Apr 23, 2021

Continued monitoring is critical, officials say Preliminary data from a U.S. CDC Covid-19 mRNA vaccine safety study show no obvious safety signals in close to 36,000 women vaccinated during pregnancy...

Apr 23, 2021

International study confirms link to worse outcomes Having Covid-19 during pregnancy was associated with worse outcomes, such as maternal mortality, preeclampsia, and preterm birth, in an internati...

Apr 23, 2021

Phase III trial confirms vaccine efficacy and outlines adverse event profile As prospects for the Ad26.COV2.S single-shot Covid-19 vaccine remain uncertain in the United States, peer-reviewed data fr...

Apr 23, 2021

In early April, YouTube took down a video featuring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a group of controversial scientists at a March 18 coronavirus roundtable. The online video platform, owned by Google, ...

Apr 23, 2021

Facing a yearlong siege from the coronavirus, the defenses in another, older war are faltering. This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for free. For the ...

Apr 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, April 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are detectable in the breast milk of lactating women up to 80 days following CO...

Apr 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, April 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Sex disparities in COVID-19 mortality do not hold across racial groups, according to a study published online April 5 in the Journal of General Internal M...

Apr 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, April 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Since the first COVID-19 vaccine was approved in December, millions of Americans have eagerly sought to find and receive one. But a new report reveals tha...

Apr 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, April 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Improper disinfection and not following contamination prevention protocols are among the nine violations found by U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspec...

Apr 22, 2021

Angiography finds no culprit vessel in 20% of STEMI-Covid 19 cases Although patients whose ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is complicated by a diagnosis of Covid-19 should be consi...

Apr 22, 2021

Agency cites unsanitary conditions, lack of training in plant responsible for contaminating J&J vax doses The FDA released findings from their inspection of a Baltimore manufacturing plant resp...

Apr 22, 2021

Robin Hauser, a pediatrician in Tampa, Florida, got covid in February. What separates her from the vast majority of the tens of millions of other Americans who have come down with the virus is this: S...

Apr 21, 2021

TUESDAY, April 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A warning about a possible link to rare blood clots should be added to the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, the European Union (E...

Apr 21, 2021

TUESDAY, April 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As of Monday, every American aged 16 years or older in all 50 states is now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, meeting President Joe Biden's promise ...

Apr 21, 2021

TUESDAY, April 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There is a low risk for surface transmission of the new coronavirus and continuously disinfecting surfaces may do more harm than good, according to updated ...

Apr 21, 2021

Monocloncal antibody can no longer be administered solo The FDA revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) that authorized bamlanivimab, a monoclonal antibody, to be used alone to treat adults a...

Apr 21, 2021

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. The effort to vaccinate Americans against covid-19 took a hit this week. The Centers for Disease Control...

Apr 21, 2021

An estimated 10% to 30% of people who get covid-19 suffer from lingering symptoms of the disease, or what’s known as “long covid.” This story is part...

Apr 21, 2021

More than 120 million Americans have joined arguably the most sought-after club on Earth: those immunized against the coronavirus. Fully vaccinated people were given the green light in March by the Ce...

Apr 20, 2021

MONDAY, April 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), stroke is not a common complication, according to a study presented at the annual meeti...