Prioritizing teachers in Covid vaccine distribution will continue to be a challenge until more doses are readily available, Andy Slavitt, senior advisor to the White House Covid-19 Response Team, said Wednesday. President Joe Biden has made reopening the nation’s schools for in-person instruction one of his top priorities. On Friday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sensor-based inhalers integrated into health care providers’ clinical workflows may help improve medication adherence and support children with asthma – and their families – to more effectively manage this condition, according to a new Northwestern and Lurie Children’s study published in Pediatrics. The study, developed in collaboration with UnitedHealth Group, showed the use of sensor-based
The contributions made by African and Black American medical professionals to health and wellness are many. While determining just how many lives these trailblazers saved is impossible, we know that without their imagination, knowledge, and desire to help others many lives would have been lost. Since it is Black History Month, now is the perfect
What can you do TODAY to make someone’s day a little brighter? Why not think about making kindness the norm, rather than the exception? Here are some ideas from the OncoLink team to #choosekind and #explorethegood today—or any day. And remember, it’s not about recognition— it’s just about doing something out of the kindness of
Sugar helps cancer grow, but the immune system also uses sugar to help its cells grow and divide. What happens to the effectiveness of immunotherapy when there’s a competition with cancer cells over sugar? Researchers behind a new study aimed to find out. Combining mouse models and data from cancer patients, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Before reaching for that daily antacid, you might consider what it’s doing to the trillions of bugs living in your gut. A new Mayo Clinic study in the open access journal Microbiome shows that people who regularly take proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have less diversity among their gut bacteria, putting them at increased risk for
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Posted on February 1, 2021 by Ajla Bedzetovic For older adults who want to maintain a level of independence – yet could use a helping hand to do so – assisted living offers a vibrant option. Meet a few people who are enjoying a greater sense of well-being at Atria. Jim and Rhea Late one
Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day by opening yourself up to the kindness happening every day The world doesn’t always feel like a kind place to be, and for many of us, the last 12 months have felt especially unkind. Recognising that and determined to shift the mood, this year’s Random Acts of Kindness Day
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A group of academics has sent a letter to the CDC insisting that more workers get access to top-rated N95 masks in an effort to help drive down the spread of the virus. A prominent group of academics is pressing the
This content originally appeared on diaTribe. Republished with permission. By Albert Cai A new study in adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes directly compared two automated insulin delivery algorithms. Medtronic’s newer Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop (built into the MiniMed 780G system) improved glucose management more than the MiniMed 670G, though both systems showed
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Delivering the benefits of agricultural biotechnology to smallholder farmers requires that resources be directed toward staple food crops. To achieve effect at scale, beneficial traits must be integrated into multiple, elite farmer-preferred varieties with relevance across geographical regions. For the first time, an international team of scientists, led by Narayanan Narayanan, Ph.D., senior research scientist,
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Allergan, an AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Botox® for the treatment of detrusor (bladder muscle) overactivity associated with a neurologic condition in pediatric patients 5 years of age and older who have an inadequate response to
Rosie Green joins Happiful’s podcast to share her thoughts on heartbreak, healing and finding the positives in an unexpected change in life direction Award-winning journalist Rosie Green has released a new book, and it’s one that’s been needed for years. How to heal a broken heart: From rock bottom to reinvention (via ugly crying on
Newly released safety trial results have revealed heart and cancer risks associated with Xeljanz, a common treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ulcerative colitis. The long-term study, a condition of the medication’s initial approval, was recently completed. What is Xeljanz? “XELJANZ is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor that helps disrupt JAK pathways from inside the
A pediatric nurse whose SUV slid into the 130-plus-car pileup near Fort Worth, Texas, last week crawled out the back hatch, walked almost a mile, and hitched a ride with a coworker to get to her job. The massive pileup killed six people on February 11, according to several news reports, when vehicles spun out
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos, arrives for motion hearing on Monday, November 4, 2019, at the U.S. District Court House inside Robert F. Peckham Federal Building in San Jose, California. Yichuan Cao | NurPhoto | Getty Images Elizabeth Holmes’ attorneys strongly pushed back against the government’s attempts to detail her extravagant lifestyle
A mother’s heart health while she is pregnant may have a significant impact on her child’s cardiovascular health in early adolescence (ages 10 to 14), according to a new study from Northwestern Medicine and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. The study will be published Feb. 16 in the Journal of
About a year ago, before the pandemic hit, I was at the local fitness center, having just completed a group exercise class, when my former residency program director entered the room. I hadn’t seen him in 20 years. He looked exactly the same, give or take a few grey hairs. We smiled and heartily greeted
A new report has revealed that redundancy amongst over-50s rose by 240% in 2020, with campaigners warning the worst is yet to come Data from Rest Less, a digital community supporting over-50s revealed that redundancies in this age bracket rose from 4.2% per 1,000 employees to 14.4% per 1,000 last year. That meant 35,000 people
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is the latest California city to temporarily shutter a mass vaccination site due to lack of vaccine, joining Los Angeles in pausing inoculations amid a national shortage, even as new federal-state vaccination sites open. The
The COVID-19 pandemic has now been ongoing for over a year, and even with the light finally visible at the end of the tunnel, it is undoubtable that it will have lasting effects, for years to come. Late in 2020, we partnered with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to conduct a survey-based analysis to assess
15 February 2021 — AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) by the World Health Organization (WHO) for active immunisation to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age and older, including those over 65. The authorisation of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca manufactured by AstraZeneca, and COVISHIELD manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII), enables global access
FDA Approves Cosela (trilaciclib) to Decrease the Incidence of Chemotherapy-Induced Myelosuppression RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Feb. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTHX), a commercial-stage oncology company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cosela (trilaciclib) for injection to decrease the incidence of chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression in adult
Find your power hour Energy can be a slippery little sucker and, the truth is, we all have different ebbs and flows throughout the day. One of the best ways to harness it is to spot when you feel most energetic. Are you a morning person who feels they can take on the world before
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s appointee to run the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), listens as Biden announces nominees and appointees to serve on his health and coronavirus response teams during a news conference at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, December 8, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Dr. Rochelle
A third of parents say the COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult to get dental care for their children, a new national poll suggests. But some families may face greater challenges than others. Inability to get a dentist appointment during the pandemic was three times as common for children with Medicaid versus those with private