May 10, 2021

FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It is likely that the United States will achieve President Joe Biden's target of having at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of 70 percent of a...

May 10, 2021

FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of oncology patients are experiencing loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they report higher symptom severity scores for all symptoms ev...

May 10, 2021

CDC director calls projections ’very good news’ Covid-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. could sharply decline in the coming months if the rate of new vaccinations remains high and appropriate inf...

May 10, 2021

Tobin’s pharmacy and department store had already stocked its shelves with Easter and Mother’s Day items last spring, and the staff had just placed the Christmas orders. The shop in Oconom...

May 07, 2021

THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine has lower efficacy among patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and induces lower neutralizing antibody responses...

May 07, 2021

THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it will support a controversial proposal to waive patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines. The United...

May 07, 2021

THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Emergency use authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be given to children ages 2 to 11 years could be sought from the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat...

May 07, 2021

THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- To prevent surges in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, high vaccination rates and compliance with nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are neede...

May 07, 2021

Vaccination proved highly effective in all vaccine eligible age groups The mRNA Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, BNT162b2, showed efficacy similar to that reported in clinical trials in real-world...

May 07, 2021

Early study findings suggest cross-protection against escape variant The novel recombinant SARS-CoV-2 nanoparticle vaccine NVX-CoV2373 showed efficacy in preventing symptomatic Covid-19 during an out...

May 06, 2021

TUESDAY, May 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for severe COVID-19 leading to hospital admission and death is increased at a body mass index (BMI) of more than 23 kg/m2, according to a study publis...

May 06, 2021

TUESDAY, May 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Shops, restaurants, theaters, and other businesses in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut will be allowed to operate at full capacity starting May 19 as long...

May 06, 2021

WEDNESDAY, May 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty percent of patients on hemodialysis are hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study published online April 29 in the Journal of the...

May 06, 2021

WEDNESDAY, May 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The absolute deficit in screening associated with the COVID-19 pandemic is estimated at 3.9, 3.8, and 1.6 million for breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer...

May 06, 2021

WEDNESDAY, May 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by Canadian health officials for use in children ages 12 to 15 years. It was already authorized for anyone 16 y...

May 06, 2021

WEDNESDAY, May 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 and the associated end of in-person instruction correlated with worse psychological well-being for children, according to a study published online A...

May 06, 2021

Novavax joins other Covid-19 manufacturers in garnering unique CPT codes The American Medical Association (AMA) announced that is has updated its Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set to incl...

May 06, 2021

Manufacturer expects to file for full vaccine approval by the end of May The FDA is expected to expand the emergency use authorization (EUA) for Pfizer/BioNTech’s mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine to...

May 06, 2021

After spending much of the past year tending to elderly patients, doctors are seeing a clear demographic shift: young and middle-aged adults make up a growing share of the patients in covid-19 hospita...

May 05, 2021

U.K. study suggests staying the course with diabetes drugs in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients Patients with type 2 diabetes who get Covid-19 should stay on their diabetes medications, although different...