Month: August 2022

The lawsuit, filed Friday, alleges that the companies’ Covid vaccine violated Moderna’s mRNA patents. View original article Contributor: Jenny Gross

If you have seen the TikTok trend this summer to make frozen aloe vera popsicles and rub them on your skin, you might be wondering if this works and is … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Back in March, people 50 and over—and younger people with weakened immune systems—became eligible to receive a second booster shot. If you got your second booster recently, can you still get the new Omicron-specific booster that health officials are expecting in September or October? The answer is yes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) … Read more

GENEVA — The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and a possible signal the outbreak in Europe may be starting to decline, according to a World Health Organization report issued Thursday. The U.N. health agency reported 5,907 new weekly cases and … Read more

Doctors, scientists and advocates attempting to warn the public about the dangers of the virus have had tweets flagged and accounts suspended. View original article Contributor: Taylor Lorenz

Tomato flu, which medical experts say is not considered life-threatening, gets its name from the painful, red blisters that enlarge to the size of a tomato. View original article Contributor: Andrew Jeong

Researchers said the results offered promise to the millions of Americans with alcohol use disorder. View original article Contributor: Andrew Jacobs

The risk of canine cognitive dysfunction, a.k.a. “doggy dementia,” is far greater in dogs who don’t get enough exercise, researchers found. Their risk factors echo some in humans, whose homes they share. View original article Contributor: Jan Hoffman