U.S. Opioid Prescriptions Are Declining
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) The United States has an opioid epidemic, but there’s one bright spot in the fight against it: Prescriptions for these addictive drugs have declined for patients with private insurance. Amid guidelines over the past decade from governments, health systems and insurers aimed at reducing opioid […]
TPOXX Is the Only Monkeypox Treatment — If You Can Get It – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 What if a rare viral illness with the potential to cause excruciating pain was in fact treatable, but the only drug for that use was nearly impossible to get, despite being in plentiful supply? That is precisely the dilemma now confronting thousands […]
FDA Stretches Monkeypox Vaccine Supply by Authorizing Smaller Doses – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 As at-risk Americans stand in long lines across the country, trying to get the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, U.S. officials on Tuesday announced they will modify dosing instructions for the shot to help stretch the supply. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said […]
Men More Prone to Cancer Than Women, But Why? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Cancer News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 Men are known to be more likely to develop cancer than women, and a new study suggests that this is largely due to biologic differences between the sexes. “After controlling for factors like smoking, alcohol use, diet, physical activity and common medical conditions […]
Biden to Sign Bill That Helps Veterans Exposed to Toxic Burn Pits
Latest Cancer News WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) President Biden was poised on Wednesday to sign a bill that expands health care benefits for U.S. veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Known as the PACT Act, the legislation is the biggest expansion of veterans’ health care and benefits in more than 30 years, the […]
Most Older, Vaccinated Americans Say They’ll Get Updated Booster in Fall: Poll
Latest Coronavirus News WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) Most older U.S. adults are prepared to roll up their sleeves to get an updated COVID-19 booster shot once one becomes available, a new poll shows. About 3 in 5 (61%) people over 50 who have gotten at least one dose of COVID vaccine say they […]
Climate Change Making 218 Infectious Diseases Even Worse
Latest Infectious Disease News TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) Flooding, heat waves and drought have made 58% of infectious diseases worse, a new analysis claims. For the review of previous studies, published Aug. 8 in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers found that 218 of the known 375 infectious diseases have been made worse […]
FDA Stretches Monkeypox Vaccine Supply by Authorizing Smaller Doses – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 As at-risk Americans stand in long lines across the country, trying to get the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, U.S. officials on Tuesday announced they will modify dosing instructions for the shot to help stretch the supply. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said […]
FDA Stretches Monkeypox Vaccine Supply by Authorizing Smaller Doses – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 As at-risk Americans stand in long lines across the country, trying to get the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, U.S. officials on Tuesday announced they will modify dosing instructions for the shot to help stretch the supply. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said […]
Hepatitis C Infection Can Kill, But Less Than a Third of Patients Get Treatment
Latest Digestion News By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) Less than one-third of people with hepatitis C get treatment for this potentially deadly, but curable, infection within a year of their diagnosis, a new government report warns. Spread by contact with blood from an infected person, hepatitis […]