U.S. to Spend $3.2 Billion to Help Develop Antiviral Pills for COVID
Latest Coronavirus News By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) After spending billions to speed the creation of COVID-19 vaccines, the United States said Thursday that it will now devote $3.2 billion to the development of antiviral pills that could stop the new coronavirus before it […]
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 […]
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 […]
Are Antiviral Drugs Effective Against Monkeypox? – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2022 Up until recently monkeypox infection outside of Africa was rare, but a look back at seven cases occurring in Britain over the past few years gives hints at what drugs work to fight the disease — and which don’t. The need to […]
Deadly COVID ‘Black Fungus’ Mucormycosis Hits U.S. – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 It’s a phenomenon first identified in India earlier this year: Patients who have or are recovering from COVID-19 who then contract a sometimes deadly fungal infection known as mucormycosis — also known as “black fungus.” Now, the U.S. Centers for Disease […]
Deadly COVID ‘Black Fungus’ Mucormycosis Hits U.S. – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 17, 2021 It’s a phenomenon first identified in India earlier this year: Patients who have or are recovering from COVID-19 who then contract a sometimes deadly fungal infection known as mucormycosis — also known as “black fungus.” Now, the U.S. Centers for Disease […]
CDC Panel Advises That Other Vaccines Be Preferred Over J&J Shot
Latest Coronavirus News By Ernie Mundell and Robert Preidt and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters THURSDAY, Dec. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) Following continued reports of a rare but life-threatening clotting condition linked to the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, a federal advisory panel on Thursday recommended that the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna shots be the […]
U.S. Fentanyl Deaths Soaring, Especially in West
Latest Mental Health News By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15, 2021 Synthetic forms of the potentially lethal opioid fentanyl are flooding the illicit drug market, leaving a soaring number of fatal overdoses in their wake, a new U.S. report finds. The latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]