Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) expanded recommendations for booster shots to include all adults ages 18 years and older who received a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine at least six months after their second dose. The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorization and CDC’s
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The crystalline clarity with which smartphones can now capture images has been put to another innovative use: monitoring patients who’ve undergone emergency abdominal surgery for surgical-site infections (SSIs) and allowing physicians to diagnose them earlier in the postoperative period before they morph into a much bigger problem. “Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, there have been
A patient receives a Covid-19 vaccine booster shot at a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, on Sept. 29, 2021. Emily Elconin | Reuters The CDC’s independent panel of vaccine scientists unanimously endorsed Pfizer and Moderna’s boosters for all adults, one of the final regulatory steps before the U.S. can officially start distributing the doses.
The emergence of the Delta variant was “heartbreaking,” in part because of the COVID-19 vaccines’ longevity limitations, but their development less than a year into the pandemic demonstrated that “America can work,” noted Matthew Hepburn, MD, at a virtual event featuring pandemic lessons Thursday. Hepburn, who led vaccine development for the federal government’s Countermeasures Acceleration
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Exeter, and the University of Bristol carried out the study using data from one of the world’s most extensive ongoing prospective birth cohort studies – the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Atherosclerotic traits referred to as arterial stiffness seem to independently cause
Louisiana native Julia Hawkins has proven that no number of years on this Earth will slow her down. At 105 years old, Hawkins has become the first American to run 100 meters in her age group at the 2021 Louisiana Senior Games competition, completing her run in just under 63 seconds as fans cheered her
As suicide rates in menopausal women rise by 6%, what makes this group vulnerable, and what can be done to better support them? Content warning: this article explores topics surrounding suicide and suicidal ideation When Julie (not her real name) was 53 years old, she became seriously ill with depression, and attempted suicide. Looking back,
New evidence that women with breast cancer face an increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) comes from a multiethnic study of more than 85,000 older American women. The incidence of new-onset AF was 0.6%, 2.1%, and 3.3% at 30 days, 6 months, and 1 year after a breast cancer diagnosis, compared with 0.2%, 0.9%, and 1.8%, respectively, among
Bjorn Saven We speak with the industrialist, investor and Cancer Research UK supporter about his substantial donation to support our early career researchers… and why he changed his mind about cancer research “The first step towards making an impact is always to make sure you run a good shop and carry out efficient, high-quality work.”
Be prepared to set your boundaries when it comes to talking about dieting It might happen on lunch breaks in the staff room, while eating out with friends, or seemingly out of nowhere from, sometimes, well-meaning relatives – and over time, diet talk can really grind us down. Eating a varied and nutritious diet is
INTEGRA Biosciences – a leading provider of high quality laboratory equipment – supplies a comprehensive range of liquid handling tools that are ideal for sterile cell biology workflows. Each piece of equipment, from electronic pipettes to robotic pipetting systems and media dispensers, has been expertly designed to fit comfortably under a laminar flow hood to
Washington has reported its third case of a person dying after getting their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The news has since put the spotlight on the number of people dying despite being fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. Deaths Following COVID-19 Vaccination The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), which is run by the
Most cases of new daily persistent headache (NDPH) are moderate to severe and many feature characteristics often associated with migraine, according to a new retrospective chart review. “Future prospective studies are needed to better understand this disabling disorder,” wrote Randolph W. Evans, MD, of Baylor College of Medicine of Houston, and Dana P. Turner, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital and
About 1 in 3 Americans have the condition, but many don’t know it. So, when their doctor says “You have prediabetes” they’re often surprised and puzzled. As the name suggests, prediabetes ups your risk of getting Type 2 diabetes. Prediabetes is defined as a higher than normal blood sugar level—in other words, a level that’s
Safeway pharmacist Shahrzad Khoobyari (R) administers a Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination into the arm of Chen Knifsend at a vaccination booster shot clinic on October 01, 2021 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images State officials from California to Maine are telling or allowing their adult residents to get a Covid-19 vaccine booster,
MedPage Today asked several doctors and public health experts to share their holiday plans in light of the current COVID-19 situation in the U.S. With the availability of vaccines and testing, would their holidays look vastly different from last year? Or are they erring on the side of caution, especially given the recent plateau —
Melissa Blatzer was determined to get her three children caught up on their routine immunizations on a recent Saturday morning at a walk-in clinic in this Denver suburb. It had been about a year since the kids’ last shots, a delay Blatzer chalked up to the pandemic. Two-year-old Lincoln Blatzer, in his fleece dinosaur pajamas,
When Viki Zarkin first found out that she had stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, it was like a punch to the gut. Things grew worse when the doctor told her to get her affairs in order, but she refused to give up that easily. Photo: YouTube/IAOTP International “I said, ‘you talk about consulting with all
New figures reported by Independent Age show older people are half as likely as younger generations to seek support following the loss of a loved one Nearly four in five older people have not been made aware of the emotional support available to them after experiencing bereavement, new research from national charity Independent Age has
The common antidepressant fluoxetine, that is sold under the brand name Prozac, was recently found to lower the death risk of patients suffering severe COVID-19 infection. The Study A large study utilizing data from 83,584 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from 87 health care centers in the U.S. found that the administration of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. When people wear face masks to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the number of new COVID-19 infections drops by 53%, according to a new study published Thursday in the British Medical Journal. Social distancing and handwashing were also effective at
On LGBTQ+ STEM day, we hear from two Cancer Research UK scientists on the power of diversity and why bringing your full self to your research is so important… Dr Dave Bryant: “When we minimise a part of ourselves, we aren’t always in control of exactly how much we minimise” Dave is group leader
How can we tell when it’s time to let go of what’s holding us back, and take a step in a new direction? When we were young, and were asked to imagine where our lives would go, it’s likely that a lot of us had a similar plan plotted out: a classic tick-box route, one
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in a sharp rise in deaths and the number of infections worldwide. The pandemic has resulted in the deaths of more than 5.1 million people from more than 254 million infections as of November 18, 2021. Therefore,
The flu season is already here, and it entails another serious threat on top of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But experts are more worried about the influenza virus than SARS-CoV-2, which has been ravaging many parts of the world since last year. Flu Outbreak At University Of Michigan School officials said Monday that 528 cases
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that an estimated 100,306 Americans died from drug overdoses during the period of April 2020 to April 2021, a 28.5% increase from the previous year. Deaths in some states rose even more precipitously. Vermont saw an almost-70% increase, and drug overdose deaths in West Virginia increased
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Paul Hennessy | LightRocket | Getty Images Moderna on Wednesday filed its application for the Food and Drug Administration to approve vaccine booster doses for all adults ages 18 and older. FDA authorization would open the doors for tens of millions of Americans to receive a third shot of the vaccine,
Prehospital treatment of people with status epilepticus rarely was consistent with expert guidelines, an analysis of emergency medical service (EMS) agency records showed. Initial treatment was concordant with guidelines in only 3.9% of 9,176 EMS encounters for status epilepticus, reported Elan Guterman, MD, of the University of California San Francisco, and co-authors in a JAMA
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