We desperately need something like a real set of rules when somebody has the illness. It’s easy to recognize the wrong things to say — especially after the fact — but what are the right ones? View original article Contributor: Steven Petrow
Unprecedented Case Series Advances Promise of Phage Therapy UC San Diego Health >View original article Contributor:
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. View original article Contributor: Knvul Sheikh
Wisconsin’s ‘chronic Lyme’ patients embrace alternative treatments, rack up big bills WisconsinWatch.org >View original article Contributor:
Public-health experts have long warned that a new vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus might be needed—especially now that the Omicron variant and its many subvariants are causing the vast majority of new COVID-19 cases around the world. There may soon be one. Moderna, which makes one of the three COVID-19 vaccines authorized by the U.S. … Read more
American adults who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon get another choice, as advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday backed a more traditional type of shot. Next, the FDA must decide whether to authorize the protein vaccine made by latecomer Novavax as the nation’s fourth coronavirus shot for adults. It’s … Read more
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A small drug trial is having a seismic impact in the world of oncology: After six months of an experimental treatment, tumors vanished in all 14 patients diagnosed with early stage rectal cancer who completed the study before its publication. View original article Contributor: Kim Bellware
Company says updated coronavirus vaccine produces more antibodies against omicron, but it’s unclear how effective it might be against latest variants. View original article Contributor: Yasmeen Abutaleb
In “Under the Skin,” Linda Villarosa disproves once and for all the theory that people of color are responsible for their own failed health care. View original article Contributor: Kaitlyn Greenidge