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NEW YORK – U.S. health officials are taking a new tack to encourage Americans to wear masks: They’re emphasizing recent research that a mask protects the person who wears it. Previously, the...
DATE: Nov. 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
LONDON – The number of children sickened by measles in 2019 was the highest in 23 years, according to new data published by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
DATE: Nov. 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials have allowed emergency use of the first antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19, an experimental approach against the virus that has killed more...
DATE: Nov. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Pfizer Inc. said Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine may be a remarkable 90% effective, based on early and incomplete test results that nevertheless brought a big burst of optimism to a world...
DATE: Nov. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
More U.S. patients will soon have free, electronic access to the notes their doctors write about them under a new federal requirement for transparency. Many health systems are opening up records...
DATE: Nov. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
For the second time, a study testing an experimental antibody drug for COVID-19 has been paused to investigate a possible safety issue in hospitalized patients. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
NEW YORK – The U.S. suicide rate fell slightly last year, the first annual decline in more than a decade, according to new government data. It’s a small decrease and the data is preliminary, but...
DATE: Oct. 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Opioid use in pregnancy has prompted new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, aimed at improving care for women and newborns affected by their mothers’ drug use. The number of affected...
DATE: Oct. 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Two drugmakers announced Friday the resumption of U.S. testing of their COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Testing of AstraZeneca’s vaccine candidate had been halted since early September, while Johnson...
DATE: Oct. 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Mercy Regional Medical Center is now providing take-home Naloxone kits, more commonly known as Narcan nasal spray, to those at high risk for opioid overdose. Naloxone blocks the effects of opioids...
DATE: Oct. 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
Matthew Davidson was beating his heroin addiction. The 31-year-old was attending group recovery meetings. He had a restaurant job he liked. He was a doting uncle to a baby nephew. Then the...
DATE: Oct. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
NEW YORK – U.S. health officials Wednesday redefined what counts as close contact with someone with COVID-19 to include briefer but repeated encounters. For months, the Centers for Disease Control...
DATE: Oct. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health
