The U.K.’s most recent case of polio occurred in 1984, and the disease was declared formally eradicated there in 2004. But the country is on edge this week after the poliovirus was discovered in several sewage samples in London, giving rise to what government health officials call a “national incident.” No new cases of polio … Read more
Graphs and charts don’t always tell the whole story. Numbers can be deceiving. But anyone who looks at U.S. trends in asthma mortality can see, without squinting, that things are moving in the right direction. A 2019 analysis in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine found that from 1999 to 2015, asthma … Read more
Carlos del Rio does not mess around when it comes to the health of his 87-year-old mother. Even when he doesn’t feel sick, a day before he plans to visit her, the professor of infectious disease at Emory University in Atlanta takes a home COVID-19 test. The next day, he tests again the moment he … Read more
Juul Labs, the popular e-cigarette company once known for its fruity flavors and blamed by federal regulators and public-health groups for sparking a youth vaping epidemic, must pull its currently available products from the U.S. market, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced. The FDA’s order means that Juul must stop selling and distributing … Read more
COVID-19 is once again surging throughout the U.S., but deaths from the disease don’t seem to be following suit. That’s partly because many people have some level of immunity from vaccination or previous infection, but also because we now have an arsenal of tools to treat the disease. Monoclonal antibodies were the first to arrive, … Read more
Former president Donald Trump relied on bad data and misleading claims, the former White House covid coordinator testifies. View original article Contributor: Dan Diamond
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unanimously recommended the agency clear Moderna vaccine for children 6 through 17 years old. View original article Contributor: Fenit Nirappil
Traces of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus were detected during routine surveillance of sewage in London. View original article Contributor: Adela Suliman
Former president Donald Trump relied on bad data and misleading claims, the former White House covid coordinator testifies. View original article Contributor: Dan Diamond
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unanimously recommended the agency clear Moderna vaccine for children 6 through 17 years old. View original article Contributor: Fenit Nirappil