Last January, 2021, the day after he was inaugurated, President Biden released a national strategy for beating COVID-19. The 200-page document was hailed as " encouraging " and " well-constructed " – a pandemic exit blueprint that had not been articulated by the Trump administration before it.
"The plan itself is well-articulated, clear and ambitious – appropriate given the challenge," says Michelle Williams , an...
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MONDAY, Jan. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. insurers are paying millions of dollars a year to cover the cost of ivermectin for COVID-19 patients despite a lack of proof the anti-parasitic drug is effective against the virus, a new study finds.
Both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization say ivermectin pills — typically used to treat parasitic infections like worms...
Administration plans to launch a website where people can request the rapid tests
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FRIDAY, Jan. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The final touches are being put on the White House's plan to deliver 500 million free COVID-19 rapid at-home test kits to households across America.
The administration will launch a website where people can request the rapid tests, said four people familiar with the...
2021 has been an eventful year, particularly in medical research. Medical News Today’s editors reflect on some of the year’s highlights.
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In 2021 we reached the 1-year mark since World Health Organization (WHO)Trusted Source declared the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the world of medical research continues to grapple with this public health crisis....
Pushed to the breaking point, pharmacy technicians are quitting in waves and stores are struggling to hire, leading to shorter hours, delayed prescriptions and risky mistakes.
Heidi Strehl worked as a pharmacy technician at a Rite Aid in the Pittsburgh suburbs for more than 16 years. She loved her customers, enjoyed her job and thought of her co-workers as family. But this fall, Strehl abruptly quit, walking out in the middle of a shift...
Intermittent fasting involves a regular pattern of eating few or no calories for a fixed period, which can vary from 12 hours every day to 1 or more days each week.
Some people follow these diets hoping to lose weight, improve their overall health, or both.
A review of the available evidence suggests that these diets can also reduce or even remove the need for medication in people with type 2 diabetes.
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A recent study found that anthrax edema toxin, or ET, altered pain responses in mouse and human sensory neurons.
Injecting this toxin into the spine of mice blocked pain without systemic effects.
The study also showed that modified anthrax protein could serve as a potential delivery vehicle for other pain-blocking substances in the nerves.
Determining its safety and effectiveness for treating pain will require more...
Despite important advances in the understanding and treatment of oral diseases and conditions, many people in the U.S. still have chronic oral health problems and lack of access to care, according to a report by the National Institutes of Health. Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges , is a follow-up to the seminal 2000 Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General . The new report, which is...
The “disinformation doctors” are expanding, even as Congress and state medical boards scrutinize the operation and the group’s founder, Simone Gold.
AMERICA’S FRONTLINE DOCTORS, an organization that has been widely criticized for spreading false information about Covid-19 vaccines and advocating for potentially dangerous replacements, is expanding. According to a newsletter the group sent to its...
MONDAY, Dec. 13, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- After four years in a Washington state prison for first-degree burglary, Chelsey Johnson learned she was eligible for a work-release program that would shave the final year off her sentence.
She was excited by the prospect, but also scared. Then 31, she had spent half her life either doing drugs or doing time.
"I knew I needed to make massive changes," Johnson said....