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

But rates of teen substance use didn’t budge The Covid-19 pandemic led to dramatic changes in people’s health behaviors, including an uptick in substance use among U.S. adults—but, Benjamin W...

May 05, 2021

Researchers analyzed data for 17 million people Compared to White patients, minority groups in the United Kingdom were more likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 and they had a higher risk for sev...

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...

May 04, 2021

MONDAY, May 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with diabetes, the risk for COVID-19-related death is increased in association with male sex, older age, preexisting comorbidities, and use of i...

May 04, 2021

MONDAY, May 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer have been treated with neoadjuvant endocrine...