Epidemics
Medicare details plan to cover Alzheimer’s treatments
An MRI scan of an Alzheimer’s patient’s brain GSO Images | Getty Images Medicare Part B will cover Alzheimer’s treatments that receive Food and Drug Administration approval, according to the federal agency that administers the program for seniors. Anyone who has Medicare Part B and meets “eligibility criteria” will be covered for new antibody treatments […]
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FDA approves Pfizer RSV vaccine for older adults
Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a vaccine made by Pfizer that protects adults ages 60 and older from respiratory syncytial virus, a common pathogen that kills and hospitalizes thousands of seniors every year. Pfizer, in a statement Wednesday, said it expects to have supply available […]
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Scientists propose long Covid definition based on key symptoms in large study
South_agency | E+ | Getty Images Scientists funded by the federal government have proposed a definition of long Covid based on symptoms identified in a large study published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The definition is based on 12 symptoms that most separate people with long Covid six months or more […]
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New HIV infections decline in U.S. but most people at risk are not receiving prevention drugs
Callista Images | Image Source | Getty Images New HIV infections declined modestly in the U.S. over a four-year period but the nation is far from reaching its goal of ending the epidemic, according to the most recent data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. The overwhelming majority of people […]
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CDC urges mpox vaccination among people at high risk to prevent summer surge
Bottle of Vaccine for booster shot for Smallpox and Monkeypox MPXV. Angelp | Istock | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged gay men and other individuals at high risk from mpox to get fully vaccinated to prevent a summer resurgence of the virus. The CDC’s call for those at […]
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Universal flu vaccine based on mRNA tech to be tested by National Institutes of Health
A woman receives a booster dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination centre in Antwerp, Belgium, February 1, 2022. Johanna Geron | Reuters Patients are now enrolling in an early stage clinical trial to test a universal flu vaccine based on messenger RNA technology, the National Institutes of Health announced Monday. […]
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WHO claims mpox outbreak, the greatest in background, no extended world wide overall health emergency
Pharmacist Uchita Parikh prepares a dose of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic opened right now by the Los Angeles County Section of Community Wellbeing at the West Hollywood Library on August 3, 2022 in West Hollywood, California. Mario Tama | Getty Pictures The Globe Wellbeing Firm on Thursday declared an conclude […]
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U.S. Covid public health emergency ends, leaving behind a battered health system
A sign outside of a hospital advertises COVID-19 testing on November 19, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. public health emergency declared in response to Covid-19 comes to an end Thursday more than three years after the pandemic began. The Biden administration’s decision to end the emergency comes as […]
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FDA advisors recommend sale of birth control pill without a prescription
Opill Oral Contraception Source: Perrigo A panel of experts who advise the Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended Wednesday that the agency for the first time allow women to obtain a birth control pill without a prescription. The panel had been asked whether the benefits of selling HRA Pharma’s birth control pill Opill outweighed the […]
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Gilead Sciences defeats U.S. government lawsuit alleging HIV drug patent violations
The logo of Gilead Sciences pharmaceutical company is seen in Oceanside, California, April 29, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters A Delaware federal court jury on Tuesday cleared Gilead Sciences of civil claims by the U.S. government that the company violated patents held by the Centers for Disease and Prevention for an HIV prevention drug. The […]
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