On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced it would recommend a COVID-19 vaccine for every American older than 65 years, as it tries to speed up the nation’s vaccine rollout. Health officials also recommended that COVID-19 vaccines be given to all adults with preexisting conditions that make them more vulnerable to […]
Not once in the long months since the pandemic struck has 74-year-old Jean-Francois been able to leave his nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter or sister. In fact, the retired metal worker thinks it’s been two months since he last stuck his nose outside at all, as […]
THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 2020 — The U.S. National Institutes of Health has updated guidelines for treating asthma. The update is the first in 13 years and takes into account new medications and other advances in asthma care. It focuses on treatment tailored for different age groups and severity of disease. […]
(HealthDay)—Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty to three criminal charges linked to the Oxycontin maker’s role in the nation’s opioid epidemic. In a virtual hearing Tuesday with a federal judge in Newark, New Jersey, Purdue admitted that it paid doctors to write more prescriptions for the company’s painkillers and paid an electronic […]
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25, 2020 — Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty to three criminal charges linked to the Oxycontin maker’s role in the nation’s opioid epidemic. In a virtual hearing Tuesday with a federal judge in Newark, New Jersey, Purdue admitted that it paid doctors to write more prescriptions for the company’s […]
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18, 2020 — The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is over, health officials say. Wednesday marks 42 days, or two incubation periods, since the last survivor tested negative for the virus, so the DRC Ministry of Health and World Health Organization officially announced […]
Last week, the Danish government announced plans to cull all farmed mink in the country to prevent spread of the novel coronavirus; now, legislators have dropped this plan, according to news reports. Danish health authorities were initially concerned that a mutated version of SARS-CoV-2 could spread from mink to humans […]
The COVID-19 lockdown led to more than 45,000 cardiac procedures being missed this year, which could have a long-term impact on mortality rates as healthcare providers work to catch up. Researchers from Keele University’s Cardiovascular Research Group, led by Professor Mamas Mamas, have said that the deficit could have a […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than 10 million cases of the new coronavirus have been reported in Europe since it first hit the continent at the beginning of the year, according to an AFP tally based on health authority figures at 1630 GMT. The region, with 52 countries, is now […]
Despite the fact that there is not a UK election scheduled for this year, there is another major election coming up which could, for good reason, be making you feel pretty anxious. We all remember where we were and how we felt when we learned the results of the last […]