variant
TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you get infected with COVID-19, the time from infection to possible onset of symptoms — the incubation period — is significantly shorter now than it was at the beginning of the pandemic, new research sho…
Learn MoreDr. Anthony Fauci Will Step Down in December
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Anthony Fauci, M.D., who has advised seven presidents and spent more than five decades at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, will step down in December to “pursue the next chapter” of his career, he ann…
Learn MoreBlood Biomarker Linked to Incident VTE in COVID-19 Patients
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Higher levels of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) are associated with incident venous thromboembolism (VTE) among patients hospitalized for COVID-19, regardless of D-dimer levels, acc…
Learn MoreWendy’s Pulls Lettuce From Sandwiches Over Possible Link to E. Coli Outbreak
MONDAY, Aug 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) – – Amid an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 37 people in four states, the Wendy’s fast food chain has removed romaine lettuce from its sandwiches in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.”A specific food has…
Learn MoreFirst Lady Jill Biden Leaves Isolation After Testing Negative for COVID Twice
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — After testing positive for COVID-19 last week, First Lady Jill Biden left isolation on Sunday following two negative test results.She had been isolating on Kiawah Island, S.C., where she had tested positive wh…
Learn More‘Brain-Eating Amoeba’ May Have Caused Nebraska Child’s Death
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The death of a child in Nebraska was likely caused by an infection with a “brain-eating amoeba” that occurred after the child swam in a local river, state health officials announced this week.In a news release…
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