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08 Nov

Simple Swab Test Helps Identify Severe Cases of RSV, New Study Finds

A nasal swab test helps researchers identify which children may require more time in the ICU to recover from RSV.

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29 Mar
WHO Experts Say Healthy Kids, Teens May Not Need More COVID Shots

WHO Experts Say Healthy Kids, Teens May Not Need More COVID Shots

New advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) says healthy children and teens may not need additional COVID-19 shots, though they may need to catch up on other routine vaccines.

“The public health impact of vaccinating healthy children and adolescents is comparat...

29 Mar
Scientists Get Closer to Understanding 'Hidden' HIV

Scientists Get Closer to Understanding 'Hidden' HIV

Researchers are closing in on another immune system “hideout” that HIV uses to persist in the human body for years.

A subset of white blood cells called myeloid cells can harbor HIV in people who’ve been virally suppressed for years, according to a new small-scale ...

27 Mar
COVID in Pregnancy Might Raise Odds for Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Sons: Study

COVID in Pregnancy Might Raise Odds for Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Sons: Study

Boys born to women who had COVID-19 during pregnancy may be at risk for developmental delays, a new study suggests.

Delays in speech and motor function were the most commonly diagnosed conditions in these children at 12 months. They were seen in boys but not in girls, th...

14 Mar
U.S. Effort to Fight HIV Worldwide Has Brought Lifesaving Treatment to Millions

U.S. Effort to Fight HIV Worldwide Has Brought Lifesaving Treatment to Millions

Since it began in 2004, a global effort led by the United States to combat HIV has dramatically increased the number of people it helps, a new government report shows.

In its report, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the number of people ...

08 Mar
COVID Raises Odds for Long-Term Gastro Problems

COVID Raises Odds for Long-Term Gastro Problems

Add gastrointestinal problems to the long list of lingering conditions that can follow COVID-19.

New research has found that people who have had COVID-19 are at an increased risk of gastroin...

07 Mar
Highlighting Link Between Flu & Heart Trouble Can Nudge Folks to Get Vaccine

Highlighting Link Between Flu & Heart Trouble Can Nudge Folks to Get Vaccine

Flu kills more than 500,000 people globally each year and leads to heart problems for many others. Publicizing those potential cardiac ills may spur folks to get their annual flu vaccine, researchers say.

Danish researchers who studied vaccination messaging methods said ...

02 Mar
COVID Lockdowns Linked to Decline in Premature Births

COVID Lockdowns Linked to Decline in Premature Births

Premature births dropped during lockdowns in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A groundbreaking study, which included a group of mostly high-income countries — including the Unit...

02 Mar
Long COVID Patients Show Lower Levels of Brain Oxygen

Long COVID Patients Show Lower Levels of Brain Oxygen

People who have long COVID — lingering symptoms after a COVID-19 infection — may also have lower brain oxygen levels, cognitive problems and psychiatric troubles, such as anxiety and depression.

Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada and Drexel Univers...

02 Mar
Is an Allergy to a COVID Vaccine Always Real? Placebo Trial Casts Doubt

Is an Allergy to a COVID Vaccine Always Real? Placebo Trial Casts Doubt

THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay) -- Allergic reactions to the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccines are very rare, and a new study questions whether many of those that do occur are even real.

In a small new study of 16 people who said they'd experienced an allergic reactio...

02 Mar
FDA Panel Backs Second RSV Vaccine for Older Americans

FDA Panel Backs Second RSV Vaccine for Older Americans

Following hours of discussion over safety concerns, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Wednesday recommended approval of a second RSV vaccine, this one made by GlaxoSmithKline, for use in Americans ages 60 and older.

The panel's recommendation was base...

01 Mar
FDA Panel Backs Pfizer's RSV Vaccine for Older Americans

FDA Panel Backs Pfizer's RSV Vaccine for Older Americans

In a tight vote, U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisors on Tuesday recommended the approval of an RSV vaccine that could be used in Americans ages 60 and up.

The vaccine, known as RENOIR, was developed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. The same panel of advisors w...

23 Feb
Heart Risks Rise in People With Long COVID

Heart Risks Rise in People With Long COVID

Having the lingering symptoms known as long COVID after a COVID-19 infection more than doubles the risk of developing new heart symptoms, according to new research.

“COVID-19 is more than a simple respiratory disease — it is a syndrome that can affect the heart,” ...

21 Feb
Even Mild COVID Might Change Your Brain

Even Mild COVID Might Change Your Brain

People who are experiencing anxiety and depression months after a mild case of COVID-19 may have changes affecting the structure and function of their brains, Brazilian researchers report.

“There is still much to learn about long COVID, which includes a wide range of h...

20 Feb
COVID Vaccine Bonus: Lower Heart Attack Risk If You Get Infected

COVID Vaccine Bonus: Lower Heart Attack Risk If You Get Infected

A COVID-19 shot may protect a person from more than the virus alone, new research suggests.

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City linked vaccination with fewer heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular issues among people who...

16 Feb
Two Vaccines May Soon Shield Seniors Against RSV

Two Vaccines May Soon Shield Seniors Against RSV

Older people have vaccines available to prevent severe influenza and COVID-19, but there’s been nothing to protect against the third respiratory virus that contributed to this season’s wretched “triple-demic.”

Until now.

Two major pharmaceutical companies p...

15 Feb
Many Face Months of Lingering Symptoms After COVID Hospital Discharge

Many Face Months of Lingering Symptoms After COVID Hospital Discharge

Most people hospitalized for COVID-19 are taking months to bounce back, a new study confirms.

More than 70% of patients reported experiencing lingering symptoms, including coughing, rapid or irregular heartbeat and breathlessness. About half had fatigue or physical limi...

14 Feb
How Worried Should the World Be About Bird Flu in Humans?

How Worried Should the World Be About Bird Flu in Humans?

A highly infectious strain of avian influenza is tearing through commercial and backyard poultry flocks, causing egg prices to rise as sick chickens are culled across the United States.

Now, some experts are worried that the H5N1 avian flu might become humankind’s next...

13 Feb
Paxlovid Remains Potent Against Omicron COVID Cases

Paxlovid Remains Potent Against Omicron COVID Cases

The COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid continues to work against Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, new research shows.

Researchers decided to study Paxlovid’s impact against severe illness and death because doctors have fewer treatment options for high-risk patient...

13 Feb
Texas Lawsuit Threatens Access to Abortion Pill Nationally

Texas Lawsuit Threatens Access to Abortion Pill Nationally

MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Access to medication abortion could be at risk nationwide because of a Texas lawsuit working its way through the court system.

Alliance Defending Freedom, the group involved in the case in Mississippi that led to the Supreme ...

10 Feb
Vaping Could Raise Teens' Odds for Severe COVID

Vaping Could Raise Teens' Odds for Severe COVID

Healthy young people who vape or smoke may be putting themselves at greater risk for developing severe COVID, new research finds.

Both smoking tobacco and vaping electronic cigarettes may predispose people to increased inflammation, future development of severe COVID-19 ...

09 Feb
New Injected Drug May Prevent Severe COVID

New Injected Drug May Prevent Severe COVID

A single injection of an experimental biologic drug may cut in half your risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 infection, new clinical trial results show.

Pegylated lambda interferon (PEG-lambda) proved effective against all COVID-19 variants encountered in this internat...

08 Feb
China's Surge in COVID Cases Has Produced No New Variants: Study

China's Surge in COVID Cases Has Produced No New Variants: Study

Amidst the recent COVID-19 outbreak in China, scientists are saying it appears no new variants developed.

“Given the impact that variants have had on the course of the pandemic, it was important to investigate whether any new ones emerged following the recent changes ...

03 Feb
Deer Carry COVID Variants No Longer Seen in People

Deer Carry COVID Variants No Longer Seen in People

While COVID-19 variants Alpha, Gamma and Delta are no longer circulating among humans, they continue to spread in white-tailed deer.

The animals are the most abundant large mammal in North America. Scientists aren’t sure whether the deer could act as long-term reservo...

30 Jan
Pandemic at a Tipping Point: WHO

Pandemic at a Tipping Point: WHO

The pandemic has reached a “transition point,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday.

Still, that doesn’t mean the public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) designation declared by the WHO in January 2020 is over yet.

The organizatio...

27 Jan
Updated Booster Shots, Not Original COVID Vaccines, Should Be Standard: FDA Panel

Updated Booster Shots, Not Original COVID Vaccines, Should Be Standard: FDA Panel

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory panel on Thursday voted unanimously to recommend that the agency phase out original versions of COVID vaccines for use in the unvaccinated, in favor of updated bivalent booster shots.

Committee members also weighed...

23 Jan
U.S. Proposes to Make COVID Shot Annual, Much Like Flu Shot

U.S. Proposes to Make COVID Shot Annual, Much Like Flu Shot

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday asked its vaccine advisory panel to weigh a proposal to turn COVID vaccines into an annual shot for most Americans.

The committee will weigh the proposal at its Jan. 26 meeting.

Such a move would simplify future vacci...

23 Jan
Omicron Silver Lining: Fewer, Milder Cases of MIS-C in Kids

Omicron Silver Lining: Fewer, Milder Cases of MIS-C in Kids

The COVID-19 Omicron variant caused fewer cases of a rare but sometimes deadly complication for children than the earlier Delta variant did, new research shows.

“Our study is one of the first to show that during the change to Omicron, MIS-C has become milder and increa...

20 Jan
Report Outlines National Plan to Test Wastewater for Harmful Germs

Report Outlines National Plan to Test Wastewater for Harmful Germs

The pandemic brought the utility of testing wastewater to gauge viral spread to the fore.

Now, experts at the independent National Academies of Sciences (NAS) have issued a report out...

12 Jan
Vaccinated Moms' Breast Milk Could Protect Baby From COVID

Vaccinated Moms' Breast Milk Could Protect Baby From COVID

Infants too young to be vaccinated for COVID-19 get some protection from their mothers’ breast milk, researchers say.

The new study follows up on findings published in ...

11 Jan
Bivalent COVID Boosters Offer No Extra Protection, Studies Suggest

Bivalent COVID Boosters Offer No Extra Protection, Studies Suggest

The updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters intended to defend people against emerging Omicron variants don’t appear to provide any better protection than the original shot does, two new studies find.

The new mRNA bivalent boosters produced by Moderna and Pfizer only attack ...

11 Jan
Global Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines Is on the Rise

Global Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines Is on the Rise

While COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rose around the world between 2021 and 2022, wide gaps remain, according to new research.

Teams from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health in Spain (ISGlobal) and City University of New York (CUNY) also noted the need to address vacc...

11 Jan
Study Pushes Back Smallpox Origins Another 2,000 Years

Study Pushes Back Smallpox Origins Another 2,000 Years

While the origins of smallpox has remained a mystery for centuries, researchers now believe that it dates back 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.

Until recently, the earliest genetic evidence of smallpox, the variola virus, was from the 1600s. And in 2020, rese...

03 Jan
COVID Vaccine Is Safe for Kids Who Got Rare Complication of COVID Illness

COVID Vaccine Is Safe for Kids Who Got Rare Complication of COVID Illness

It's safe for kids to take the COVID-19 vaccine after they’ve suffered a rare complication from a prior COVID infection, a U.S. National Institutes of Health-supported study has concluded.

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) affects about 1 in every 3...

30 Dec
New COVID Pill May Be Improvement Over Paxlovid, Chinese Trial Suggests

New COVID Pill May Be Improvement Over Paxlovid, Chinese Trial Suggests

COVID-19 patients could soon have a new antiviral pill they can take to guard against severe disease.

The treatment, called VV116, worked as well as Paxlovid in people who were at high risk of severe disease in a phase 3 trial in China.

The trial was a “great s...

28 Dec
Getting COVID Booster Helps Your Antibodies Last Longer

Getting COVID Booster Helps Your Antibodies Last Longer

While getting a COVID-19 vaccine provides antibodies against the coronavirus, getting a booster shot creates a longer-lasting antibody response, according to new research.

“These results fit with other recent reports and indicate that booster shots enhance the durabili...

27 Dec
Science Reveals Cause of Smell Loss in COVID-19

Science Reveals Cause of Smell Loss in COVID-19

One of the hallmarks of a COVID-19 infection has been a lost sense of smell after the infection ends.

In a new study, researchers blame an ongoing immune assault on the olfactory nerve cells — cells found at the top of the nasal cavity — and a decline in the number o...

22 Dec
Flu, RSV, COVID: Shield Yourself From the 'Tripledemic' This Holiday

Flu, RSV, COVID: Shield Yourself From the 'Tripledemic' This Holiday

Public health experts have been warning of a “tripledemic” of respiratory viruses this fall and winter, so the American Lung Association has some tips for breathing easier this holiday season.

Flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19 are all spreading thro...

22 Dec
Stop Screening Asymptomatic Hospital Patients for COVID, Experts Say

Stop Screening Asymptomatic Hospital Patients for COVID, Experts Say

A nationwide group of infection control experts recommends U.S. health care facilities stop testing patients for COVID-19 before hospital admission or scheduled surgeries if they have no virus symptoms.

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) statement ...

21 Dec
Defenses Down: COVID Antibodies in Nose Decline First

Defenses Down: COVID Antibodies in Nose Decline First

Researchers think they've figured out why people can become reinfected with COVID-19, despite immunity gained from either vaccination or a previous infection.

It turns out that antibodies produced in the nose — the first line of defense against respiratory viruses like...

20 Dec
In Face of Tripledemic, CVS and Walgreens Limit Purchases of Kids' Pain Meds

In Face of Tripledemic, CVS and Walgreens Limit Purchases of Kids' Pain Meds

As a tripledemic of the flu, COVID and RSV continues to spread across the United States, customers at two major pharmacy chains will now be limited as to how much children's pain relievers and fever-reducing medications they can buy for their sick child.

Both CVS and Wa...

15 Dec
After COVID, Surgery Risks Remain Higher for More Than a Year

After COVID, Surgery Risks Remain Higher for More Than a Year

Doctors and patients should consider COVID-19 history when planning surgery, according to a new study.

For patients who've had a COVID-19 diagnosis, researchers found significant postoperative problems diminish gradually over time, but risks persist more than a year afte...

14 Dec
Pandemic's Two-Year Global Death Toll May Be Close to 15 Million

Pandemic's Two-Year Global Death Toll May Be Close to 15 Million

Almost 15 million people likely died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, nearly three times more than previously reported, a new World Health Organization study estimates.

The researchers said the COVID-19 pandemic caused about 4.5 million more deaths ...

12 Dec
U.S. Health Officials Urge Indoor Masking in Major Cities as 'Tripledemic' Rages

U.S. Health Officials Urge Indoor Masking in Major Cities as 'Tripledemic' Rages

As three highly contagious respiratory viruses spread across the United States, straining hospitals and triggering drug shortages, health officials in some major cities and states are calling for a return to indoor masking.

Over the past few weeks, COVID-19, the flu and ...

07 Dec
Paxlovid Soon Won't Be Free for Americans

Paxlovid Soon Won't Be Free for Americans

The antiviral Paxlovid has kept people from getting really sick and dying from COVID-19 since it became available -- at no cost to them.

But by the middle of next year, the U.S. government will stop subsidizing the medication. Instead, it will be billed for like many ot...

06 Dec
Cooler Noses May Be Key to Winter's Spike in Colds

Cooler Noses May Be Key to Winter's Spike in Colds

Researchers may have sniffed out why colds are more likely in wintertime: The answer may lie within the nose.

A previously unidentified immune response inside the nose is responsible for fighting off the viruses that cause upper respiratory infections, according to resea...

01 Dec
Signs That COVID Infection Might Harm the Liver

Signs That COVID Infection Might Harm the Liver

COVID-19 may harm the liver, a small study suggests.

The virus appears to increase liver stiffness, a sign of potential long-term injury, but it's too early to tell if that portends serious liver disease, the researchers said.

"COVID infections have been obser...

30 Nov
Shortages of Antibiotics, Antivirals Are Making a Tough Illness Season Worse

Shortages of Antibiotics, Antivirals Are Making a Tough Illness Season Worse

An early surge in cold and flu cases has created shortages in key antiviral and antibiotic drugs needed for the annual “sick season,” pharmacists report.

The antiviral flu drug Tamiflu is in short supply for both adults and children, in both its brand name formulatio...

28 Nov
Monkeypox Renamed MPox Amid Racism Concerns

Monkeypox Renamed MPox Amid Racism Concerns

Monkeypox still exists, but its name is being phased out over racism concerns.

For the next year, the terms monkeypox and the new name mpox will be used interchangeably before the virus is permanently renamed mpox, the World Health Organization

28 Nov
COVID in Pregnancy Can Vary — Get Vaccinated to Stay Safe

COVID in Pregnancy Can Vary — Get Vaccinated to Stay Safe

When pregnant women contract COVID-19, one in 10 will have moderate, severe or even critical symptoms, a new study finds.

So it's important they get their COVID vaccines, experts say.

“Given that patients in all trimesters of pregnancy are susceptible to infectio...

23 Nov
Diabetes Drug Metformin Might Keep Severe COVID Away

Diabetes Drug Metformin Might Keep Severe COVID Away

A century-old diabetes drug seems to help keep high-risk COVID-19 patients from falling deathly ill, a new study reports.

Metformin reduced the risk of death from COVI...

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