U.S. approves second Covid-19 booster for people 50 and older
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized second Covid-19 boosters for people 50 years…
Month: March 2022
Mifepristone at home
The World Health Organization’s new guidelines on abortion care recommend that medical abortion in the…
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I was here first! This is how hepatitis C inhibits hepatitis E
Infections with hepatitis C and E are so common that, going only by statistics, many…
Critical and underutilized: Fire and police responders associated with higher cardiac arrest survival rates
Police and fire first responders are often first on the scene during an out-of-hospital cardiac…
Rehabilitation psychologists: Specialists you may not yet know, but might one day need
Rehabilitation psychology is a field that focuses on assessing and treating cognitive, emotional and functional…
Improving asphalt road pavement using engineered nano mineral composites
Researchers have developed a new, greener nano asphalt binder that produces a new type of…
Pharmacogenetic testing shows promise improving symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant depression
Pharmacogenetic testing was associated with nearly a two-fold (89 per cent) increase in remission rates…
Potential window for treating ALS identified
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects as many as 30,000 people…
Osso VR lands $66 million to grow its virtual reality platform to train surgeons
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer employees balk at returning overpayments; Biogen stops work on another ALS drug
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. This morning is getting…
Covid-19 pandemic isn’t over for Black Americans, report warns
A searing report released Tuesday by the Black Coalition Against COVID details the immense toll…
Covid-19: US tracker overestimated deaths among children
The US’s health protection agency has reduced the number of deaths it is attributing to…
Scrapping free covid tests for NHS staff is completely wrong
Healthcare workers battled to keep patients safe as hospitals overflowed. GPs, hospital doctors, and community…
Caught COVID? Here’s What You Should And Shouldn’t Do When Self-Isolation Isn’t Mandatory
Here are five things that COVID has shown that we need to do, especially as…
Covid-19: Oxygen shortages two years into pandemic highlight pre-covid failures, says WHO
Two years into the covid-19 pandemic, access to oxygen is still a major problem in…
Helen Salisbury: Are antivirals a covid-19 game changer?
We all know that covid-19 is on the rise again. In general practice our inboxes…
Whistleblowing: nephrologist who reported colleagues to GMC was unfairly dismissed
A consultant nephrologist was unfairly dismissed for whistleblowing after reporting colleagues to the General Medical…
Why I . . . am a DJ
During the covid-19 pandemic, when the country went into lockdown, Kishan Bodalia was a foundation…
Neuropsychiatric reactions with the use of montelukast
What you need to knowMontelukast, used in the treatment of asthma and allergic rhinitis, can…
The world’s refugees remain last in line for covid-19 vaccines
Jannat Bahar, a 45 year old single mother of eight children, sits behind a wooden…
Crowdfunding investigative journalism at The BMJ
The BMJ is now more than a scholarly journal, and for the past decade we…
COVID-19: This Treatment Probably Won’t Be Effective Against Omicron Subvariant, FDA Says
This COVID-19 antibody-drug is unlikely to be effective against the notorious Omicron subvariant known as…
Action on patient safety can reduce health inequalities
Health inequalities are widening in many high income countries and have been thrown into focus…
Offer patients genetic tests to see if medicines are safe and effective, says Royal College of Physicians
Patients should be tested for genetic variants that can affect how they will respond to…
Advancing diagnostic excellence: the cognitive challenge for medicine
Mainstream medicine’s response to diagnostic failure is that if we are experiencing difficulty, we should…
CMMI’s Fowler on health policy’s ‘stubborn challenges,’ her personal ties to medicine
WASHINGTON — Liz Fowler’s career just came full circle: last March, she took charge of the…
Opinion: How to fix the two-tier U.S. health payment system
How the U.S. pays for health care is neither efficient nor fair. Despite spending an…
Afghan refugees, grappling with grief and trauma, face barriers to mental health care
WASHINGTON — For 17-year-old Salek Haseer, video games are an escape. They’re a way, however fleeting,…
STAT+: Lawmakers and a Pelosi aide turn lobbyist to push for new health agency’s independence
WASHINGTON — Health secretary Xavier Becerra is suddenly the target of a frenzied lobbying campaign…
‘A slow-moving glacier’: NIH’s sluggish and often opaque efforts to study long Covid draw patient, expert ire
WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health is fumbling its first efforts to study long…
Access to medicines—an old problem needing new solutions
The Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccines were approved in December 2020, followed by the Moderna…
Prenatal Disinfectant Exposure Linked to Asthma Risk in Kids – Medpage Today
Prenatal Disinfectant Exposure Linked to Asthma Risk in Kids Medpage Today Disinfectant use during pregnancy linked…
Early prenatal care gives babies best start on life – Billings Gazette
Early prenatal care gives babies best start on life Billings Gazette Read Original Article: Early prenatal…
Legislature fails to override Noem vetoes on spending authority, prenatal care – Mitchell Republic
Legislature fails to override Noem vetoes on spending authority, prenatal care Mitchell Republic Read Original Article:…
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy does not increase complications around the time of childbirth, study finds: Study of Ontario pregnancies provides further evidence on safety of mRNA vaccines during pregnancy – Science Daily
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy does not increase complications around the time of childbirth, study finds:…
Study: Disinfectants use during pregnancy linked to childhood asthma, eczema – UPI News
Study: Disinfectants use during pregnancy linked to childhood asthma, eczema UPI News Read Original Article: Study:…
Can you get your nails done while pregnant? Risks, safety, and more – Medical News Today
Can you get your nails done while pregnant? Risks, safety, and more Medical News Today Read…
Obesity linked with longer time to pregnancy in women – Healio
Obesity linked with longer time to pregnancy in women Healio Read Original Article: Obesity linked with…
Two-mother families face more birth, pregnancy risks, Stanford-led study finds – Stanford Medical Center Report
Two-mother families face more birth, pregnancy risks, Stanford-led study finds Stanford Medical Center Report Read Original…
Signs of pregnancy that may appear before a missed period – Times of India
Signs of pregnancy that may appear before a missed period Times of India Read Original Article:…
Public hospital hands-off physiological water birth
At PBB we want to share with you the wonder of birth and the options…
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
The Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital is located at Scenic Dr, Nowra NSW 2541. The hospital…
Innovation, the key for implementation of 2030 sustainable development agenda
This week, more than 1,000 business leaders, government officials, academics and entrepreneurs, are gathering at…
News in Brief 28 March 2022
Ukraine relief effort steps up with 1,000 tonnes of emergency aid now sent Libya detention…
UN Secretary-General’s full remarks at press encounter on war in Ukraine
UN Secretary-General’s full remarks at press encounter on war in Ukraine, at United Nations Headquarters…
Tuberculosis: Medicinal and alternative therapies to treat TB – Hindustan Times
Tuberculosis: Medicinal and alternative therapies to treat TB Hindustan Times Read Original Article: Tuberculosis: Medicinal and…
Solid aerosols found in Arctic atmosphere could impact cloud formation and climate
Solid aerosols can change how clouds form in the Arctic. And, as the Arctic loses…
Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat, study finds
New research shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases…
Caribou herd rebounds as Indigenous stewards lead conservation efforts
Despite recovery efforts from federal and provincial governments, caribou populations across Canada continue to decline,…
New information about amyloid filaments in neurodegenerative diseases
Researchers have helped identify that a common protein found in neurodegenerative diseases forms amyloid filaments…