FDA to Prioritize Full Approval for Pfizer COVID Vaccine
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) Pfizer Inc. announced on Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted priority review to its COVID-19 vaccine, positioning the vaccine for full approval by January. The Pfizer vaccine has been administered to more Americans than any other shot so far in […]
It’s BBQ Season, Prime Time for Grill Fires
Latest Prevention & Wellness News SATURDAY, July 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) If you’re not careful, your grilling season could go up in flames, an expert warns. Each year, U.S. fire departments respond to about 5,700 residential barbecue fires, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s U.S. Fire Administration. Those fires result in thousands […]
Make Summer Camp Safe for Your Child With Asthma, Allergies
Latest Asthma News SUNDAY, July 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) With many summer camps open again this year, parents of kids with asthma and allergies need to make sure the one they choose is safe for their youngsters. While federal health officials have issued guidelines to protect campers and staff from COVID-19, “camps still […]
AHA News: How Healthy Is Your Neighborhood? Where You Live Can Greatly Affect Heart, Brain Health
Latest Heart News THURSDAY, July 15, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Liz Harris won’t let anything stop her from walking. Three mornings a week, she descends three flights of stairs and heads to Anacostia Park. It’s a 10-minute walk just to get there. If none of her friends are available, she walks alone. […]
H5N6 Bird Flu Infection Hits China – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 A man in China has been hospitalized with the H5N6 strain of avian flu, which is one of several potentially dangerous strains that can infect humans. The 55-year-old man came down with a fever and tested positive for the virus on July 6. He was […]
Hospitalizations for Teens With Eating Disorders Rose Sharply During Pandemic
Latest Mental Health News TUESDAY, July 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) The pandemic may have triggered yet another burgeoning health problem: New research suggests that more than twice as many young people as is normal were hospitalized with eating disorders in the first 12 months of the COVID-19 surge in the United States. There […]
AHA News: How Technology Is Improving Health Information Access for the Deaf Community
Latest MedicineNet News MONDAY, July 12, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Early in Dr. Michael McKee’s career, one of his patients, who was deaf, died from a heart attack. It led him to study how to prevent it from happening to others. That tragic event might not have happened, he said, if there […]
WHO Calls for Global Registry of Human Genome Editing
Latest MedicineNet News MONDAY, July 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) New recommendations on human genome editing issued by the World Health Organization include a call for a global registry to track “any form of genetic manipulation” and a whistle-blowing process for unethical or unsafe research. The WHO first commissioned the expert advisory panel in […]
AHA News: Born With a Severe Heart Defect, 9-Year-Old Boy Defies All Odds
Latest Heart News FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Twenty weeks into her pregnancy, Hannah Lewis eagerly went to a doctor’s visit expecting to learn the gender of her first child. Only 19, Lewis was excited and nervous about becoming a mother, and thrilled when she learned she was having a […]
U.S. COVID Vaccine Rollout Saved 279,000 Lives: Study
Latest Coronavirus News FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) COVID-19 vaccines have prevented at least 279,000 deaths and 1.25 million hospitalizations in the United States, but the Delta variant poses a significant threat to that progress, researchers say. “The vaccines have been strikingly successful in reducing the spread of the virus and saving […]