Cancer treatment has improved significantly over the past several decades, meaning that more people are living longer after undergoing surgical and medical interventions. This has led to the emergence of an area of cancer care called survivorship, which takes a holistic view of the patient’s well-being and sometimes involves therapies that haven’t always been part … Read more
As global temperatures have risen in recent decades, so have the number of outbreaks of infectious diseases. SARS, MERS, Zika, West Nile, COVID-19, and now clusters of monkeypox and polio have all recently threatened public health. That’s no coincidence. In a study published in August in Nature Climate Change, researchers tried to understand the relationship … Read more
Nearly three dozen people in China have been sickened by a newly identified virus from the same family as the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, though there’s no evidence the pathogen can be transmitted from person-to-person. The virus, named Langya henipavirus or LayV, was found thanks to an early detection system for feverish people with … Read more
UK health authorities will offer children under 10 living in London an additional dose of polio vaccine amid rising concern about a comeback of the disease. While nobody has tested positive for infection with the type of polio virus that can cause paralysis, authorities have nonetheless found it in several London sewage samples recently. This … Read more
On August 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a new way of administering the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine. The move allows doctors to give patients smaller doses in order to get more shots out of each vial and protect more people quickly. It’s the latest step in the … Read more
The Biden administration has adopted a strategy to stretch the nation’s limited supply of monkeypox vaccine View original article Contributor: Dan Diamond
A trial will be held later to determine how much Walgreens must pay San Francisco to address the harms of the opioid crisis. View original article Contributor: Meryl Kornfield
Scientists detected another potential zoonotic spillover nearly three years into the coronavirus pandemic, though evidence suggests very low fatality rates. View original article Contributor: Amy Cheng
The Biden administration has adopted a strategy to stretch the nation’s limited supply of monkeypox vaccine View original article Contributor: Dan Diamond
A trial will be held later to determine how much Walgreens must pay San Francisco to address the harms of the opioid crisis. View original article Contributor: Meryl Kornfield